Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe

"It is so easy for a diocese to crumble if its people do not unite and give serious attention to solidarity. This is the message I wish to send, from a diocese that has learned this truth through agonizing, first-hand experience, to the rest of the Church in Japan."

"When Salesians just work and work for their whole life and then just retire in their own room, sometimes their Salesian mission is over. You need just to be with the young or young adults. Probably the young Salesians need to know personally the Salesian Youth Spirituality – not just from books but also at the practical experiential level. It does include praying together with the young people, forming them as the youth apostles and offering some strong experience of volunteer life."