To commemorate the bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth, the Province of Mumbai organized an Altar Servers' Rally on Sunday, November 9 at St. John Bosco Church, Borivili. Over 300 young altar servers accompanied by 30 animators from 10 parishes rallied together to reflect on the theme 'Don Bosco needs You'. Salesian institutions from as far as Pune and Nashik also took part in the rally.. Read More

. CHENNAI: The Annual Seminar for the Provincial Delegates for Mission Animation (PDMA) of South Asia commenced at the Salesian Provincial House, Chennai on 9 November. There was a remarkable difference this year as participation of most of the branches of the Salesian Family in this region made the seminar with the theme ''Family as the nucleus of evangelization'' truly a ''Family'' undertaking. . Read More

''Child Rights are Human Rights, and dear Children, we care for you!'' This was the focus of a series of training programmes and publicity campaigns conducted during the first week of November at Don Bosco Navajeevan, Hyderabad. These included the Hub level training for the web application HLK-ChildMISS, Human Rights Education for government school teachers, and the release of posters and T-shirts for the Child Safety Net Campaign.These programmes took place in the context of the 25th year of the approval of the UN Convention on Child Rights (1989-2014).. Read More

As part of the bicentenary celebrations of Don Bosco's birth, a seminar on 'Learning from Don Bosco' was organised for the members of the Salesian family, Guwahati and Karbi Anglong regions on 8 November at St. Mary's School, Guwahati. It was an attempt to understand more deeply the charism and works of St. John Bosco, the founder of the Salesians and the Salesian Movement. Over a hundred priests, brothers, sisters, cooperators, past pupils and lay collaborators of the Salesian Family attended the seminar. . Read More

National Educational Conference of Don Bosco Schools (NECDBS) 2014 commenced on 6 November at Don Bosco International School Matunga, Mumbai. The chief guest at the inauguration ceremony was the Minister of State for Power and Energy Mr. Piyush Goyal, who is also an alumnus of Don Bosco Matunga.. Read More

Fr. Amalraj Cappel SDB of the Salesian Province of Chennai passed away in the early hours of 7th November at Adamangalam, near Vellore, in Tamil Nadu. He was 63 years old. He had been ailing from diabetes-related complications. His funeral will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday 7th November at the Salesian cemetery in Tirupattur.. Read More

The Salesians of the Mumbai province gathered together to celebrate the jubilees of Frs. Byron D'Silva, Cyril deSouza and Vincent Rasquinha who completed their Golden Jubilee of Profession and Frs. Francis Fernandes and Paul Antao who celebrated their Silver Jubilee on November 1, 2014. . Read More

Don Bosco Rehabilitation Centre (DBRC), Ramanthapur was blessed on 3 November with the visit of Fr Fabio Attard, Salesian General Councilor for Youth Ministry and his team, and the provincial Delegates of Don Bosco Youth Animation - South Asia. Fr Attard was accompanied by Hyderabad Salesian Provincial Fr Balaraju, and Fr Miguel Angel a youth pastoral team member from Rome, and 35 delegates from the 11 provinces of India and Srilanka. DBRC is to Hyderabad Province what Valdocco was for the Salesians at the inception of their Society in Turin.. Read More

. Hyderabad: Don Bosco Youth Animation - South Asia (DBYA-SA) Council meeting which began on the 31 October at Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad, came to a close here this evening. During the meeting 36 delegates from the 11 provinces of India and Sri Lanka spent the whole four days studying the document ''Salesian Youth Ministry: Frame of Reference''. The four day workshop had begun with the specific objective of taking the whole South Asian region forward ''from the Document to a Journey''. . Read More

The year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Mawlai Parish in the Northeastern city of Shillong was concluded with a solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by Archbishop Dominic Jala, Salesian Provincial Fr. George Maliekal, and a large number of clergy, religious and laity on 26 October.. Read More

