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 »

Bangalore - The 8th Congress of the Salesian Brothers of South Asia held at Don Bosco Skill Mission, Bangalore, from 30 December 2018 to 3 January 2019 elected Brother Jose Puthenpurackel of Calcutta province as the new national delegate for Salesian Brothers in South Asia region comprising of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.. Read More »

Sonada -- A group of four BA Mass Communication students from Assam Don Bosco University Guwahati undergoing month long campus radio internship at Radio Salesian 90.8 FM are hosting one-hour live radio program from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday since 21st December 2018. They will conclude their intense hands-on radio internship training on 4th January 2018.. Read More »

Malbasey - Bishop Stephen Lepcha of Darjeeling ordained priest Deacon Samuel Rai of Kolkata province at a prayerful ceremony held at Don Bosco School Malbasey West Sikkim, on 27 December 2018. Some 25 priests including two of his professors from Sacred Heart Theological College (Dr Manoj and Dr Dennis) participated. . Read More »