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 »

On Friday 20 March 2015, Fr. Bosco Augustine SDB became the first Salesian from Chennai province to obtain a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Salesian Pontifical University, Rome. In the fully packed Anna Morolla Hall of the University, listening to Fr. Bosco's brilliant defence of his thesis were eminent guests such as Fr. Ivo Coelho, Councillor General for Formation, Fr. Stanislaus Swamikannu, former Provincial of Chennai, and Fr. Eugenio Riva, Superior of the Vice Province of UPS, Rome. . Read More »

In a solemn two-hour-long ceremony, 14 Salesian students of theology from Becchi Don Bosco, Kavarapettai, were ordained deacons by Archbishop George Antonysamy D.D. of Madras-Mylapore, on 18 March at Don Bosco Shrine, Ayanavaram, Chennai, in the presence of a large gathering of people, which included the parents and dear ones of the ordained. Of the 14 new deacons 5 belong to the Province of Chennai, 6 to Tiruchy, 2 to Hyderabad and 1 to the Province of the Middle East.. Read More »

A whopping 324 young men and women received on-the-spot job offer letters while 400 others were shortlisted by 35 reputed companies on 14 March 2015 at the Don Bosco Job Fair and Technical Expo held in the campus of SIGA Polytechnic and the adjoining DB College of Art and Design (DBCAD) in Chennai. The day-long event was organized by DB Vazhikatti, the Career Guidance and Job Placement Cell of the Salesian Province of Chennai, with the collaboration of the Technical Sector of the Provincial Youth Pastoral team. It was one of the many events organized in the province to mark the Bicentenary celebrations of Don Bosco's birth (1815-2015).. Read More »