At the Silver Jubilee of Don Bosco Church Mirik, the only Catholic Church in the hill tourist town, a life-size statue to its pioneer Italian missionary Father Luigi Jellici was unveiled on November 27, 2021. Salesian Father Luigi Jellici started a mission in Sonada in 1963 reached Mirik in 1995. He set up a school and Don Bosco chapel, which has grown into a high school catering to Nepali children of local tea gardens up to class 12. . Read More »

Samthar, the most recent Salesian mission in the Kalimpong hills situated some 5,250 ft above sea level in the rugged hill terrain, held the Eucharistic procession and celebrated the feast of Christ the King on November 21, 2021.. Read More »

The Social Communications and Mission Delegates of South Asia met online on November 15 and 16, 2021, to work together and communicate Jesus today through the dynamics of culture in the digital environment. The General Councillor for Social Communication, Father Gildasio Mendes and General Councillor for Salesian Missions, Father Alfred Maravilla, were present. . Read More »

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 »

Don Bosco Media Network, Shillong, made another beaming leap by launching its Cable TV Channel on its first anniversary. DBMN started on YouTube Channel a year ago to provide hope to society and ensure factual reporting and positivity. Father Michael Makri, Director of Don Bosco Media Network, attributed the rapid development of the DBMN to God Almighty and the unstinted support of the Salesian Congregation. . Read More »

If Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was the voice of Catholics in America on television and radio, Bishop Arulselvam Rayappan is the voice of Catholics in Tamil Nadu on YouTube. Speaking to the Salesians working in the Diocese, the newly Ordained Bishop of Salem invited them to be harbingers of New Media. He asked them to encourage young people to use media for evangelization and catechesis. The Bishop met the Salesians working in the Diocese on August 18, 2021.. Read More »

The Silver Jubilee of Risen Christ Church, Bosco Ashram, Ponnur in Andhra Pradesh, was celebrated on August 18, 2021, with a gathering of priests, religious sisters and the faithful from various sub-stations. Wrapping up the year-long celebrations, Father Thathireddy Vijaya Bhaskar, sdb, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Hyderabad, during the Eucharist, said, ''Let us keep up and be an example of our faith, handed over by our ancestors, and be true children of Christ.''. Read More »

Don Bosco Youth Centre, the educational-recreational hub in Shillong, has turned into a Corona Care Centre for those infected by Covid-19. The Centre became functional on May 6, 2021, under the leadership of its director Father Michael Makri, and assisted by five lay collaborators and the members of the Salesian Family, the Salesian Sisters (FMA) and the MSMHC Sisters. The Centre provides essential services to the post-Covid-19 patients who have completed the Covid-19 treatment from different hospitals.. Read More »

On May 30, the Salesian communities of Kathmandu valley, supported by the benefactors, donated medical equipment and accessories like oxygen concentrator, oximeters, PPE kits, masks, and sanitiser to the newly opened Covid Centre in Godavari Municipality. The Covid situation, as in other countries, has further impoverished the small mountainous country, Nepal.. Read More »

Don Bosco Publishing House, at Hyderabad, has launched 'WORD WITH US - Bible Diary 2021' App, making its contribution to the Ministry of the Word and thus, bringing the Incarnate Word to liven the faith of every disciple of Christ.. Read More »