Actualising Laudato Si Goals: Meeting of South Asia Region Eco Team

Chennai, 2021 Nov 15 The Eco Team of Don Bosco Green Alliance (DBGA) in South Asia met on November 9, 2021, to share the various eco practices initiated in their respective Provinces. The team comprised of the Green Animators and Province representatives for DBGA from the region. They discussed the possible ways of effective communication and coordination among the members and the DBGA central team for a convincing impact on the environment.  Read More »
Fr Ricopar Royan

Skating Rally Creates Awareness on Social Justice and Climate Change
Tiruchy, 2021 Oct 23 The Salesian presences of Tiruchy Province, namely Don Bosco Skating Academy, Don Bosco School of Merit, and Bosco Maiyam, Pallithammam, organized a skating rally on October 4, 2021, to create awareness on social justice and climate change.  Read More »
Francis Xavier Savariraj

Week-long Work Camp for Sonada Brothers
Kolkata, 2021 Oct 17 A group of 20 residential student Brothers of Salesian College Sonada had a week-long work camp at Salesian College Siliguri campus. They cleared a jungle on the Siliguri campus.  Read More »
Banhunlang Lyngdoh

Salesian News Asia-Pacific YouTube Version Launched
Kolkata, 2021 Sep 21 Salesian News Asia Pacific, which started as a podcast during the first wave of Covid-19 on May 24, 2020, has launched its first YouTube version on September 19, 2021, marking its 70th uninterrupted episode.  Read More »
Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM

ENERGY FOREVER FOR A GREEN FUTURE - SOLAR POWERED SPCI HOUSE, DELHI
Chennai, 2021 Feb 26 ''That's one small step for a man; a giant leap for mankind.''Neil Armstrong's immortalised words hold good for anything important that we initiate, however insignificant it may appear. It holds good for the inauguration of the new 45-kilowatt solar power plant on the grid and rainwatercollectors at SPCI Don Bosco House,New Delhi on 23 February 2021. Supported by Jugend Eine Welt- Don Bosco Aktion�sterreich in partnership with Don Bosco Network- Bosconet, this installation is one vital step towards fulfilling the Salesian congregational ambition of greening all Salesian campuses worldwide by 2032.  Read More »
BIS Correspondent

PROJECT CALLS 2.0 - AN INITIATIVE TO BENEFIT TRIBAL COMMUNITY DURING COVID19
Tiruchy, 2021 Feb 06 Yercaud, India (INT): The two prestigious and people centred organizations: Shevaroyhills Tribal Development Institute (STDi) a wing of SPS INDIA FOUNDATION, The Retreat - Don Bosco, Yercaud and Jugend Eine Welt (JEW) inaugurated their Project CALLS 2.0 (COVID19 Alternative Livelihood and Living Services). This is their second intervention during the time of COVID19 to give alternative livelihood for the tribals of Yercaud. The project will train 80 persons in nursery plant growing and generate income with a stipend of standard daily wage during the training.  Read More »
Arockia Raj sdb

Hyderabad Salesians Host 1st Laudato Si' Province Webinar
Hyderabad, 2020 Jul 11 The province of St Joseph, Hyderabad hosted a webinar for all its confreres on 09 July 2020. The speaker was Father Dasari Nireekshan sdb, from the Laudato Si' commission set up by the province. He began the webinar with an introduction presenting the reason why Pope Francis chose the title ''Laudato Si' for his encyclical on environment, taking inspiration from the Canticle of the Creatures of St Francis of Assisi.  Read More »
Father Baly Yerramaneni

Father Savio Silveira SDB assumes office as Salesian Provincial Mumbai
Mumbai, 2019 Sep 14 Lonavla: The Salesians of INB Province of St Francis Xavier participated in a solemn, simple and short ceremony to welcome Father Savio Silveira as the 11th Provincial at Don Bosco Lonavla on September 12, 2019. The official installation/inauguration happened within a well-animated and meaningful Eucharist, during which Father Silveira professed the Creed and signed the official document, upon being invited by the outgoing Provincial and the principal president Father Godfrey D'Souza.  Read More »
Father Christopher Valentino SDB

UN - Youth Aspirations & Climate Urgency
Mumbai, 2019 Jul 18 (ANS - New York) - A panel discussion on 'Youth Aspirations & Climate Urgency' was organized on 11 July as a side event at the ongoing United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at New York, by ''Don Bosco Green Alliance along with Salesian Missions USA and Don Bosco Network'' (DBN). The HLPF annually evaluates the global progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), hence, this panel discussion focused on SDG 13 Climate Action and the impact of climate change on young people and their future.  Read More »
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