Category: Salesian Houses
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Adventure in the Spirit: Recollection & Sportsfest
Adventure in the Spirit: FIN Province Recollection & Sportsfest Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati City, the Philippines, 29 August 2016—The Salesians of Don Bosco of the FIN Province took advantage of the Heroes’ Day, a national holiday in the whole of the Philippine archipelago, to gather for their first quarterly recollection for the year. The…
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Tuloy sa Don Bosco as Evacuation Center
Muntinlupa City, the Philippines, 21 August 2016—From August 13 to 21 Tuloy sa Don Bosco Street Children Village became an evacuation center for 326 families or 1063 informal settlers—men, women and frightened children who were fleeing from their burning homes. These evacuees were not strangers to the people of Tuloy sa Don Bosco… They were…
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Lobo, Eroplanong papel at Saranggola: A Review
It is not often if ever that I am enthused about musicale productions that are locally scripted and produced. And so with some reluctance I was constrained to watch what I thought be one more of the same. My original intention was to close my eyes and sleep through it, if I could. What the…
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DB Prenovitiate staged a musicale for Mary’s Assumption
Canlubang, Calamba City, 15 August 2016— The aspirants and prenovices of Don Bosco Prenovitiate House produced a play titled “Lobo, Eroplanong Papel at Saranggola: The Musicale” (Ballon, Paper Plane and Kite) in preparation for and in honor of the Solemnity of Our Lady’s Assumption held in Tanghalang Seminaryo.
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SJB Tondo Celebrates Assumption and DB’s Birthday
Tondo, Manila, 18 August 2016 – The youth of Saint John Bosco Parish, Tondo celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary and the commemoration of Don Bosco’s 201st Birthday through a series of fun and formative activities. Last August 15, members of the different the youth associations of the parish participated actively in the…
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Fr Andres shines more than a diamond
“My vocation was to be a priest–not to get married!” Fr. Andres uttered these words to me as a matter of factly. His eyes searched for mine to convey his sincerity. He said this to himself as soon as he had realized that he wanted to become a Salesian priest. He was just in his…
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Juan Café: Now Open
Manila, the Philippines, 7 August 2016—At exactly 4:45 pm, Fr. Gaudecio ‘GC’ Carandang, SDB, Rector and Alumni In-Charge of the Don Bosco TVET Center-Tondo, led the blessing, ribbon cutting and opening of Juan Café: Tambayan ng Alumni. The Don Bosco TVET Tondo Alumni coordinators under the lead Fr. GC thought of a venue for the alumni to keep…
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VP Leni visits DB Calauan
Calauan, Laguna, the Philippines, 16 July 2016 — Her Excellency Maria Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines and Chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, visited Southville 7, Site 2 more popularly known as Don Bosco Calauan, a resettlement area of the National Housing Authority in Laguna, a province south of…