With deep sorrow the Salesian Provicne of Chennai announces the passing away of Brother Expedit Lobo SDB, 78 years, at 8.20 this morning (6th September 2016) at St. Bede's, Santhome, Chennai. He had been ailing for about two weeks with a lung infection. The funeral services will begin at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow (7th September) at St. Francis Xavier's Church, Broadway, Chennai. He was a Salesian for 53 years. . Read More »

Three Salesian seminarians belonging to the Province of Chennai were ordained priests on Saturday, 9th July 2016, at Don Bosco Hr. Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar, Vellore, by the Dr. P. Soundararaju SDB, DD, Bishop of Vellore. Joining the bishop at the impressive and moving ceremony were some 75 priests and hundreds of people, including parents and relatives of the newly ordained. . Read More »

The altar server occupies a privileged place in all liturgical celebrations. As Pope St. John Paul II told the altar servers some years ago, in the liturgy, they are ''much more than simple helpers of the parish priest.'' They are ''servers of Jesus Christ, of the eternal High Priest.'' They are, in a special way, the young friends of Jesus. . Read More »

With deep sorrow the Salesian Province of Chennai announces the death of our dear confrere Father Pailo Punnakunnel SDB who was called to his eternal reward at 2.30 p.m. today, May 1, 2016. He was 83 years old. Father Pailo was born on 18th September 1932 at Valavoor, Kotayam Dt., Kerala, as the fourth and last child of his parents, John & Elizabeth Punnakunnel. His twin brother, Father Devassy Punnakunnel, is a Salesian belonging to the Province of Bangalore. Their elder brother John is a priest in the United States. . Read More »

Chennai Province Youth Fest 2016 took place at The Citadel & SIGA Campus in April. The event included three major events: 1) Blood Donation 2) Workshop on Social Themes and 3) Youth Talent Fest . Read More »

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing away of our dear confrere Father Thomas Pamparel (P. M. Thomas) at 5.00 a.m. this morning (17 Feb 2016), at Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur. He was 85 years old. For the past twelve years, he had been confined to his bed, following an unsuccessful surgery to remove a tumour from his brain in 2004. . Read More »

The Provincial Chapter 2016 of the Salesian Province of Chennai was formally declared open by Father Jayapalan Raphael, the Provincial and President of the Chapter, during the inaugural ceremony held at 9 a.m. on 11 January, 2016. Invoking fraternal fellowship and prophetic participation on the part of the members of the Chapter, the Provincial expressed his hope that the Chapter, true to its theme, will revitalise life and mission in the province.. Read More »

In an awesome display of youthful talents, over a thousand boys and girls from twenty different Don Bosco institutions in Chennai vied with each other at the Don Bosco Mega Talent Show, Season 3, held at the Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA), Kilpauk, on 07 August 2015.. Read More »

ROME - Dr. Jesu Pudumai Doss has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), Rome, on27 April 2015, by Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB, the Chancellor of the University and Rector Major of Salesians of Don Bosco. . Read More »

Representatives from the various groups of the Salesian Family had a three-day ''Training for Trainers'' programme on Gender Equity Education on 27-29 March at DBICA, Chennai. The interactive programme was intended to give the participants clear concepts on gender equity, better understanding of the laws for the protection of women and to provide the participants with a framework for gender analysis and ways of addressing situations of violation against women. . Read More »