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New Rochelle, United States – 8 July 2010 –On 6 July a new "class" of Salesian Lay Missioners (SLM) in tbe New Rochelle Province arrived at Maryknoll, N.Y., to begin four weeks of discernment and orientation. Topics dealt with were forming group and Salesian identity and various forms of cultural orientation. The third week is to be spent in the Salesian day camps at Corpus Christi and Holy Rosary parishes in Port Chester, N.Y., learning some of the practical aspects of Salesian youth work, and reflecting upon the experience. In the fourth week (Aug.1-6) the SLMs will be on a quasi-retreat, on the Salesian charism. At the retreat`s closing Mass, they will be commissioned by the Provincial, Fr.
Thomas Dunne. This year`s SLMs are destined for Bolivia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Rwanda, and other countries.
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