Category: Calendar & Events
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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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Requiēscat in Pāce: Fr. Dennis Meim, SDB
Our beloved confrere, Fr. Dennis Meim, SDB passed away Sunday evening, September 4 at 8:33 pm, on the day of St. Teresa of Kolkata’s Canonization.
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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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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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Salesian Houses’ Correspondents Meet
Makati City, the Philippines, 14 July 2016 – Fifteen Salesian Houses of the FIN Province sent their representatives to the meeting of local news and information correspondents and/or members of their local social communications teams. Organized by the Commission on Social Communications, the main objectives of this meeting were the following: to review the Guidelines…
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FIN Welcomes New Deacons
I Give My Life for My Sheep 24 June 2016, Parañaque City, the Philippines—On the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Most Reverend Broderick Pabillo, DD, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, ordained to the diaconate fourteen Salesians and two Franciscans of Our Lady of the Poor in the National Shrine of Mary Help…
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The 3rd Don Bosco Film Festival
Today, we officially launch the Third Don Bosco Film Festival. VIVA DON BOSCO!
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Br Saraphan makes his Perpetual Profession
Br. Abraham Saraphan Kaiser, SDB stayed in the Philippines for his biennial formation. He was part of the Blessed Stephen Sándor Community in Parañaque. Yesterday, on the feast of Mary Help of Christians, he made his perpetual vows in his homeland—Thailand. Br. Raymond Callo, SDB who was present in this momentous event reports the following…
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Mary Brought Us Together: An Academy in Honor of Mary Help of Christians
Parañaque, The Philippines, 23 May 2016 – On the eve of the Solemnity of Mary, Help of Christians, the principal Patroness of the Salesian Congregation, the students of theology from the Seminaryo ng Don Bosco and the Salesian brothers from the EAO Salesian Brothers’ Formation House (Bl. Stephen Sandor Community) staged an academy in honor…