The following comes from the Salesian News Agency:Next Sunday’s Salesian Missionary Expedition will be the 140th to officially leave the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin-Valdocco.
As is traditional the mandate will be given by the Rector Major of the Salesians Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva, IX successor of Don Bosco, in the course of Mass at which he will preside in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians.
Taking part in the 140th Salesian Missionary Expedition will be 33 Salesians, 7 Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, 7 lay volunteers from Italy, 1 from the Czech Republic, 5 from Slovakia, 2 from Spain, 1 from Mexico and 2 from Poland. These also include some young families.
The new missionaries will be sent to various works in all the continents including Europe which in recent years has become the focus of a new evangelisation and indicated by the Rector Major and his Council as a specific project of the Salesian Congregation.
The celebration will be preceded by a meeting of the young participants in the ”Harambee 2009” and Fr Pascual Chávez. In the theatre of Valdocco the Rector Major will speak on the subject “Certainly there is nothing more beautiful than meeting Christ and communicating Him to everyone,” and the missionaries about to leave will be introduced.
The giving of the missionary crucifix in the setting of the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians is a tradition which in the Salesian world goes back to 1875 when on 11 November, Don Bosco sent the first group of missionaries to Patagonia. This 140th missionary expedition is also taking place in the context of the celebration which the Salesian Congregation is holding for its foundation.
The celebration will be broadcast with the production of the Missioni Don Bosco, live and in streaming on www.missionidonbosco.tv at 11.50 (GMT+1). During the coming week on Telepace, a special programme will be broadcast on the Salesian missions.
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