Kerala flood: Salesians of Don Bosco Bangalore

Mumbai, 2018 Aug 21 Bangalore - Don Bosco Vaduthala has opened relief camp at Don Bosco School and Youth Centre for the people affected by floods in Ernakulam, Kerala. There are 5970 people from 1419 families who have registered in this camp as of now. Don Bosco, along with the government, local people and NGOs collected water, food, clothes, medicines and emergency articles and distributed to the people. Medical checkups were organized to prevent epidemics and for emergency health needs of the affected people.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Letter of Pope Francis against sexual abuse
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 21 (ANS - Vatican City) ''If a member suffers, all the members suffer together.'' It is a quotation from the message of Saint Paul to the Corinthians that opens the letter in which Pope Francis invites the ''people of God'' to fasting and praying for the ''crime'' of sexual abuse of minors in the Church.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

''Exercises in Peace Education'' now freely downloadable for Promoters of Peace
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 20 At a time when various forms of violence and conflict continue to thrive across the globe, a spark of hope is ignited yet again in a little corner of South Asia with the publication of the revised 2018 edition of a teacher training manual first published in 2003.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Worst monsoon season of the century: 370 dead in Kerala
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 20 In recent hours more than 23,000 people have left their homes, the violence of the storm has already caused 370 victims and devastated more than 5,000 homes.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Nearly a million in camps escape deadly Kerala flooding
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 20 Some 370 people have been killed by flash floods in the southern Indian state. Hundreds of people are dead and nearly a million are in temporary relief camps in the southern Indian state of Kerala after overflowing rivers ploughed through residential areas.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Twitter celebrates Pontiff's visit with emoji
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 20 A Pope Francis emoji has been launched on Twitter ahead of next week's World Meeting of Families festivities and the papal visit to Ireland. The papal emoji shows a cartoon image of Pope Francis' face in front of Ireland's green, white and gold tricolour.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Kerala floods: SOS
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 17 Bangaluru - Father Joyce Thonikuzhiyil, Provincial of Bangalore, has sent a letter to his confreres, in the context of the severe rain and floods in Kerala.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Father John Larrea's book 'Introduction to the Sunday Readings' launched
Kolkata, 2018 Aug 09 A three volume work, Robibarer Shastropater Bhumika Shongkolpan, a literal Bengali translation of the late Father John Larrea's book 'Introduction to the Sunday Readings' was released on 9 August by Father Nirmol Gomes, the Provincial of Salesian Province of Kolkata on the occasion of the annual meeting of Salesian parish priests held in the provincial house.  Read More »
Johny Nedungatt

'5 Rupya' Strikes a Chord
Mumbai, 2018 Aug 08 Students and alumni from Don Bosco High School in Matunga are known for their creativity and excellence in a range of fields world-over. This creativity came to the fore on August 4, when the teaching and non-teaching staff of the institution attended a special screening of the feature film '5 Rupya', which featured current and past pupils of the institution in starring roles.  Read More »
Joaquim Fernandes

Father Jose Kuruvachira SDB installed as Provincial of the Salesian Province of Dimapur
Dimapur, 2018 Aug 06 DIMAPUR, AUGUST 5: On 5th August Salesian Father Kuruvachira Jose was installed as the 7th Provincial superior of the Salesian Province of Dimapur (comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, upper Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, headquarted at Dimapur) during the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Bishop George Palliparamabil of Miao Diocese in Arunachal Pradesh.  Read More »
Anthony Christudoss