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Don Bosco Kavarapettai hosted the Migrant Youth Mela 2024, a vibrant gathering to celebrate and empower over 2,100 migrant youth. Organized by Don Bosco Migrant Services under the leadership of Fr. Simolin, Director of Don Bosco Migrant Services, Chennai Province, the event brought together migrants on October 13, 2024. The Mela emphasized cultural unity, skill development, and access to essential support services for the migrant community, particularly its younger members.
- FERK Simolin
18 September 2024

The Don Bosco Youth Centre, Vaduthala, Koch, hosted “Don Bosco Vaduthalotsavam 2024,” a four-day celebration marking the festival of Onam from September 13 to 16. The event, which was open to people from all walks of life, served as a platform to highlight community spirit, tradition, and Kerala’s cultural heritage, fostering a sense of belonging and unity.

- INK Kochi Correspondent
26 August 2024

Riding on the wave of the 29th edition of North Bengal’s acclaimed Bosco Fest in Siliguri Darjeeling district, the first-ever Bosco Fizza 2024 in the Dooars region of North Bengal  brought together ten schools for a day of talent explosion. The day-long program held on 24th August brought together some 1,200 students for a vibrant celebration of culture, unity, and talent, showcasing 15 cultural events.

- Fr C. M. Paul sdb
30 December 2023

In a joyous ceremony held on December 29 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, seven deacons were ordained as priests for the Salesian Province of Tiruchy. Most Rev. Dr Antony Pappusamy, the Archbishop of Madurai, presided over the solemn Eucharistic celebration and conferred the ordination.

 

The 100th Marian procession, organized by Mawlai Parish in the Khasi Jaintia region, with the statue of Mary Help of Christians brought by the first missionaries in 1922, recalled the Marian procession of May 24, 1922, in Shillong, North East India.

- Michael Makri
The Salesian College Siliguri organised a two-day college event christened Exsurge 2021 (Arise and take flight) and concluded with a celebration of the diversity of India with a fashion show on December 17, 2021. As many as 30 students from 20 departments dressed in various ethnic outfits took the ramp to specially choreographed music.
- Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM
The Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF), the world`s first Global Salesian film festival, was conducted on the premises of the Salesian headquarters of the Province of Chennai by the Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA) and Don Bosco Arts and Science College on December 11, 2021. Although the festival was scheduled for mid-November, the unexpected heavy rains in Chennai postponed the event to December with the same glory as planned earlier. Veteran film editor and National Film Award winner, B. Lenin, presided over the inaugural ceremony as the Chief Guest and Father Amirthraj Arokiam, SDB, writer, editor and publisher, as the guest of honour.
- Chennai Correspondent
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School in Nedungadu, Karaikal, organized the Global Youth Film Festival on December 7, 2021, with Chandira Priyanga, Minister of Transport (Government of Puducherry) as the chief guest.
- Fr. Edward Michael
Samthar, the most recent Salesian mission in the Kalimpong hills situated some 5,250 ft above sea level in the rugged hill terrain, held the Eucharistic procession and celebrated the feast of Christ the King on November 21, 2021.
- Wilma Lepcha
10 April 2021
The Salesian Province of Annai Velankanni, Tiruchy, is blessed with seven newly ordained priests: Benjamin James, Christopher Susai, Anantharaj Santhanam, Arockiaraj Irudayaraj, Danistanraj Iruthayadhason, Richard Vivek Kumar and David Antony. Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy DD, Archbishop of Madurai, ordained the candidates to the priesthood. They will work on the mission for the young and the needy in various capacities in the province.
- Lawrence Britto Ashok
SILIGURI, 31 January 2021: A tea garden catholic community saw the largest ever gathering of priests, religious and faithful for a religious celebration, when a pastor`s jubilee was organized in the tea garden village of Sarsawatipur in Jalpaiguri district. The celebration was held to mark the silver jubilee of Father Subir Mondol`s religious vows.
- C.M. Paul
A four-day long joint virtual meeting of the Social Communication Delegates, Bulletin Editors, Publishers and Radio Directors of South Asia and East Asia was inaugurated on Nov. 5th 2020 by Rev. Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Social Communication.
- BIS Correspondent
Evangelization and Catechesis, a symposium compendium on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Salesian Province of Guwahati [1959-2019] and the initiation of the triennial preparation for the Centennial of Salesian Presence in North-East India [1922-2022] was released on 14 September 2020 by Guwahati Salesian Provincial Father Januarius S. Sangma. The compendium is edited by South Asia Regional Councillor Father Biju Michael and FMA [Daughters of Mary Help of Christians] Guwahati Vice-Provincial Sr. Lydia Komuhra.
- Father John Parankimalil
The Season of Creation - an ecumenical movement celebrated by the World Council of Churches along with the Catholic Church was launched at the MumbaiSalesians` Novitiate-Salesian Training Institute [STI] Nashik, on 04 September 2020. The month long celebration that began with an Eucharistic adoration is to culminate on the feast day of St Francis of Assisi on 04 October.
- BISMumbai Correspondent
The Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures known as Don Bosco Museum at Mawlai is exhibiting artefacts donated to DBCIC by Sonia Gandhi. Charles Pyngrope MLA inaugurated the exhibition on 28 January 2020.
- Father Michael Makri sdb