An Indian Salesian priest pursing master's course in Mass Communication at the University of the Philippines in Manila marked his first year overseas by designing and developing the first interactive Khasi Bible application for android users.. Read More

A university in Assam has pledged support for Science and Technology projects of higher secondary schools in the state as part of its corporate social responsibility program.. Read More

. HYDERABAD: Don Bosco Youth Animation - South Asia (DBYA-SA) Board and Council Meeting got kick-started this morning at Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad. The General Councillor for Youth Ministry Fr. Fabio Attard inaugurated the five day meeting with a moment of prayer, invoking the presence and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Youth Pastoral Delegates of all the South Asian Provinces and the provincial Delegates for the four Dimensions of Salesian Youth Ministry are participating in the meeting which will continue till 5 November.. Read More

In an awesome display of youthful talents, some 500 boys and girls from twenty different Don Bosco institutions in Chennai province vied with each other at the Don Bosco Mega Talent Show, edition 2, held at the Don Bosco Auditorium, Egmore, on 25 October 2014. This annual show was launched last year in view of the bicentenary of Don Bosco's birth to offer a platform to talented youngsters, especially those from rural areas, to showcase their talents and possibly capture the attention of mainstream media. . Read More

Don Bosco College of Agriculture, the first Catholic College of Agriculture in India, was inaugurated by the Salesian Provincial Fr. Jayapalan Raphael SDB at Sagayathottam, near Chennai, on 24 October, in the presence of Bishop P. Soundararaju of Vellore and a large gathering of priests, religious, well-wishers and students. . Read More

A group of 100 youngsters gathered at DB Media, Manikandam, Tiruchy on 20 October, to put into action the Prime Minister's 'Swachh Bharat' (Clean India) mission in Tiruchy. . Read More

Fr. Richard D'Souza, Salesian of Don Bosco, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2014, at Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga, Mumbai. He was surrounded by all the confreres of the Provincial House Community in his final moments, before he breathed his last and returned to his Heavenly Father. . Read More

The First ever Don Bosco Teachers' Convention in Guwahati Salesian province, organized by Don Bosco School Excellence Mission (DBSEM) was held on Saturday 18 October at Don Bosco School, Panbazar, Guwahati . More than 800 teachers including principals, vice principals and headmistresses of around 30 Don Bosco schools of Lower Assam and Garo Hills took part in the day-long convention that included a host of interactive activities like lively sessions by renowned Salesian educationists, cultural songs and dances, fun and games. . Read More

In a landmark decision, a Central and a State private university in Assam agreed to collaborate in four areas. They signed a memorandum on Friday 17 October at Guwahati agreeing to exchange teachers and students, and have joint research projects and to share resources in the areas of Chemical Sciences, Food Engineering, Physics & Nanotechnology, and Computer Science Engineering.. Read More

The Salesian Province of Panjim organized a seminar for Don Bosco teachers on 11 October with ''Revisiting the educational system of Don Bosco in the light of modern challenges in education today,'' as its theme. The goal of the seminar was to provide quality guidance to the Don Bosco teachers across the Panjim Province and to enable them to make teaching an enjoyable activity. . Read More

A six member team from Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) met with Assam Chief Minister Shri Tarun Gogoi at his office, 16 October, and presented him with a cheque of Rs. 25,000 collected from the students and faculty to provide relief for the victims of recent flood. . Read More

The Don Bosco School Excellence Mission (DBSEM) will organise the first ever Don Bosco Teachers' Convention at Don Bosco School, Panbazar, Guwahati on Saturday, October 18 for all the teachers of schools owned and managed by the Don Bosco Salesian Society, Guwahati. . Read More

Don Bosco Socio Technical Institute (DBSTI), Tezpur organised a 'Youth Development Programme' for young school dropouts of the Gogra Tea Estate in Sonitpur district of Assam from 11-13 October. . Read More

