After his whirlwind Australian tour, Rector-Major Father Ángel Fernández Artime was immediately back in action when on the morning of May 3, he arrived in Taco, Spain to meet with more than 200 young beneficiaries of the work of the "Fundación Don Bosco" at the Canary Islands.
The final leg of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit took him to Salesian College Sunbury, home to the motherhouse of the Salesians in Australia! It in 1927 that the Salesians finally found their permanent home in Australia after relocating to Melbourne from Western Australia.
The penultimate day of Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s visit to Australia saw him travel to St Joseph’s college in Ferntree Gully (situated approx. 40km east of Melbourne’s CBD).
After a few days of quiet reflection and community life, Rector-Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime’s tour down under once again hit high gear on Wednesday 27th of April for a full day of festivities!
Brother Silvio Quaranta, highly respected and much-loved member of the Province peacefully passed away at St Joseph's Home in Northcote, Victoria on the evening of Friday, 20th January 2023. Brother Silvio was 96 years of age; the oldest member of the province and a professed son of Don Bosco for 79 years.