As the curtain closes for the year 2010 and the yearning for year 2011 begins, everyone hopes for a new year of peace and unity. Nagaland a home to hundreds of tribes, dialects and cultures forming a miniature world too, looks on with eager longing for a year of unity and peace. The ongoing 11th National Boscoree 2010, at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur which was flagged off on 30 December, began the day by imprinting on the young minds and hearts that we are one and our feeling of oneness can lead to peace and harmony in the country and in the world. . Read More »

Disha Don Bosco organized a one day training programme on December 30, 2010, for the Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (VMC) members of the different villages in the Kawant Taluka, at Don Bosco Kawant from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., as part of the ongoing Governance Project. Of the hundred and ten VMC members who were invited for the workshop, eighty five persons were present. This relatively large turnout was a good indication that the village leaders are interested in knowing about the NREGS. The resource persons for the day were Mr. Shailesh Parmar and Mr. Sanjay Parmar from DRISTI. The topics that they covered were the roles and responsibilities of the committee members, functioning of the NREGS, Social Audits and problems related to Social Audits. . Read More »

The 11th National Boscoree 2010 with the theme ''Peace on Earth'' got to a colourful start on 30 December, at Don Bosco Higher School, Dimapur. The more than two thousand participants - 1700 scouts and guides and around 300 scoutmasters and guide captains, teachers and volunteers - from 18 states across the country. . Read More »

The welcome and the warm up ceremony for the Boscouts and Guides was held in the evening of 29 December, at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. The Boscoree Chief, Fr. P.X. Francis welcomed the dignitaries, the Camp chief, assistant camp chief and sub camp chiefs as well as the two thousand and more scouts and guides coming from various parts of India. He officially handed over the charge of the Boscoree, to the camp chief Mr. K.S. Charles, who is currently the assistant youth director of the Archdiocese of Imphal. . Read More »

As usual at every Christmas, crowds of people participated in the celebrations. However, the most interesting part of the Christmas celebrations at Catholic Church, Tinsukia, was the live telecast of the Eucharistic celebration on 25 December by NEWSLIVE Channel of the North East. There were also other local channels which came and cover the event. . Read More »

Rt. Rev. Thomas Pulloppallil, the bishop of Bongaigaon diocese, presided over the blessing of a new Church at Amguri, about 15 kms before reaching Kokrajhar, on 21st December 2010. The Church was constructed by Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, in collaboration with Don Bosco, Kokrajhar, which has also a parish attached to it. The Church construction was supported by James Senior & Mary Ann Vanderloop and Family, Nebraska, USA. The beautifully constructed Church has now become a focal point for the people of Amguri and the surrounding region.. Read More »

Children's Day. Read More »

Fr. C.M. Joseph Cherukunnel SDB, of the Province of Bangalore, successfully defended his Ph.D. (Psychology) at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on December 20, 2010.. Read More »

A request from Fr. Ferrington sdb, delegate for Sudan and support from Fr. Savio Silveira sdb, CEO DBDOM spurred Don Bosco Centre for Learning, Kurla in Mumbai to depute a five-member technical team comprising Fr. Colbert da Silva, Mr. G. A. Soman (Marine), Mr. Greg Miranda (Electronics), Mr. Richard Saldanha (Auto Maintenance) and Mr. Sanjiv Rana (Welding) to Sudan in the third week of October 2010. The trip to Sudan was indeed a first for the team and an extremely enriching experience.. Read More »

On December 9, 2010 delegates from Germany under the auspices of Exposure- undDialogprogramme e.V. a non-profit association working towards overcoming poverty and exclusion in the world met with representatives of Indian Industry at Don Bosco Centre for Learning, Kurla, to dialogue on the following issues : - Corporate Social Responsibility - Skills Development in the Informal Sector - Curriculum Development and Certification - ITI The meeting was facilitated by Don Bosco Centre for Learning, Kurla. . Read More »