A team of 54 first semester students of Master of Social Work (MSW) accompanied by three faculty members left for Hahim, some 65 kms from Guwahati, for their rural practicum, 11th October 2014. The team is placed in the Hahim village in Boko Circle of Kamrup district in Assam for 9 days - staying and working along with the people supporting them in their efforts to rebuild their lives after the devastating flood that hit them in the last week of September.. Read More

Sumati makes BOSCO (Bangalore Oniyavara Seva COota) proud just Malala made the whole world proud winning the Nobel Prize for Peace. Sumati was contacted by BOSCO six months ago from the city railway platform. Now she is all set to change her destiny. She is the pride of BOSCO as she is the first child to be employed with a decent salary from the newly inaugurated girls rehabilitation centre BOSCO Vatsalyabahvan in Bangalore.. Read More

BOSCO (Bangalore Oniyavara Seva COota) celebrated the 3rd International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October with the International theme ''Empowering the adolescent girls and ending the cycle of violence'' with a rally organised by BOSCO inmates and staff through the streets of the City of Bangalore. . Read More

The Salesian Province of Silchar celebrated the Silver Jubilee of Priestly Ordination and Religious Profession of their confreres at an impressive programme held at Sacred Heart Theological College (SHTC), Mawlai, Shillong on 9 October. . Read More

. Mumbai: Formation Commission of the Salesians of South Asia met in Mumbai, October 6-10, for their annual meet and to review the state of initial formation, spiritual accompaniment and use of personal media by those in formation. . Read More

Leaders of the communities of the Salesian province of Silchar gathered at Pastoral Centre, Shillong on 7-8 October for their annual meeting. The sessions were effectively guided by Fr George Palamattathil, Director, Siloam Transformational Leadership Resource Center, Umsaw. The meeting also resulted in certain land mark deliberations for the Province.. Read More

. Bangalore: A workshop on Journalism skills was held at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bangalore, for a group of Salesian Family and Networks personnel from 6-10 October. Bosco Information Service (BIS), a news agency of the Salesians of South Asia organized the workshop for the 17 participants who arrived from Bangalore, Hyderabad, Panjim, Mumbai and New Delhi.. Read More

A photography exhibition cum competition was inaugurated at Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong on Tuesday, 7 October. The three-day exhibition, open to all, was based on the theme 'Shillong'. The objective of the exhibition is to encourage photography enthusiasts, promote good photography and to provide them with an avenue to display their talents. . Read More

The Salesian Province of Panjim organized a 'Parents' Day' for the parents and family members of Salesians on 5 October, at Don Bosco Youth Welfare Centre, Parra, Goa, as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the birth of Don Bosco. Parents and family members of Salesians working in the Mumbai Province were also invited for the celebration. . Read More

Smt. Smriti Irani, the HRD Minister, Govt of India has responded enthusiastically to the invitation extended to her by Salesian Provincial of Guwahati Province Fr. VM Thomas SDB to grace the Bicentenary celebrations of Don Bosco in Guwahti, Assam, the coming year.. Read More

Tezpur -- The Don Bosco Social and Technical Institute (DBSTI) at Tezpur in Sonitpur District of Assam launched its first computer lab in less than two months after its inauguration 16 August at a simple inaugural ceremony. Some 20 computers have been set up with the assistance of director of On-Line Education at Assam Don Bosco University's DBU global Fr Xavier Mattom, 3 October 2014.. Read More

Itanagar: Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil of Itanagar released the first New Testament in ''Nyishi'' language, 2nd October 2014, on the occasion of the Diocesan Fraternity Convention of Northeast India held at Itanagar. Some 200 priests, religious, archbishops of Shillong, Guwahati and Imphal, as well as Bishops of Tezpur, Kohima and Agartala joined lay leaders and civil dignitaries of the region for the celebration.. Read More

DB Tech Bangalore has been selected as a Vocational Training Provider in the Automotive sector in 57 Govt. Composite Pre-University colleges in Karnataka under the National Skills Qualification Framework Scheme Project (NSQF).. Read More

