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The Salesian community at Bethlehem has 7 Salesians from 5 nationalities: Egypt, India, Italy, Lebanon and Vietnam. The rector, Fr. Daniel Bassali Boules (from Egypt) who took charge of the community last year (2015), is also the principal of the Salesian Technical School; Fr. Vincent Raj, hails from India, Chennai, is the vice rector and the director of the Youth Centre; Fr. Dany El Hayek, from Lebanon, is the bursar of the community; Fr. Joseph Thi Nguyen, from Vietnam, is a student learning Arabic Language; Fr. Jacques Amateis, from Italy, works at the Apostolic Nunciature at Jerusalem. We have two elderly Salesians who are beyond their 80s; Frs. Pietro Sartori and Mario Provera.