. Bangalore: A workshop on Journalism skills was held at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bangalore, for a group of Salesian Family and Networks personnel from 6-10 October. Bosco Information Service (BIS), a news agency of the Salesians of South Asia organized the workshop for the 17 participants who arrived from Bangalore, Hyderabad, Panjim, Mumbai and New Delhi.. Read More

The Salesian Province of Panjim organized a 'Parents' Day' for the parents and family members of Salesians on 5 October, at Don Bosco Youth Welfare Centre, Parra, Goa, as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the birth of Don Bosco. Parents and family members of Salesians working in the Mumbai Province were also invited for the celebration. . Read More

Twenty-nine perpetually professed Salesian fathers and brothers of the Panjim Province came together to spend 6 days in reflection and prayer at the Don Bosco Agro-Ed Complex, Sulcorna as part of their annual retreat from 8-14 September. . Read More

The Provincial of Panjim Salesian Province, Fr Ian Figueiredo, launched the Province website, www.donboscopanjim.com, on 17 January 2014, on the occassion of the provincial community day at the Provincial House, Odxel.. Read More

The inauguration of the Golden Jubilee year of establishing the Church of St. John Bosco at Kelmbet in Udupi district began on Sunday, 22 December with the participation of the people of the parish and a host of dignitaries.. Read More

19th December is much more than just a liberation day in Goa. The Balmela 2013 always adds a special tinge in the lives of the less privileged in Goa. YaR (Youth at Risk) commission of the Salesian Province of Panjim organised the 7th Annual Balmela with about 1200 children from different centres of social work run by Don Bosco and other NGOs. . Read More

The Salesian Panjim Province was blessed with another pair of holy hands ordained by Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Panjim, Goa, on 17th Dec 2013. Fr. Jonathan Rebeiro, SDB was ordained at a solemn ceremony at 4 pm this evening in the presence of his family and the Salesian family members. . Read More

An art exhibition cum sale entitled 'Different Strokes' by a group of professional and semi-professional artists, who call themselves 'artist's with a cause' was inaugurated by Mr Surendra Furtado, Mayor of the City of Panjim, Goa, in the presence of Fr Paul D'Souza, Vice provincial, Fr Allwyn D'Souza, Provincial Economer and the artists themselves on 7th December 2013, at the Central Library Hall, Panjim, Goa. The purpose of the exhibition and sale is to raise funds for Don Bosco Charities in the Salesian Province of Panjim. The art works will be on display till the 9th.. Read More

Don Bosco College, Panaji launched its educational TV channel 'dbtv' on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Terrace Hall. Fr. Ian Figueiredo, Salesian Provincial of the Panjim Province launched the channel. Fr. Wilfred Fernandes, Manager DBC and Dr. Mrs. Marie Raj, Principal, DBC Panaji were present on the occasion.. Read More

The Annual General Meeting of Don Bosco Action India (DBAI) was inaugurated on 26th November at ''Caritas'' Goa, 2013. DBAI is a national network for social development spread across India with its regional headquarters in 11 states of the country. The meeting will conclude on 27th Novemebr.. Read More

Commemorating World Media Day, and keeping up the memory of Media Week, Don Bosco High School, Oros spent the whole day of 25th November 2013, in learning and developing media skills. The event was organised by Fr. Clive Telles, Principal of the school. . Read More

Child Labour School children of Don Bosco Hubli had a combo celebration of ''Young At Risk Day'' and ''Child Rights Day'' in a very novel manner on 23 November at Don Bosco School, Sutgatti.. Read More

After an eventful three day visit to the Salesian Province of Panjim, Rev. Fr. Adriano Bregolin left for Mumbai on 10th November, en route to Rome. On the last two days he met with the Salesian Family, the pre-novices of the Panjim province and some youth of Bal Sadan, Paliem.. Read More

Fr. Adriano Bregolin, Vicar of the Rector Major of the Salesians, arrived in Panjim on 7 November for his first visit of the Province. In the evening of the same day he addressed a gathering of about 40 Salesians from all parts of the Province, and reflected with them on some aspects and trends of religious life today.. Read More

Camporee of the Province of Panjim held at Sulcorna, Goa, from 28th October ended successfully on 31st October, crowning Don Bosco Oros as the Camporee Champs 2013, with Don Bosco Farm High School, Sulcorna, Goa as the runner up. Fr Albano Fernandes, the Camp Chief, declared the Camporee 2013 closed and invited the campers to prepare themselves well for the next Boscoree which will take place in December 2014. . Read More

