. Irinjalakuda: Mini Boscoree of the Kerala region was conducted in Don Bosco Schools Irinjalakuda from 15 to 18th November 2013. Rev. Fr. Martin Kuruvanmakal, Head of Education Commission, Bangalore Province, officially inaugurated the camp with a message in which he exhorted them ''to get to know each other, share the talents and get enriched.'' He also emphasized on the importance of being a disciplined person and remarked that this movement could bring the required result. . Read More »

. (ANS - Rome) - The International Day of the Rights of Children and Adolescents is celebrated all round the world tomorrow, 20 November. Since 2009, this day has also been designated World Day of Prayer and Action for the Children and Youth of the World. To mark the occasion, the Rector Major has sent a message in which he invites the whole Salesian Family to ''promote the right to education for all the children of the world as a tool to combat and prevent child marriage.'' . Read More »

The Three-day seminar on Salesian Identity and History in India organised by ACSSA (Association of Salesian History Lovers) under the able leadership of Fr. Mathew Kapplikunnel concluded on 17 November 2013 on a successful note. . Read More »

The Don Bosco Scouts and Guides meet ''Gromo 2013'' concluded on a happy note on Childrens' day, 14 November in Lonavla. Many State and District heads of the Scouts and Guides Movement were present at the concluding ceremony. . Read More »

Fr. Paul Puthanangady, SDB, eminent liturgist and theologian of India, who had passed away on 14 November, was given a very fitting and moving final adieu, first at the Church of St. Antony\'s, TC Palya, Bangalore and then at the cemetery in Kristu Jyoti College in the same city. . Read More »

. Rome: Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati was felicitated by the Indian Salesians at the Salesian University (UPS), Rome, on 15 November, upon being conferred with an Honourary Doctorate by Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome. The almost four century old 'Urbaniana' honoured him with the degree in Missiology on the previous day for his remarkable contribution to missionary praxis in the mission territories of India, and his leadership in the field of evangelization in the Asian continent. . Read More »

South Asian Meeting of the Association of the Salesian History Lovers (ACSSA) was inaugurated at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bangalore on 15 November 2014 at 9 am, in the presence of Fr. Maria Arokiam, Regional Councillor, Fr. Thomas Anchukandam, Provincial of Bangalore Province, Fr. Stanislaw Zimniak, the representative from Salesian Generalate, Rome and 26 participants of the Salesian Family of South Asia. . Read More »

With the passing away of Fr. Paul Puthanangady SDB this morning, 14 November, a great luminary has gone away from our midst. However the rays of light he shed during his life time will continue to illumine many for a long time to come. Fr. Puthanangady, aged 79, succumbed to cancer from which he had been suffering for quite many years, at Don Bosco Aluva, Kerala. His health condition had taken a sudden dip in the past couple of weeks, and he was administered the anointing of the sick in the presence of a large number of his confreres and many of his relations, at the studentate of Philosophy in Aluva. He passed away in the Golden jubilee year of his priestly Ordination. Fr. Puthanangady had selflessly devoted several decades of his life to theology and liturgy as a scholar, a professor, a formator and a leader. It can rightly be said that his contributions to theological reflection in general and liturgical renewal in India in particular is unparalleled. His evident achievements are bound to influence several generations of people. . Read More »

How do you define a person who is a writer, orator, liturgist, preacher, teacher, author, ecclesiastical activist, argumentator, organizer and theologian? Such complex personality was St. Paul. Perhaps, Fr. Paul resembles his patron saint in every way! Fr. Paul Puthanangady, SDB, an authority on liturgy, could command, demand and reprimand the Indian Ecclesiastical authorities if anything is related to liturgy. This Liturgical Thunder has now entered into liturgical silence today. We take a look into his personality from his contemporaries who have seen him, heard him and lived with him. . Read More »

Jorhat: ''It takes just one youngster to transform a village'', said Fr. Thomas, director of Institution for Culture And Rural Development (I-CARD) as he introduced the Young Misings Association Summit that began on 5th November, 2013 in Life Plus, Jorhat (Assam) and ended on 9th Nov. The five day youth festival is an annual event of I-CARD for the youth of Mising tribe in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. . Read More »