Adieu Father Dominic Veliath, A Gentle Genius, Friendly Formator and Pragmatic Professor

Bangalore, 2021 Nov 28 Father Dominic Veliath SDB, aged 79, passed away on November 27, 2021. He had multiple health issues for a few months and was in palliative care. The funeral rites will be at Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore, on Monday, November 29, 2021, at 10.30 am.  Read More »
Father Jude Pooppana SDB

Legendary Salesian Educator Father Joseph Murphy Remembered
Tirupathur, 2021 Nov 23 ''After taking six wickets, sure of his team's victory, he collapsed on the pitch, thus ending his brief but glorious innings of 51 years on this earth. We can imagine him walking right into the celestial pavilion with his head held high and a charming smile playing on his lips. And the heavenly stadium resounding with the sound of angels cheering him and accompanying him to the victory stand,'' said Father KJ Louis SDB, at the gathering to pay tribute on the 50 Death Anniversary of Father Joseph Murphy, an outstanding educator and loyal son of Don Bosco. The Salesian Community of Sacred Heart College, Tirupathur and friends of Father Murphy gathered on November 14, 2021, to remember and pay tributes to him on the 50th anniversary of death.  Read More »
Father Sathinathan Thomas SDB

International Webinar on Faces of Faith in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic
Kolkata, 2021 Nov 17 On the 25th Year of the Indian Catechetical Association, in collaboration with the sector on the Dimension of Education to Faith of the Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia (SPCSA), a webinar on 'Faces of Faith in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic, ' went online from November 15. The international webinar has the presence of bishops, clergy, nuns and lay- faithful from several countries.  Read More »
Ms. Raynah Braganza

Salesian Cooperator Gets Padma Shri for Popularising Turmeric Variety
Kolkata, 2021 Nov 10 Trinity Saioo of Jaintia Hills Meghalaya was conferred India's fourth-highest civilian honour, Padma Shri, by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at a glittering function in New Delhi on November 9, 2021. The award comes her way for promoting the best variety of the Indian spice - the 'Lakadong Chyrmit' turmeric.  Read More »
Sr Eugenia Laloo

Salesians Create First Happy Zone Learning Space for Children in Kerala
Kottayam, 2021 Nov 09 Students in Kerala went back to school on 1st November after a long spell of Covid-19 lockdown. Students of Don Bosco School in Puthuppally, near Kottayam in Kerala, were in for a surprise and thrilled at what they saw in school.  Read More »
C.M. Paul

WISE AND STRONG; A New Book for Parents and Educators Released
Tirupatur, 2021 Nov 02 The best way to grow as wise and physically strong is to listen to God and the counsel of wise and wounded healers, said Most Rev. Lawrence Pius, Bishop of Dharmapuri, at the release of the book, Wise and Strong, written by Father John Alexander SDB. The Department of Life Education, Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur, India, organized the event on October 29, 2021.  Read More »
Father Sathinathan SDB

MADRE CHIARA CAZZUOLA, 10th Successor of Mother Mazzarello
Rome, 2021 Oct 05 Dearest Sisters, After a profound listening to the Holy Spirit, in an atmosphere of serenity and prayer, in these days of discernment we have experienced the power of the communion and prayer of the whole Institute. Today 5 October 2021 she said her ''yes'', available and generous to be the tenth Successor of Mother Mazzarello, as guide of the FMA Institute, MADRE CHIARA CAZZUOLA  Read More »
Sr. Angela Maria Maccioni

Angel Fernandez Fernandez, Father of our Rector Major Passes Away
Rome, 2021 Sep 15 (ANS - Rome) - At 7 am today, 15 September, Angel Fernandez Fernandez, the father of our Rector Major, Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, breathed his last after a long illness. Born in Luanco, Asturias, Spain, on 12 June 1932, he passed away after 89 years of life and 61 years of marriage by the side of his mother Isabel Artime.  Read More »
ANS- Rome

WHO Features Research by Salesian Higher Education Institutes
Kolkata, 2021 Aug 15 A collaborative research study conducted by Salesian College Siliguri and Salesian University Bolivia on education in pandemic times and published in the Scopus platform has featured on the World Health Organisation website. Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.  Read More »
C.M. Paul