Nearly 500 children from six YaR (Young at Risk) centres of Chennai province, together with their directors, got together for the first time at the province level to celebrate a unique theme - Caring for the Earth - Our Common Home. The Yar Day was organised by Father Joseph Leo, SDB the province YaR coordinator and the other commission members at Don Bosco, Beatitudes, Vyasapadi on November 26, 2017.. Read More »

''The Family in the Church's Synod: Prospects and Opportunities'' - This was the topic of the keynote address of Archbishop Bruno Forte, at the inauguration of The Youth Ministry and Family Congress 2017. He spoke of the Family as the Womb of humanity, the Womb of Social Living, the Womb of Ecclesial Life and the Womb of Faith and Holiness. This set the tone for The Youth Ministry and Family Congress 2017, which was officially opened this evening at the Charmatin Hotel in Madrid, Spain. Over 300 delegates from 80 countries were present for this Congress.. Read More »

''Our span is seventy years or eighty for those who are strong,'' says the Psalmist. But on November 11, 2017, Fr. Cedric Bout SDB of the Salesian Province of Chennai gracefully crossed these milestones and stepped into his 100th year, a privilege not given to many. In fact, in the 111-year-old history of the Salesians in India he is the oldest ever and the first to touch 100. . Read More »

Father Cedric Anthony Bout celebrated his 100th birthday amongst his fellow priests and brothers, as well as the faithful and well-wishers, in his familiar surroundings at The Citadel, Chennai, on November 11, 2017. ''The just will flourish like the palm tree, and grow like the Lebanon cedar...., still bearing fruit when they are old.'' (Ps 92:12-14).. Read More »

The Don Bosco Tech Campus at Basin Bridge, Chennai is not just a technical training institute, but it has been contributing a lot to skill training for the last 69 years, since its inception. ''The uniqueness of this institute is that it offers multifarious skill training at an affordable cost and provides job placement through its industry link partners,'' said Father Johnson Anthonisamy, the Head of the Institute.. Read More »

Universal press Media Education Vidyapith organised a Honorary Doctorate convocation for almost 46 members belonging to different parts of Tamil Nadu. Father Gerad Majella SDB received his DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOHY. . Read More »

Don Bosco Anbu Illam - Saranalayam (A New Children's Home for Vulnerable Girls) was blessed and inaugurated on 24 June, 2017 by Father K.M. Jose, SDB (Salesian Provincial of Chennai Province), in the presence of Mr. Senthil (District Child Protection Officer, Tiruvallur), Rev. Sr. Josephine, SMA (Mother General of SMA Congregation) and former directors of DBAI at Pope John's Garden, Madavaram, Chennai. . Read More »

In the evening of 3 August 2017, the community of Becchi Don Bosco celebrated the good work done by Father Stan, remembering the great bonds of friendship and love that he inspired throughout the community. ''I thank my God, each time I think of you and when I pray, I pray with gladness.'' These are the words of St. Paul to his people in Philippi. He is appointed as Rector of the Ratisbonne Salesian community in Jerusalem.. Read More »

SIGA Polytechnic College, a leading institute of Printing Technology in South India, celebrated their Youth Pastoral Day on Wednesday, 26 July 2017. The glittering function was inaugurated by Rev. Dr. John Bosco Lourdusamy SDB, Vice Provincial of the Salesian Province of Chennai, in the presence of Fr. John Christy SDB, Rector, Father P. T. Joseph SDB, Principal, Father Parthibanraj SDB, Director of Deepagam, and Father Mani Lazar SDB, the Province Youth Director.. Read More »

The leading Church Historians of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Church put their expertise together to publish an eight-volume set on Church History in chaste and progressive Tamil. Having been seven years in the making and written with the general Christian public in mind, including students of major and minor seminaries as also religious of various Congregations, the first six volumes of the literary output cover the history of the Church from the earliest to the present times. . Read More »