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 »
YERRAMANENI Baly

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 »
Joaquim Fernandes

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 »
Joaquim Fernandes

Plastic Brick Campaign Marks 50th Earth Day
Kolkata, 2019 Apr 22 The Vice-Principal of Salesian College Sonada, Father C.M. Paul launched a plastic waste management campaign to make plastic bricks and mark 50th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April 2019.  Read More »
Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM

Panama - Laudato Si' Generation launched at World Youth Day in Panama2019
Mumbai, 2019 Jan 29 (ANS - Panama City) - Laudato Si' Generation was officially launched on 25 January during the celebration of the World Youth Day in Panama. Laudato Si' Generation, which is the youth branch of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, aims at becoming a global youth movement that works for environmental issues, especially climate justice. Don Bosco Green Alliance and the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) are founding members of Laudato Si' Generation.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

BOSCOM South Asia meets in Mumbai
Mumbai, 2018 Jul 31 The South Asia General Body meeting of the Bosco Communications (BOSCOM), the Salesian Social Communications department was organised at the Don Bosco Provincial House, Mumbai from 27-28 July, 2018. The 12 Delegates who participated at this meeting chaired by the Salesian Provincial of Mumbai, Father Godfrey D'Souza, who is also the Provincial delegate who coordinates BOSCOM on behalf of the SPCSA [Salesian Provincial Council of South Asia], included the province delegates, the web-admin and editor of the Salesian Bulletin.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Don Bosco Green Alliance powers its Web Portal
Mumbai, 2018 Apr 02 India: At a time when headlines of major news organisations focus on air pollution, the Great Pacific garbage patch, the Pacific trash vortex and the collapsing glaciers, there comes news of hope, and the Salesians of Don Bosco are leading the way in fostering this hope by adding a touch of green to a global picture being sullied by shades of grey.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes