Salesian Schools Shine in Meghalaya School Education Board Results 2020

Shillong, 2020 Jul 09 Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) declared the results of Class 12 Vocational, Science and Commerce streams on 09 July 2020 on its official website http://megresults.nic.in/.  Read More »
Michael Makri

Don Bosco Technical Insitute Okhla-New Delhi Crowned 'Best Vocational Training Institute' in Delhi
New Delhi, 2020 Jul 08 Don Bosco Technical Institute, Okhla, New Delhi was awarded as the 'Best Vocational Training Institute in Delhi' by Praxis Media in association with Education Connect in the prestigious National Education Excellence Awards held on 30 June 2020, to honour institutions for epitomizing strength, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight for the growth of the education sector with vision and inspiration.  Read More »
Thoombalan Babu Varghese

Father Anthony Mahimai Dass Awarded Doctorate in Church History
Bangalore, 2020 Jul 08 Father Anthony Mahimai Dass of the Salesian Province of Bangalore [INK], successfully defended his doctoral research thesis titled ''Jesuit Letters and Mysore History: Annual Letters and Relations of Mysore Mission as Source for the Secular History of Mysore Kingdom from AD 1648 till 1704'' at the Gregorian University, Rome, on 06 July 2020. The thesis was guided by Dr Vitor D�lio Jacinto de Mendon�a, SJ.  Read More »
Bastin Nellissery

Psyche & Soul - Weekend Podcast Series Launched
Chennai, 2020 Jul 06 Marking the solemnity of St Thomas the Apostle of India, the Salesian province of New Delhi launched a new podcast series 'Psyche & Soul'. Director of Sumedha Centre for Psychospiritual Wellbeing at Jeolikote, Uttarakhand Dr. Jose Parappully, Salesian priest and clinical psychologist says, ''the psychospiritual and educational reflection entitled 'Psyche & Soul', is a weekend podcast. I use insights from psychology, sacred scripture as well as the socio-political realities of our everyday life to help us enhance our emotional wellbeing and our spiritual life - our psyche and our soul.''  Read More »
PORUTHUR Joseph

Don Bosco Network-South Asia COVID-19 Solidarity Relief Sustains 1.59 Million Across India
Mumbai, 2020 Jul 03 India has 220,114 active cases of COVID-19 and 17400 deaths as of 01 July 2020 (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI). News flashes and ambulance sirens cause stress levels to rise. Few states in the country continue to impose lockdowns to control the escalating cases of infection, while most others have lifted restrictions. Though people can now come out into public and are free to move around, things are no longer the same. Livelihoods have vanished for a huge population of daily wagers across the country, affecting their very survival. For most middle-class people, incomes have been affected. Regular commodities are more expensive and petrol prices soaring. In the midst of this very volatile situation, the Don Bosco Network through its 11 Don Bosco planning and development partners (PDOs) across various states, geographies, cultures and economies, is keeping its ear to the ground, listening carefully to conversations for indications coming from the people. To be effectively helpful in the current context, we require to understand and formulate responses to various situations. The Don Bosco Network across India is doing just that.  Read More »
Chris Valentino

Radio Salesian Darjeeling to Partner UNICEF Sponsored 'Mission Corona' in Nepali
Kolkata, 2020 Jun 27 Darjeeling Radio Salesian(90.8) - The Voice of the Hills - based out of Salesian College Sonada, has been selected as a partner in raising awareness about COVID-19 in a national project sponsored by UNICEF. Titled 'Mission Corona', the five-month initiative will feature a 25-minute weekly programme in Nepali language that will focus on issues related to the usage of masks, home quarantine, physical distancing, building immune system, and elderly care, among others.  Read More »
Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM

Regional Councilor for South Asia Father Biju Michael Intends ''to transform lives of half a million young people''
Mumbai, 2020 Jun 26 The General Chapter 28 has profoundly renewed the General Council of the Salesian Congregation. For this reason, today we begin, with Father Biju Michael, Regional Councilor for South Asia, a series of interviews designed to get to know the new Councilors who assist the Rector Major in the animation and government of the Congregation a little better.  Read More »
Chris Valentino

42 Assam Migrants Rescued in Telangana by Don Bosco Navajeevan (DBNJ)
Hyderabad, 2020 Jun 26 It was a big day in the annals of Don Bosco Mariapuram and the community. Father Maramreddy Vijaya Prakash with Don Bosco Navajeevan (DBNJ) team rescued 42 migrants heading towards Assam from Karimnagar (Telangana) walking along the railway tracks. They were noticed by Pranay and Venkat (Caretakers of Navajeevan) while the group at Waddepally tracks was walking towards Warangal Railway station.  Read More »
YERRAMANENI Baly

SUMEDHA Jeolikote Offers PsychoSpiritual Wholeness Journey 'Sumedha Sadhana'
New Delhi, 2020 Jun 26 Sumedha, the centre for renewal of body, mind and spirit through insights and practices from psychology and spiritual traditions, is located in the rejuvenating lush green Kumaon foothills of the Himalayas, 18 km south of the tourist town of Nainital. Sumedha Sadhana, the PsychoSpiritual Wholeness Journey, which is the centre's 9-week long niche programme, is especially useful for formators and leaders is scheduled for October to December, 2020.  Read More »
Thoombalan Babu Varghese