The Annual Camporee of the province of Panjim with the theme of Boscoree 2014 ''HEAL THE WORLD'' was kick-started on 28th October, 2013 at Don Bosco Agro-Ed Complex, Sulcorna, Goa. . Read More

The Placement and counseling Cell of Don Bosco college of Engineering Organized a One-Day Faculty Development Workshop on 20th July 2013. It was conducted by Dr. B. N. Shanthapriya, ex-Principal of Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Shiroda, Goa and Mr. Hilary D'Souza CEO of Mercury Pharma, Goa. . Read More

Don Bosco School was inaugurated by Mr Peter Vaz, President of Models Group of builders and blessed by Fr Ian Figueiredo, Provincial, province of Panjim on 25th October 2013 on the beautiful land donated to the Salesians by Msgr. Francisco Martins in 1948, at Odxel, Goa. . Read More

The Konkan Province organized a Youth Pastoral Animation Day for the Core Youth Pastoral team members and youth delegates of each community of the province with Rev. Fr. Maria Charles, the delegate for Youth ministry, South Asia as the facilitator. He took the participants through sessions on the vision for our Youth ministry, Synthesis of Rethinking of youth ministry in South Asia, and the Child policies.. Read More

C-CODES (Council of Computer Department Engineering Students), Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda organized a guest seminar on ''Cyber Crimes and Cyber Laws in India'' on 9th September 2013. Shri. Atmaram Deshpande,IPS, Superintendent of Police, was the resource person. The seminar was attended by second year and third year Computer Engineering Students. . Read More

The Practical Trainees of Panjim - Konkan Province (INP) met for the second time in this academic year at Don Bosco Provincial House, Odxel from 24th August to 25th August.. Read More

All Commissions of the Province of Panjim met at Odxel, Goa, on 26 June 2013, to review and plan various activities and services imparted for the youth of the province for the coming year.. Read More

The Inaugural function of the second Batch training under the Bosch India foundation and Konkan Development Society (KDS) Skill Development Project was held on 25 June 2013 at the Don Bosco, Loutolim, Goa. . Read More

A Standardization training for the members of Youth at Risk (YaR) in the Province of Panjim was held on 24th June, 2013 at Don Bosco, Odxel, Goa, as the Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia has made it mandatory for all YaR centres in India to standardize their activities. Fr. Arul Maran of Tiruchi Province was the facilitator of the training programme at which he explained what is meant by standardization of the YaR activities and why it was essential. . Read More

The commission for Schools and Colleges held their annual meeting at Don Bosco Trasi, Udupi Dt., on 18th June 2013. The meeting led by Fr Anand Noronha was attended by most of the principals from the province. . Read More

The Perpetual Profession of three clerics of the Panjim Province was solemnized on 24th May 2013 at St. John Bosco Church, Sirsi, Karnataka. The solemn function was held at 11.00 A.M. with the participation of a host of salesians, and parents, siblings and other relatives of those professing, as well as the parishioners of Sirsi.. Read More

To commemorate the year of Faith, Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim organised a live performance of Gospel Faith music, culminating with a moment of prayer on the 14th of April, 2013.. Read More

Over 50 priests and shrine full of faithful gathered in the afternoon (3.30pm) to bid farewell to the beloved family member, confrere and friend, Fr. Egidio Fernandes, today(1st May 2013).. Read More

Fr Egidio Fernandes, SDB (aged 63) passed to eternal happiness after spending a day of happiness at the province picnic at Cafe Looda, Anjuna, at 3.30 PM today(29th April 2013).. Read More

The inauguration of the 7th batch of the Skill Development Training Program in collaboration with Accenture and Bosch India foundation for three months was held at Don Bosco Tech Trasi in April 2013. . Read More

The second year engineering students of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, participated in three National Level Technical events. The first event named ''Technosangram 2013'' was held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd February 2013 at Goa College of Engineering.. Read More

The Carpenter's Cross is the first original gospel musical production, composed and directed by Alfwold Silveira and produced by Don Bosco Oratory. . Read More

Two Salesian clerics of the Konkan Province were ordained deacons on 23 February at the Sacred Heart parish, Yervada by Rt. Rev. Thomas Dabre. . Read More

