After the permission from the General Council was obtained, Sr. Catherine Moore, delegate of the Provincial Superior, left Hongkong for the Philippines on 1° December 1955 with Sr. Erminia Borzini to make the necessary preparations.
Marisa Gambato – “The history of the mission of the daughters of Mary help of Christians inserted in the history of Salvation” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
The first article of the constitution of the FMA expresses this characteristic of the institute as follows:
“Through the gift of the Holy Spiril and the direct intervention of Mary, St. John Bosco Founded our Institute as a response of salvation to the profound hopes of young girls. He endowed it with a spiritual heritage that had its inspiration in the charity of Christ the Good Shepherd, and imparted to it a strong missionary impulse”. (Const.I ).
Ana Rosa Sivori – “The beginning of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in Thailand. The first twenty years (1931-1952)” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
The aim of this article is to present the beginning of the work of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Thailand. The FMA came to Thailand invited by Fr. Gaetano Pasotti, Acting Provincial of the Salesian Congregation and later the fust Salesian Bishop in Thailand, to help in the mission field of the Salesian Fathers who arrived in Thailand on October 1927 , after they were sent away from China.
Elena Miravalle – “The mission of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in China” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
Msgr. Versiglia was forming a group of young catechists to send to the various mission districts, to help the missionaries, for the religious instruction of the women and of children. Upon their arrival, the Sisters found in the mission of 7 Kuneong. They helped each other, specially for the necessary relations with the externs, for the catechumenate and for the oratory.
Grazia Loparco – “The arrival of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in the far east” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
On this background, we see the great problems of inculturation; development of the Catholic Church in multi-religious contexts afflicted by the problems of international politics; relationships between missionary Religious Congregations, and, not the least, difficulties in communication and mutual understanding between these countries and the General Council resident in Italy.
Renato Ziggiotti – Nota sul suo viaggio in Oriente.
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