Category: Salesian Youth Ministry
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SYM “Huddle” for the “New Normal”
By Mr. Stephen Borja Makati City, the Philippines, 2 August 2020 — Some 74 Salesians, lay animators, and youth leaders participated in the “SYM Huddle,” an online forum on youth group animation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Are youth groups possible in this time of distance learning and physical distancing? What can be done to accompany those…
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Follow up of Pentecost retreat online – SYM Philippines
Manila – Philippines, 1 June 2020 — Interview with Fr Juvenal Samia SDB, Salesian Youth Movement How did you come up with the idea of LIT? The SYM Council started the online ministry with “#GOTChu: SYM Online Kamustahan Series.” It aimed to check on the SYM youth, especially their mental and emotional well-being during the…
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MINISTERING FAMILIES WITH THE YOUTH MINISTRY
Fr. Marc Will Lim, SDB and Ms. Madz Nayve Paranaque City, Philippines. “Paradigm shift.” These two words provide a good framework to understand fully the recently concluded summit entitled, “Tiwala Lang! Youth: Missionaries of Communion to their Families.” The event was held last January 18, 2020, at the National Shrine of Mary, Help of…
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SYNODO 3 – YOUTH FESTIVAL
By: Fr. Drans Nolasco, SDB The SYNODO 3—Youth Festival took place last October 26, 2019. From the different Don Bosco schools and TVET centers of the Philippines – North Province (FIN), around 1, 800 Salesians of Don Bosco, Salesian lay mission partners, and Bosconians gathered in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati City. …
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THE CONGRESS ON YOUTH
By Fr. Drans Nolasco, SDB Makati City, Philippines. October 24, 2019, a day dedicated to Mary, Help of Christians, unfolded in an extraordinary way for the Salesian FIN Province. It marked the opening of the Congress on Youth. This Congress was the culmination of the synodal process that the Salesians undertook with lay adults and…
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SYNODO 2, DISCERNING TOGETHER
Makati City, the Philippines, July 6, 2019 ————————- The Philippines North Province (FIN) continues its process in renewing the Salesian Youth Ministry in the Province in this Year of the Youth in the country through its series of SYNODO that began last February 25, 2019. SYNODO is a spiritual journey where the Salesians of Don Bosco,…
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A Warm Experience to Cherish
National Youth Day 2019, Cebu By Julian Gabriel A. Natividad, SYM Don Bosco Technical College, Mandaluyong Cebu City, the Philippines, 28 April 2019 — The National Youth Day 2019 is a nationwide celebration of the youth in the Philippines with the theme, “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according…
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SYNODO 2019 – SALESIANS AND THE YOUTH, JOURNEYING TOGETHER
By Fr. Drans Nolasco, SDB Makati City, the Philippines, February 25, 2019 ———– On this memorial of the two Salesian Martyrs, St. Luigi Versigla and St. Callistus Caravario, the Salesians of Don Bosco of the FIN Province and around 2,700 young people from the different Salesian settings gathered together in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati City…
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Discerning Youth Ministers: SYNAG 2018
Mabalacat, Pampanga, 15 January 2018—“Let your light shine!”— the battle cry of every Salesian Youth and Animators’ Gathering (SYNAG). SYNAG is held twice every academic year. It is a gathering the leaders and animators of the youth groups from all Salesian and affiliated settings. The second SYNAG for SY 2017-2018 was held at Don Bosco…
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Welcome, Bosconian Thomasian Youth Movement!
This year, the Salesian Youth Movement of the FIN Province has welcomed the Bosconian Thomasian Youth Movement (BTYM), the first Bosconian alumni group to the family. The BTYM is a university-wide religious organization in the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Known for living the Bosconian spirituality in the light of the Thomasian identity, the organization is able…