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Members of Salesians in the Secular World (SSW) pose for a photograph at the official launch of the movement in Dimapur on July 31.[/caption]
Dimapur, Aug. 1 (EMN): Rev. Fr. Nazarius Lakra, vice provincial of the Salesian Province of Dimapur, officially launched the Nagaland State unit of the ‘Salesians in the Secular World’ (SSW) on July 31 at Don Bosco Institute of Development and Leadership (DBIDL), Dimapur.
The official launch of the SSW Nagaland was preceded by the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Fr. Nazarius, in his homily, encouraged the new SSW members to be transformed by prayer. He invited them to radiate genuine joy by endeavouring to live the Gospel values in the Don Bosco way.
Salesians in the Secular World is a movement whose members had once been in the Salesian family as aspirants, novices or Salesians but later felt called by God to another way of life. They still cherish the spirit of Don Bosco they had imbibed earlier.
As Christians, while pursuing different walks of life, they try to practice Don Bosco’s spirit- preferential love for youth particularly the marginalised ones.
Among those present on the occasion included the State convenor of SSW Nagaland Joe Ngamkhuchung, president of SSW Nagaland Lanthou Mark Gonmei, secretary of SSW Nagaland PA Thomas, SSW programme leader Victor Panmeih, 21 new members of the SSW Nagaland, Rector of DBHSS Fr. CT Varghese, member of the Provincial Council Fr. CD Mathai, Sr. Maria Scaria, representatives from Salesian cooperators, Don Bosco alumni, and selected students from DBHSS, Dimapur.
