Category: DB Tondo
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Zepherin Vocation Camp Begins
By Celine Acosta The Zepherin Camp commenced last February 28, 2024. With 42 campers, courageously seeking out God’s will for them, the participants were exposed to the different apostolates of the Salesians. Firstly, they visited Don Bosco Tondo for the Parish Ministry exposure, the Printing Press, the TVET and Migrants Center in Makati, and the…
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Senakulo 2024: A Cinematic Journey into Faith & Devotion
By Lea Dasigan In the heart of St. John Bosco Parish in Tondo, a cinematic masterpiece is unfolding—the Senakulo 2024 movie, titled “Traslacion.” This production, deeply inspired by the ongoing synodal journey of the Catholic Church, brings to life the dramatic presentation of our Lord Jesus, the God who walks along with us individually and…
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“Bart” Wins Continental Best for Oceania in the DBGYFF
By Ms. Lea Dasigan Tondo, Manila, the Philippines–North (FIN) Province–It was the last week of August when our team in St. John Bosco Parish – Tondo started brainstorming for the short film which will be our entry to the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival. We were excited to try our luck in showcasing…
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Transforming soccer field into a veggie farm – DB Tondo 2021
By our own correspondent Don Bosco Tondo, Manila, The Philippines, 4 January 2021 — On 3 January (Sunday) the Don Bosco Tondo (Rector Fr Gaudencio Carandang, Jr) vegetable urban farm projects was featured by most of the mainstream Filipino media like Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, CNN Philippines, GMA Network and Philippines Star. Thanks to the courageous…
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LIFEJACKETS OF HOPE: Don Bosco Tondo and CoViD 19
TONDO, MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The heart of the Metropolis and known as the most populous district in the city of Manila making up 38.0 percent of the total population of the city (https://psa.gov.ph/) and without a doubt is also the abode of the poorest of the poor. Take for example the homes of Tondo Brgy. 115, that are interspersed among…
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DBYC–Tondo Ushers in 2017 Season of Creation with GEA
Manila, the Philippines, 8 September 2017—Responding to the call of Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si, The Don Bosco Youth Center (DBYC) Tondo ushered in the Season of Creation through a Grand Eucharistic Adoration (GEA). The theme of this year’s GEA was “Sambayanang Makakalikasan, Kaisa Kay Kristo (Nature-loving Nation, One in Christ)”. This was…
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Tondo Salesian Cooperators promote Vocations
Tondo Salesian Cooperators promotes Vocations through the 2nd Salesian Youth Assembly Manila, the Philippines, 19 August 2017—600 young people gathered in Don Bosco Tondo for a day of fun, friendship and formation. The event? The 2nd Salesian Youth Assembly 2017 organized by the Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) of Tondo.
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DB TVET Tondo Presents Sanctissima at CCP
The Don Bosco TVET Center Tondo presents a Marian Musical entitled “Sanctissima: Miracle Stories in Tondo” in celebration of the heritage month and in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Fatima at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino last May 2 & 3, 2017. The cast of the theatrical play…
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First Migrant Youth Festival
Makati City, the Philippines, 26 November 2016 — Salesians hold the first Migrant Youth Festival with the theme, “Serving the New Garellis Today” in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati. The day-long event began with the Holy Mass. 115 participants with their Salesian In-charge and Lay Mission Partners from Don Bosco Legazpi, Don Bosco Makati AMPON and AMPAN,Don…
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Medical Mission a Service to Humanity
Tondo, Manila, the Philippines, 23 October 2016—More than 1,400 patients were given free medical, medicines, pediatric, dental, reading glass, x-ray, pap smear, and electrocardiogram by the Don Bosco TVET Center in cooperation with Rotary ChinaTown-Manila and Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc at Don Bosco TVET Center- Tondo’s Mazzarello Gymnasium. This was organized because of…