Twentynine principals of Don Bosco Schools, Guwahati Province gathered on the 1st and 2nd October 2014 in Don Bosco Institute (DBI), Kharguli to deliberate upon the guidance to be given to all the Don Bosco Schools spread across the province.. Read More

Yamaha inaugurated its first Yamaha Technical School in the North East region at Don Bosco Technical School, Maligaon in Guwahati, on 26th September, 2014. As part of its CSR initiative, Yamaha will impart technical training to the underprivileged youth for a secure future and assist them in final job placements at its dealerships in the city. . Read More

Responding to last week's floods that ravaged several villages in Assam, Don Bosco University students and faculty have formed three teams to help with relief and rehabilitation. Under the leadership of MSW Department Dr Riju Sharma, two teams swung into action to mobilize relief and rehabilitation materials from Shillong and Guwahati, while a third team has gone to the field camps. . Read More

Three younsters, Pearl D'souza, Savio Khare and Andrea Serrao, from Salesian parishes of the Mumbai province travelled to the beautiful state of Telangana on 11 September to take part in the Don Bosco Youth Animation South Asia Groups and Movements Leadership Training programme 2014 at the Don Bosco Provincial House in Hyderabad. They were later joined by other groups from the different Salesian provinces of India. In all, thirty-two youth leaders and youth animators from Tiruchy, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata participated in the programme.. Read More

. Utrail, Bangladesh: ''Until a week back people in Durgapur Upazilla, Bangladesh, were praying for rain to save their crops. But now they are praying for the rain to stop in order to save at least their lives and the livestock from the fury of the raging river Someswari, which has already broken its banks in several places along its course'', says Fr. Gamaliel, a Salesian working in Utrail, Bangladesh, after witnessing the damage done by the flood waters. Here follows an account of the situation by Fr. Gamaliel. . Read More

. Hyderabad: The Administrators of the Salesian Province of Hyderabad held their annual meeting on 21 and 22, September, 2014 in Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad. The scope of the meeting was to digitalize and centralize the administration. Fr Sojan, the Economer of the Province, welcomed the administrators and the accountants of the province and introduced the upgraded accounting package (ACME-ERP). He appreciated all the efforts put in for the smooth functioning of the houses by all the Administrators. The presence and active participation of a few lay accountants added variety and colour to the meeting. . Read More

. Hyderabad: ''Gender Sensitivity Education (GSE) - Training of Trainers'', was organized from 19th to 21st September, 2014 at Don Bosco Navajeevan, Ramanthapur , Hyderabad, Telangana by Salesian Family commission (SFC) in collaboration with Salesian Social Forum (SFF) and Don Bosco YaR Forum. This is the second of its kind organized by Salesian Family Commission, to mark the Bicentenary of Don Bosco who championed the cause of rights of the young people of his times and took initiatives to provide safe ambient for the young of both genders. . Read More

A half day training programme for teachers in identification and prevention of substance abuse among school children was organized by Don Bosco Research Centre (DBRC) and Wamanrao Muranjan school, Mulund in the school hall on September 13, 2014. The workshop was attended by twenty teachers of the secondary section and junior college and some teachers from the neighbouring schools. . Read More

The Archdiocesan Value Education Centre (AVEC) organized a seminar for teachers on September 18, 2014 at Don Bosco International School (DBIS), Matunga. The Seminar was open to Catholic as well as non-Catholic schools and institutions. . Read More

Twenty-nine perpetually professed Salesian fathers and brothers of the Panjim Province came together to spend 6 days in reflection and prayer at the Don Bosco Agro-Ed Complex, Sulcorna as part of their annual retreat from 8-14 September. . Read More

The 37th Annual Meet of the Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) of the Shillong-Silchar Province was held at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Pynthorumkhrah and hosted by Bellefonte centre on the 13th and 14th of September 2014. The theme of the Meet was 'Salesian Cooperators accompanying Family and Youth'.. Read More

