DON BOSCO SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO 9

KALAKBAY
SEPTEMBER 2022

LISTENING TO THE Content

VOICE OF THE EARTH 01 Listening to the
voice of the Earth
By: May Ferreros 02 Online Courses
Last August 22, 2022, Philippine Alliance for Recycling 03 President's Corner
and Materials Sustainability (PARMS) President Crispian
Lao conducted a seminar on the policies and procedures
of Waste Management at Don Bosco School of Theology
(DBST). This seminar was attended by the seminarians,
religious sisters, priests, and lay mission partners of DBST.
Mr. Lao, together with Mr. Bert Guevara and Mr. Zed
Avecilla, emphasized the importance of caring for the
environment and then educated the congregation on
how to properly segregate the waste and compost the
biodegradable materials gathered. They even showed
them some of the products that can be produced out of
recyclable materials. Sentinel Upcycling with its
President Mr. Jonathan Co, donated to DBST several trash
bins to help the school in its effort to become a Green
Campus. Crispian Lao
(continued next page) President - PARMS

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Pope Francis established September 1 as the World Day of

Prayer for the Care of Creation. In response to this, DBST
President Fr. Francis Gustilo SDB opened the month of
September with a Prayer Ritual for the Season of Creation. The
ritual was participated by the several congregations that are
enrolled in DBST. Fr. Antonio Molavin SDB, the convener of Don
Bosco Green Alliance and member of the steering board of the
Pontifical Commission on Ecology and Creation, said during his
sharing that the biggest issue right now is saving Mother Earth.
Living our vocation is “essential and not optional” in our
Christian experience. He said that we all have a role to play to
save Mother Earth. At the end of his sharing, he gave the
seminarians and lay, mission partners, two challenges: 1. Ask
themselves the question, “What can I do every day to save
Mother Earth?” and 2. Come to know more about the beauty of
creation. He further said that the call of Pope Francis to
ecological conversion can bring about a rebirth into coming to
discover more about God and the beauty of His creation.

In closing, Fr Francis Gustilo SDB made an announcement

that DBST will have a fund-raising golf tournament that will be
dedicated to establishing the eco-theology curriculum and the
sponsorship of scholars who will pioneer this program. He also
exhorted the students from the 13 countries enrolled in DBST to
be ambassadors of ecology to their Salesian Confreres and
institutions to they will someday belong.

We have long been ignoring the cries of Mother Earth and

so it’s time for us to listen to her before it’s too late. DBST is
making a stand and we want to involve as many as possible.
Supporting DBST financially means joining us in this endeavor.

President's Corner
Online We continue to strive to heed the call of
Courses Pope Francis to listen to the cry of the earth.
In just a month, our staff and students found
This online courses the joy of learning to differentiate between
are FREE for all
recyclables and residuals. We do not simply
our benefactors. see trash as throw-aways but we start to
Please contact May consider, why spend money when perhaps
Ferreros at 0966 we can find more environment-friendly
2969978 should you
substitutes. We're happy to say that we
want to attend.
belong to those who work to save the earth.
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