This dictionary has been published under the auspices of the East Asia-Oceania Region. It has been compiled over a long period of time covering two Workshops held by translators from the East Asia-Oceania Salesian region, one in 2014 the other in 2019. The Salesian Dictionary is a comprehensive effort to compile a list of terms in current (and sometimes in historical) use in Salesian discourse in English. Perhaps 98% of these terms have originated in Italian, some in the Piedmontese dialect, the vernacular of the founding Father and most of his first followers. But as Don Bosco's charism became established outside of Italy, it was inevitable that new terms would arise with their origins in other languages.. Read More »

Shillong - Professor Father Paul Vadakumpadam who was made president of Sacred Heart Theological College at Mawlai Shillong in August 2019 died of brain tumour discovered five months ago. Fr. Paul passed away at Sacred Heart Theological College at Mawlai, Shillong at 11.45 am on Monday 18 November 2019. He was 67 years old.. Read More »

Sonada - A college in Darjeeling hills has won an international award for Faculty Orientation and Strategic Planning. Salesian College Principal Dr George Thadathil and CEO of Leadership Inc Hong Kong Mr Mark J. Pixley were awarded IAF Silver Medal International Award by its Asia Head Ms Farah at the Umrao, New Delhi on 15 November 2019.. Read More »

Sonada - On a visit to Salesian College Sonada, President of Asian Bishops' Conference, Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo released the long awaited 'Salesian College - A History that Speaks Today', 7th November 2019. Salesian College: A History that Speaks Today' edited by Trophy D'Souza has some 450 pages covering a span of 77 years (1938 to 2015). . Read More »

Guwahati - Salesian Cardinal Charles Maung Bo concluded his weeklong visit to the Northeast India on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, after a concluding concelebrated Mass in Salesian Provincial House, Guwahati, Assam. Cardinal Bo, the President of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) and Archbishop of Yangon, made his first ever visit to the region, known as the cradle of the Salesian missions in India.. Read More »

(ANS - Rome) - On the day of commemorating the departure of the first Salesian Missionary Expedition, on November 11th, in the year of the 150th Expedition, the General Councilor for the Missions, Fr Guillermo Basanes, sent, as per tradition, a letter to the elderly and sick Salesians. . Read More »

Siliguri, The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco addressing a group of Salesians gathered at Siliguri in North Bengal said, ''the greatest problem the Church faces today is not the scandal of sexual abuse of minors by its clergy, but the scourge of clericalism and power seeking by clerics.'' . Read More »

Jorhat, A 3-day seminar organised by I-CARD (Institution for Culture And Rural Development) from 25th to 27th October at Jorhat on 'Children in Mising Society' esposed the plight of children of the Mishing tribe, an indigenous community inhabiting parts of the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. They are also known as Miris and trace back to the ancestor Abotani. The seminar, 21st in the series, started on 25th October, with a colourful cultural function, coordinated by Puspalata Mili, at 6 pm. Dr. Juri Baruah of Human and Family Development department of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat was the chief guest. . Read More »

Sonada — A short film entitled ''Missionary of the Balasun Valley'' is to be screened at celebration of Extraordinary Missionary Month of Darjeeling-Sikkim Diocese scheduled to be held on 31 October 2019 at St. George School, Pedong, northeast of Kalimpong town in North Bengal. . Read More »

The Salesian Province of Chennai regrets to announce that Father Martin Sowriappan SDB (37) passed away this morning, 22 October 2019. . Read More »