en-us BIS - All Provinces Documents http://www.donboscoindia.com © Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Sun 28 Feb 2010 7:34:57 India Standard Time kjlouis@vsnl.net http://www.donboscoindia.com/english/images/toplogo1.gif http://www.donboscoindia.com/ 255 41 Visit http://www.donboscoindia.com http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=0&provinceid=0 ``I have seen. I have heard. I understand. I have come down ... Go, set my people free`` (Exodus, 3, 7-8) In a few seconds a terrifying earthquake put us on our knees. Apocalyptic catastrophe. Ruins. Deaths. Cries. Weeping. Dismay. Desolation. Silence. Rebellion. Darkness. Trauma. Misery. Desperation. Hands stretched out to each other. Hands stretched out to the Lord. ``I have seen. I have heard. I understand. I have come down ... Go, set my people free`` (Exodus, 3, 7-8)... http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=3&provinceid=3 IND - 2010 FEBRUARY - PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=4&provinceid=4 http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=4&provinceid=4 http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=3&provinceid=3 IND - 2010 JANUARY - PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=3&provinceid=3 IND - 2009 DECEMBER - PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=0&provinceid=0 When I begin to think deeply of the theme, I am amused for two reasons. First of all, there is the ironical fact that we human beings have to defend the rights of our children. This problem is unique to humankind, the most evolved part of the animal kingdom gifted with knowledge, freedom and love. Among animals there is no need for defending their young from the adults. What an irony that among human beings this has to be done. The second reason for my surprise is the fact that the Salesians and members of the Salesian Family have to discuss how to defend the rights of children in a serious seminar! http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=0&provinceid=0 Fr. Maria Charles sdb: A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away... http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=0&provinceid=0 http://donboscoindia.com/english/provincedocuments.php?proid=0&provinceid=0