The mortal remains of Fr. Santosh Minj, who passed away on 15th Sept was laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery, Uzanbazar on 16th Sept. The requiem Mass at 2:30 pm was solemnized by Arch. John Moolachira, Archbishop of Guwahati and concelebrated by more than 100 priests and attended by a packed Church, among whom were also the relatives and dear ones of Fr. Santosh.. Read More

The International Ozone Day was observed at Don Bosco College, Keela Eral on 16th September 2014. To mark the Ozone Day, competitions in essay writing, poetry writing, drawing and rangoli were held for the students on ecology related themes. . Read More

Don Bosco Youth Animation (DBYA) - South Asia (SA) Groups and Movements conducted a training programme for youth animators and leaders in Salesian Pedagogy and formation of youth animating teams on 13th and 14th September, 2014. The seminar in which 32 youth leaders and youth animators from Tiruchy, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata participated, was held at Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad.. Read More

Salesian College Sonada (SCS), affiliated to North Bengal University (NBU), is organising a two day National Seminar on ''Re-imagining Human-Nature Relationship: Focusing North Bengal'' on 21-22 November 2014. The Seminar, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), is organised by the Salesian College, Siliguri Campus. SCS is a NAAC accredited 'A' grade College (second cycle) and UGC certified College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) (second cycle), affiliated to North Bengal University. . Read More

. KANNUR: An International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Sciences will be held at Don Bosco College, Kannur, from 22 to 24 January 2015. Don Bosco College, Kannur, is owned and managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco, an international organization actively involved in social transformation through education, in 132 countries. The Conference is co-sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics, Department of Atomic Energy. . Read More

The Salesian Province of Mary Help of Christians, Guwahati, Assam, India regrets to announce the passing away of Fr. Santosh Minj, SDB,on 15 September 2014 at 1.25 pm at St. John's Hospital, Guwahati, Assam. . Read More

The Governor of Assam and Visitor to Assam Don Bosco University Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik presided over, 12 September, at the 3rd annual convocation along with the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and a galaxy of dignitaries from civil, church and academic institutions in the city. Four hundred students got bachelors and masters degrees.. Read More

The Don Bosco Institute of Management Kharguli felicitated the meritorious students at Don Bosco Institute, Kharghuli, Assam yesterday morning, 12th Sept 2014 at 10.00 am. The DC of Kamrup Metro Dr. M. Angamuthu, IAS was the chief guest at the occasion.. Read More

The mortal remains of Fr. Francis Kaidathara were laid to rest in AMSAM cemetery after the funeral rites held in the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at 3.30 pm on 11 September 2014.. Read More

The Practical Trainees of Silchar province say sharing of experience and mutual support is a great vocation saving factor. The young salesians were evaluating the two-day meeting of the brothers in Practical Training, Silchar Province, held at Provincial House Mathias Institute, Shillong, 5-6 Sept 2014. . Read More

Fr Francis Kaidathara, aged 67, of Tiruchy Salesian Province passed away this evening, 10 September, after a sudden cardiac arrest. From 2011 he had been serving the Tiruchy - Amsam community as confessor and spiritual Father. His funeral will be held on 11 September 2014 at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, AMSAM - Tiruchy at 3.30 pm.. Read More

The Don Bosco Bicentennial celebrations got off to a colourful start at Tripura's premier Salesian Institution - St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Pathaliaghat at an impressive function held on Teachers' Day, attended by over 1300 students, teachers and a host of dignitaries. Dr. Parshant Kr. Goyal, IAS, District Magistrate of Sipahijala district in Tripura, and chief guest of the day, hoisted the Don Bosco Bicentenary Flag and declared open the festive year.. Read More

The 7th of September 2014 brought a pleasant surprise to Don Bosco Navajeevan (DBNJ) as they were gifted a Dance Super Station (DSS) by the General Electronics (GE). Representing the employees were Mr Wayne Unger, Manager and trainer of the GE Company and Ms Neti Lakshmi, the Quality Specialist.. Read More