BOOKS
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Dili, Noble Peace Laureate, has written a book to be launched in September 22nd in Portugal. This book is written in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the second expedition of the Salesian missionary in Timor-Leste.
St Joseph Cafasso was called the 'priest of the gallows' because he converted so many criminals on death row, often accompanying them to their execution. This short biography is told in two panegyrics by St John Bosco himself, and translated by Rev Patrick O’Connell, BD
Over the years the Social Communications Commission (SOCOM) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, together with several other animators have been organizing and conducting Media Education Seminars for teachers, young people, students, priests, and lay persons. Participants at the seminars constantly request for additional handouts and material for personal reference and for community use.
This book, authored by Father Lawrence Susai, a Salesian Priest of Chennai Province and Secretary of Don Bosco Polytechnic College, Thirukazhikundram, was released by the Provincial of Chennai Province Father K M Jose on 17 April 2021. Father Stanislaus Swaminathan, a mentor and friend who inspired the author, received the first copy. The book could ignite the minds of management students and Salesian Educators in India towards upward mobility in knowledge building.