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

14 Stations of Creation - The Way of Beauty, Based on Laudato Si
Kolkata, 2021 Oct 23 Authored by Father Gilbert Choondal SDB, Director of Catechesis, Nitika Don Bosco, Kolkata, The Way of Beauty is a reflective, prayerful and practical devotional expression to bring to life the teachings of Pope Francis on Laudato Si. The fourteen Stations of Creation, following the pattern of the Stations of the Cross, are considerations on creation taken from the Old and New Testament with appropriate biblical passages followed by suitable texts from Laudato Si'.  Read More »
Gilbert Choondal

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

DON BOSCO SCHOOL, NEW DELHI INAUGURATES RUBY JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
New Delhi, 2021 Feb 07 Saturday, 30th January, 2021 was a day of blessing in the history of Don Bosco School, Alaknanda - New Delhi as it marked the celebrations of the inauguration of the Ruby Jubilee Year of the foundation of the school. The distinguished guests Fr. Davis Maniparamban, Fr. Babu Varghese, Fr. Augustine Toppo, Fr. David Rayappan, Fr. Kuriakose, Mrs. Rashma Kumar and Mr. Sanjeev Kumar were given a grand welcome by the august gathering of teachers, parents and students.  Read More »
Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

Webinar on Laudato Si and Human Rights by Fr Cedric Prakash S.J.
Hyderabad, 2021 Jan 14 Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad, 14 January 15, 2021: During the praxis-orientation webinar on Laudato si, organized by the Salesian Province of Hyderabad, on 14 January, 2021, Fr Cedric Prakash S.J. spoke on the theme, ''Grounding Laudato Si in the Soil and Culture of Human Rights in India''. The main thrust of his talk was on the 5 Cs - Common Challenges faced by the world, in the area of environmental crisis, the Causes of Ecological Degradation, the need for Caring for our Common Home and the Commitment and the Courage called for, in heeding the Cry of the Earth and Cry of the Poor.  Read More »
Fr Jose Maliekal sdb

Stations of Creation, Way of Beauty launched
Kolkata, 2020 Sep 14 Kolkata, September 14, 2020 -- A priest catechist in Kolkata has marked Year of Laudato Si', with the launch of what he calls 'Stations of Creation - a Way of Beauty' on Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14.  Read More »
C.M. Paul

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