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The ceremony was simple but heartfelt, and was held in the Provincial House chapel. Two aspirants and the ecclesiastical assistants for ADMA were also present, Fr Mario Yamanouchi, Salesian Vice Provincial, and Sr Teresina Matsumoto who have accompanied and guided the group zealously, through monthly well-prepared and well-attended meetings.
The ceremony was presided over by the Provincial, Fr Aldo Cipriani who, at the beginning of his mandate in 2009, had asked and urged confreres to do their best to form the ADMA group once again. `Once again`, because at the beginning of the Japanese mission, in the times of Mons. Cimatti, there were various ADMA groups. Unfortunately the groups were abandoned during the heady days and changes of the 1960s and 70s
The Rector Major sent a message for the occasion, recalling, amongst other things that this is "an extraordinary event and concerns the entire ADMA Association throughout the world". "It represents", he said, "a great sign of hope, inasmuch as devotion to Mary Help of Christians fostered by our Father and Founder Don Bosco, and a vital element in our charism, has taken one its most significant forms in this Association".
Of the 17 new members, four, accompanied by Fr Mario Yamanouchi, will take part in the 6th International ADMA Congress to be held at Czestochowa in Poland later this year between 3 and 6 August.
“It is our fond hope that this will be the first of many ADMA groups to emerge in the future, alongside the various Salesian Family works in Japan.”
Published 19/07/2011
