Year: 2022

  • October, Month of the Rosary at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in the Philippines

    October, Month of the Rosary at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in the Philippines By Joyce Bustamante [FIN Province] There is no doubt that Don Bosco Village in Better Living, Parañaque City has a strong love for our Blessed Mother.  Aside from perhaps being the record-holder for having the most number of images erected in a single…

  • LOCAL VOCATION TEAM ASSEMBLY HELD

    LOCAL VOCATION TEAM ASSEMBLY HELD By: Fr. Jarmy Reignier A. Roxas, SDB   Tagaytay City, the Philippines, 18-19 October 2022–In response to the challenge of the recent Provincial Chapter of the FIN Province, the vocation team of the Province organized the assembly of local vocation teams. The assembly aimed to renew the sense of vocational…

  • Quinquennial Priests train for Salesian Accompaniment

    Quinquennial Priests train for Salesian Accompaniment By Fr. Jerome Quinto, SDB 14 October 2022, Cabuyao, Laguna, PH — Salesian Priests in their Quinquennial Formation Years (first five years of their priestly ministry) learn the basics of Salesian Accompaniment during their First Formative Encounter this school year held in La Sofia Sky View Bed and Breakfast,…

  • A Miracle in the Philippines leads a Salesian Brother to Canonization

    Sunny greetings from the Philippines! On this first day of the novena leading to the canonization of Bl. Zatti, I am forwarding this article to you which I also shared with the local Catholic press in the Philippines.    Captions for the attached photos:   1. Br. Obet Narvaez, SDB, and his biological brother Renato who enjoys good health…

  • Salesian Mission Day 2022

    FIN Held Online Assembly for Salesian Mission Day 2022 By CSCom News Service   Via Google Meet, FIN Province, September 10, 2022—To gear up for the Province celebration of Salesian Mission Day (SMD) 2022, the Commission on Missions Animation and the Commission on Social Communication organized an online assembly. Along with Salesians of Don Bosco…

  • The seed of self-sustenance

    The seed of self-sustenance Planting Project at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians By Ms. Joyce Bustamante Photos by Mr. Mark Balikanta     During this Season of Creation, the Knights of Columbus and the Disaster Response Team of the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians Parish embarked on “Community Plant Tree Project.”…

  • Perpetual Profession of Two Clerics of Timor Leste

    Perpetual Profession of Two Clerics of Timor Leste By Amadi Joseph Abuto, SDB Today the community of Seminaryo ng Don Bosco in Parañaque, the Philippines joins the Mother Church in commemorating the Nativity of our Blessed Virgin Mother with the perpetual profession of Cl. Leandro Almeida, SDB, and Orlando de Jesus, SDB, confreres from TLS…

  • Fr. Daniel Dadule, rector of Mary Help of Christians–Mayapa, was installed by Fr. Gerardo Martin, FIN Provincial Superior

    Fr. Daniel Dadule, rector of Mary Help of Christians–Mayapa, was installed by Fr. Gerardo Martin, FIN Provincial Superior, in the presence of the Salesians of Don Bosco who were gathered last Monday, 29 August, at Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong for their annual recollection. Congratulations, Fr. Danny!

  • We laid our dear +Fr Angel Baldonado to rest last Saturday, 27 August 2002

    We laid our dear +Fr Angel Baldonado to rest last Saturday, 27 August 2002 No less than Bishop Pat Buzon of Bacolod came to serve as the main celebrant in the funeral Mass. Fr. Ernie Cruz was the homilist. Both priests journeyed with Fr. Angel throughout his formation years. His sisters and their respective families…

  • Priestly Ordinations on Mary’s Assumption

    Priestly Ordinations on Mary’s Assumption  Written by Cl. Lorenzo Gabriel T. Estrella, SDB Photos by Juni Amora Alexander Parañaque City, the Philippines, 15 August 2022–On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Salesians of the Philippines-North Province received a wonderful gift in the person of two new priests. Rev. Fr. Jarmy…