Category: Celebrations
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Province Recollection and Fellowship Day
28 August 2017, Mandaluyong City, the Philippines—The Salesians of Don Bosco Philippine-North Province gathered at Don Bosco Technical College, Mandaluyong on August 28, 2017 for their Province Recollection and Fellowship Day. The event started with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 8:00 am in the Big Chapel with His Excellency, Bishop Leo Drona, SDB,…
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50th Jubilee of SDB Profession held at DBTI-Makati
Makati City, the Philippines, 1 July 2017–On June 29, 2017, Fr. Salvador “Boy” Pablo, SDB, celebrated the Holy Eucharist to commemorate not just the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus, but also to thank God for the 50 fruitful years He gifted him with as a Salesian of Don Bosco. One of his…
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To Serve with Christ: Ordination to the Diaconate
Parañaque City, the Philippines, 24 June 2017 — The morning of the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist saw the the ordination of 14 men to the sacred order of deacons through the laying on of hands of Bishop Teodoro Bacani, DD in the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians Parish. “You…
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Celebrating Blessed Stephen Sandor
Parañaque City, the Philippines, 8 June 2017—With pomposity, ceremony and solemnity, the Salesians at the center of studies in Parañaque celebrated the blessed martyr and Salesian Brother Stephen Sandor. The Sandor Community, which comprises of Salesian Brothers in their specific formation, animated the feast day. The campus was suffused with a buoyant spirit as the…
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Pro Vobis: Six New Salesian Priests from FIN & VIE
Parañaque City, the Philippines, 1 May 2017 — On the morning of the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Most Reverend Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales DD, ordained six Salesian deacons to the presbyterate in the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians Parish: Fr. Joseph Nguyễn Quốc Đại, SDB [VIE] Fr. Ramil…
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Bosconians Love Life: TVET Encounter 2017
It’s more than just fun and games. Makati City, the Philippines, 13 March 2017—The TVET-TVL encounter held in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati from March 11-12 is both a celebration of the TVET communities’ diversity as well as their same identity as Bosconians. Every year, the Bosconian TVET students spend weeks preparing for this much-awaited…
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DBTI–Makati Holds Rite of Burning of Old Palm Branches
Makati City, the Philippines, 28 February 2017—The Elementary and High School Departments of Don Bosco Technical Institute–Makati observed the rite of burning old palm branches in their morning assembly today, 28 February. Fr. Donnie Duchin Duya, SDB, Institutional Pastoral Animator of DBTI–Makati led the rite. As old palms are burned it only signifies that Ash…
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Friends of Laura Vicuña Holds 2nd Provincial Day
Parañaque City, 23 January 2017—The Friends of Laura Vicuña (FLV) celebrated its second Provincial day at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians Parish in Parañaque last January 21, 2017. With the theme “Stronger Together #RelationshipGoals,” the objective of the affair is to strengthen the sodality especially as it has grown in numbers over…
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Salute, My Brother
Mabalacat City, Pampanga, the Philippines, 30 November 2016 — Salesians, Aspirants and Prenovices of the Philippines North Province came together to celebrate the Provincial Community Day in Don Bosco Academy, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, about 80 kilometers north of Manila. Coinciding with the nation’s commemoration of the Filipino hero, Andres Bonifacio, the provincial community took the…
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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…