Deacon Solomon Rai SDB was ordained priest by His Lordship Stephen Lepcha, Bishop of Darjeeling on 30th December at 10.00 AM at St. John Bosco Church, Malbasey. Rev. Fr. Thomas Ellicherail, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Kolkata, several religious, priests including many Salesians from various presences in the province participated in the ceremonies.. Read More »

Few metres away from the waters of Hooghly, on the greenery of the seminary complex in the festive season between Christmas and New Year, Juboree 2013 has found an ideal location to pitch its tent. The seventh edition of Scouts and Guides Meet organized by Salesian Province of Kolkata got off to a respectful start here this afternoon on December 29, 2013.. Read More »

The Salesian Province of Mumbai witnessed the Priestly Ordinations of Deacons Charlin Chandran, Shekar Mariadas and Leon Cruz Ratinam by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias at the Shrine of Don Bosco's Madonna on Saturday December 21, 2013.. Read More »

The Salesian novices of Nazareth Bhavan, Siliguri spent Christmas day this year with the children and the young people of the neighbourhood providing them fun and enjoyment through a variety of games.. Read More »

The Salesian Brothers of South Asia region will hold four day congress in Guwahati from 30th December to 3rd January. Guwahati province is hosting the meet first time at its premier Don Bosco Management Institute at Kharguli, on the banks of mighty Brahmaputra river. Some 160 participants will study Congress theme ''Be Holy'' as preparation for Don Bosco's birth bi-centenary in 2015.. Read More »

GUWAHATI -- The North Eastern Service of All India Radio in its contributory programme ''Northeast Collage,'' on the 27th December 2013 from 9.30 PM to 10 PM, will broadcast a feature in English on - The Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Culture. Scripted by Fairly Sun & Produced by Smt. C. Marbaniang, this feature is a contribution of AIR- Shillong. . Read More »

New Delhi: A group of principals from 12 technical schools of Nepal had a week long training in India. The program held in the third week of December at DB ARK Don Bosco Animation and Research Kendra at Okhla, New Delhi had Salesian Fr Joe Arimpoor as chief resource person. ''It was a follow up of last year's India visit of a group of CTEVT (Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training) Nepal to Technical Institutions in New Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and Shillong,'' says group leader Fr Jijo John, principal of Don Bosco Technical institute Thecho, Kathmandu.. Read More »

The inauguration of the Golden Jubilee year of establishing the Church of St. John Bosco at Kelmbet in Udupi district began on Sunday, 22 December with the participation of the people of the parish and a host of dignitaries.. Read More »

KOCHI -- A film production house in Kochi has come up with a short film depicting sensitivity and insight of the Christmas season. The world premiere of the 26 minute feature film is scheduled for tomorrow (22 December) at Don Bosco IMAGE Theatre, Vennala, Kochi. The film Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas) is a simple Christmas story with uncommon sensitivity and insight,'' says award winning director of the film Fr Jiji Kalavanal who feels that ''this [film] is one of my best productions thus far.'' He adds, ''I waited for four years for an ideal cast and a producer.'' . Read More »

As the Year of Faith concluded all over the world on 24 November 2013, NBCLC continued the Year of Faith to reflect on the quality of adult faith with research papers from scholars from all over India from 10 December to 14 December at NBCLC, Bangalore. The scholars ranged from theological, philosophical, pastoral, ecumenical and socio-cultural sector to provide a synthetic tapestry of adult faith today. . Read More »