All the PDMAs (Provincial Delegates for Mission Animation) are gathered in Valdocco to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Salesian missionary expedition and will also be present at the celebration.
Specifically, these are the missionaries who will receive the cross:
SDB missionaries of the 156th Expedition
- Solomon Balikuddembe, from AGL Province to Bangladesh;
- Isaac Ofoyrwoth, from AGL Province to Vanuatu;
- Paolo Estefano Lenaz, from BOL Province to Manaus (Brazil);
- Chihiro Morito, from GIA Province to South Sudan;
- Dominic Humtsoe Lotha, from IND Province to Romania and Moldavia;
- Molson Hubert Uttam, from ING Province to Southern Africa;
- Charles Nirina, from MDG Province to Turkey;
- Marcin Wosiek, from PLS Province to Greece;
- Mwila Mumba, from ZMB Vice-Province to Bangladesh;
- Musa Ng'andwe, from the ZMB Vice-Province to Romania and Moldova;
- Tobias Freitas Do Nascimento, from TLS Vice-Province to Mozambique;
- Francisco Miguel Da Graça, from the ANG Visitatory to Manaus, Brazil;
- Francis Tran Van Nho, from the VIE Province to Thailand;
- Simon Nguyễn Thanh Sang, from VIE Province to Mongolia;
- Vincent Nguyen Tien Nam, from VIE Province to Chile.
Members of previous SDB expeditions
- Blaise Mulumba Ntambwe, from AFC Province to Germany;
- Alain Josaphat Mutima Balekage, from AFC Province to Uruguay;
- Confiance Kakule Katalico, from AFC Province to Uruguay;
- Eric Ndayicariye, from AGL Province to Mongolia;
- Albert Tron Mawa, from INS Province to Sri Lanka;
- Nirina Romeo Andriamandrantosoa, from MDG Province to MOR Province;
- Christian Mugisho, from AFC Province to MOR Province;
- Osvaldo Gorzegno Davico, from Italy to MEG Province;
- Roberto Cappelletti, from INE Province to Mozambique.
The FMA missionaries of the 148th expedition
- Sr Nguyen Thi Thu Thao, from Vietnam;
- Sr Mary Trần Thị Hiên, from Vietnam;
- Sr Mary Thresiamma, from India;
- Sr Susanna Hyun Weoul Sim, from Korea, formerly a missionary in Ethiopia;
- Sr. Alice Mathew, from India, formerly a missionary in Sri Lanka;
- Sr. Lourdu Mary Eruthayaraj, formerly a missionary in Sri Lanka;
- Sister Serena Toigo, from Italy.
On ANSChannel it will also be possible to follow the live coverage of the celebration, at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Oij_AtjQRbE
Below, you can download the booklet of the celebration in PDF format.
