A Salesian who headed the Social Communication office of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India in New Delhi will now be in charge of the media office of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC) in Manila from 22nd March 2019. . Read More »

Darjeeling -- The Salesian College Publication participating in the 23rd Annual Darjeeling District Book Fair held from 14 to 17 March 2019 won laurels for being the only college publication at the fair. The anuual book fair was organized by Darjeeling Book Fair Committee in Darjeeling's iconic Capitol Cinema Hall - a stone building with a clock standing 100ft high and used to house a 600-seat theatre from 1921 to 1984.. Read More »

A group of Salesian Alumni coordinated the visit of Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar, current Archbishop of Yangon to Kolkata. The Cardinal was on a two day visit to meet with his ailing brother Mr Bernard. Cardinal also met his former Superiors and confreres at Salesian Provincial House, and paid a courtesy visit to Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Calcutta. He also visited the historical Marian shrine at Bandel with his brother Bernard and family.. Read More »

Sonada -- In a rare gesture of creating public awareness on YOUTH & LOVE on Valentine's Day a group of 3rd year students and 3 faculty members went LIVE on Radio Salesian from 11 am to 12 noon, 14 February 2019. Radio Journalist Bryan (HoD Computer Science) and RJ Sumina (HoD Sociology) hosted the show with Campus Coordinator and senior faculty member Dr Terence Mukhia and two girls and two boys from 3rd year.. Read More »

Darjeeling -- Salesian College Sonada celebrated its second World Radio Day (WRD) on Wednesday,13th February 2019. The programme was organized by Radio Salesian 90.8 FM with WRD 2019 theme: Dialogue, tolerance and peace. The WRD UNESCO event launched in 2011 marks a time when people around the world celebrate radio and how it shapes our lives.. Read More »

The province celebrated New Priest Day on 9 February, at the conclusion of the provincial chapter in Kolkata, with over 90 confreres present. The four newly ordained were at the altar with the Provincial offering their first Mass for the confreres. . Read More »

Siliguri -- Don Bosco School Mirik was hailed the best school in North Bengal in the category of schools under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education at 4th Minervaa Edu Achievement Awards held at Montana Vista, Uttarayon in Siliguri, North Bengal.. Read More »

The funeral rites of Brother Mathew Thaiparambil SDB took place in the Basilica of Our Lady of Bandel on 6 February with over 80 priests joining the Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Father Jose Thaiparambil S.J, the younger brother of the deceased Salesians and attended by hundreds of well-wishers, students, past pupils and religious. . Read More »

Founder-Director of Don Bosco Self-Employment and Research Institute (DBSERI) and pioneer of Non-Formal Vocational Education in West Bengal Brother Mathew Thaiparambil passed away at a Kolkata Hospital, 1 February 2019. . Read More »

Salesian province of Kolkata organized Youth Fest 2019 at Don Bosco Park Circus from the 23rd to 26th January. Based on the theme 'Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment,' derived from the recently concluded Synod on Youth, the Fest welcomed the gathering of 375 participants, including the animators.. Read More »