The Provincial Chapter 2013 of Konkan Province came to an end on 22 February, thus bringing to a close a long thought process of reflection, animation, discussion, and formulation within the Province that was markedly participatory. The third theme on 'Servants of the Young' was discussed in much detail yet again, with a concentrated effort to understand how we can be more effective in our apostolate. Ample time was spent on drawing up concrete lines of action at the individual, community and province level.. Read More

The third day of the Panjim Province Provincial Chapter was marked by the a healthy discussion about lay collaboration, one of the primary issues the Province sought to resolve and focus upon in the present chapter. . Read More

The Panjim Province began the final session of the Chapter today, 18 Feb, with a recollection talk given by Fr Ashley Miranda sdb and every member present setting the stage for the next four days of discussion and planning, in the silent nature recluse of Don Bosco Sulcorna.. Read More

The Panjim Province Salesian Family gathered together for its annual Salesian Family Day 2013 (SFD) at Don Bosco Oratory Panjim, on 10th February.. Read More

On the 3rd February 2013, the Don Bosco Complex, Quepem was transformed into an unusually bustling place filled with youth from different regions of the Panjim Konkan Province, gathered for the Youth Day Celebration. . Read More

Christmas has a special flavour among the Salesians in Goa with an event annually dedicated to the poor and marginalised, held on 19th December 2012.. Read More

Human Rights Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm on 10th Dec 2012, making all the students of Don Bosco Academy, Sutgatti aware of their rights.. Read More

Province of Panjim-Konkan celebrated their first ADMA day at Don Bosco Oratory, Panjim, on 9th of Nov 2012 with the theme 'Do Whatever He Tells You'.. Read More

The second session of the Provincial Chapter 2013 was successfully held at Don Bosco Agro-Ed Complex, Sulcorna from the 27th November 2012 noon to 29th November 2012. Thirty members together with the Moderator Fr. Paul D'Souza and Fr. Ian Figueiredo as its President participated in the third Provincial Chapter of the Province of Panjim.. Read More

Come and See Camp, was organised at Don Bosco Animation Centre Benaulim from 8th to the 10th November. There were fifty five boys from our Salesian schools and the neighbouring schools around Margao and Benaulim. Come and See Camp gave them an experience of seeing Salesian life from close quarters and discerning God's call for themselves.. Read More

it is rightly said, 'An idle mind is a devils workshop'. We at Don Bosco Trasi, are aware that many children waste their time during the school holidays and either get into trouble doing or learning not so very good things or just squander away their holidays in front of the TV or play computer games.. Read More

The October vocation camp (22nd - 24th) at Don Bosco Youth Centre, Shirva began on 22nd morning 9.30 a.m. There were 37 boys and 4 volunteers attending the camp. . Read More

The DBTech Trasi had its Alumni meet this year with Rev. Fr. George Quadros, Assistant Director of DB Tech, India, as the Honourable Chief Guest. Other important guests were: Rev. Fr. George Quadros, Assistant Director of DB Tech, India, as our Honourable Chief Guest, Mr. Belladi Shankar Shetty, President of Taluk Panchayath, Kundapur Taluk, Rev. Fr. Anand Norahana Principal and Rector of Don Bosco School, Mr. Vincent Fernandes, State Coordinator of DBTech, Karnataka, Mr. Arun Mendonca, Vice President, Parish Council Thallur Parish, our Director Rev. Fr. Leo Pereira. . Read More

On 14th of October , 2012 the community of Don Bosco together with the Parish of St. Francis Xavier Tuem organized an Altar servers Rally for all the parishes of the Pernem Deanery.. Read More

The impact of DBTECH in Trasi was very evident as 250 alumni gathered in gratitude for an Alumni program organized on 30th September in the presence of Fr. George Quadros (Asst Director of DBTech India), Mr Belladi Shankar Shetty (President of Taluk Panchayat, Kundapur Taluk), and the local coordinators Fr Anand Noronha (Rector & Principal), Fr Leo Pereira (Director), and Mr Vincent Fernandes (State Coordinator).. Read More

Humility is the greatest virtue a teacher can have, if we don't have humility we are not fit to be teachers, said Fr. Leandro Garcia's the rector of don Bosco academy Hubli in his homily on Teachers Day. . Read More

Every Salesian House keeps up the beautiful Salesian tradition of honouring Mary by dedicating a month to her, praising her and imitating Mary's virtues. At Don Bosco Animation Centre Benaulim the youth group along with Fr. Peter Francis organised a Marian Nite on 8th September, the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady. . Read More