Category: Calendar & Events
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[Special Report] Congress on YM & Family 2017: Day 1 – Bienvenidos
Madrid, Spain, 27 November 2017—The Hotel Weare Chamartin of Madrid today began receiving guests and participants for the Salesians’ International Congress on Youth Ministry and Family. The organizers, led by no less than Fr. Fabio Attard, SDB, General Councilor for Youth Ministry, and his team, welcomed those who were coming. They assisted the participants in finalizing the…
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FIN Holds Mass for Deceased Salesians
Canlubang, Laguna, the Philippines, 6 November 2017—The Salesians of Don Bosco of the Philippines North Province (FIN) gathered last November 4, Saturday, to celebrate a Eucharistic Celebration for the deceased confreres in the Diocesan Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Canlubang. Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB EAO Regional Superior presided over the Mass, with Fr. Paul Bicomong,…
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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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Don Bosco-One TVET Launched
Makati City, the Philippines, 10 August 2017—Don Bosco Technical Institute – Makati had its Launching Ceremonies for the first ever Don Bosco–One TVET Philippines on August 9 at Braga Building which was headed by Fr. Jose Dindo S. Vitug, SDB, Executive Director of the said organization. In his opening remarks, Fr. Vitug said that the…
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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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FIN Province Holds Youth Leadership Camp
For three full days, Bosconian leaders from various settings of the FIN Province converged for a leadership training seminar-workshop. Two non-Salesian parishes, Sto Nino Parish in Tondo and Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church in Calamba also sent youth contingents. Dubbed as Champoree, a portmanteau of the words Champion and jamboree, the participants were given various…
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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…