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Vettrikku Vazhikaatti – Career Guidance Seminar at Lourdes Shrine, PeramburLeo Joseph SDB
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18 Salesian Cooperators Make PromiseRavi Aruldass SDBVellore, 18 Nov:
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Youth Centre Leaders Attend Training ProgrammeArun Nicholas SdbChennai, 17 Nov:
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Extraordinary Visitation ConcludesBIS CorrespondentChennai, 16 Nov:
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Fr. Dolphie Sequeira Bon Voyage to Hong Kong!BIS correspondentChennai, 15 Nov:
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Fr. Cedric Bout completes 95 YearsRavi Aruldass SDBChennai, 11 Nov:
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International Children’s Short Film Festival in ChennaiChennai, 8 Nov:
The sixth edition of the International Children’s Short Film Festival (ICSFF), organized by Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA), on 8th November, once again proved itself a major media event in Chennai. More than 1500 children from 24 schools participated in the one-day festival during which 18 Short Films selected from 72 entries from nine countries—USA, Japan, Poland, Russia, India, France, Australia, Switzerland and the Netherlands—were screened. The short films portrayed children’s daily life, their dreams and aspirations, their humanity and strength of character, their struggles and challenges. The screening was done at the Don Bosco School auditorium in Egmore. Read More>> |
Stoking The Missionary Flame: Fr. Klement Vaclav at Becchi, KavarapettaiCharles Panackel SDB
November 7: There was only a handful of Salesians to welcome Fr. Klement Vaclav, General Councillor for Missions, as he arrived in the quiet of the night on 6 November 2013 at Becchi Don Bosco, the Salesian Theologate of the Chennai Province. During the Community Meditation the next morning, he spoke passionately of some of the challenging missionary areas in the Congregation where Salesians were doing stellar evangelising work. Read More>> |
Don Bosco Mega Talent ShowJohn Kennedy SDBChennai, 25 Oct:
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Polur ITC – A soul-cleansing experience |
Our Missionaries to Canada |
Grand Literary Fest at Don Bosco College, Dharmapuri |
Another milestone at Don Bosco Thalavadi |
Governor opens Don Bosco School of Excellence |
New Academic Year at St. Joseph, Katpadi |
Chennai Salesian Family begins Year of Spirituality in preparation for Don Bosco Bicentenary |
Becchians meet for annual Past Pupils’ Day |
Sports Day at Sacred Heart: A Day of Inspiration and Perspiration |
Sports Day at Don Bosco Wisdom Town |
Nearly 1000 children from Chennai Corporation Schools and other Government schools joined the children of Perambur Lourdes School to participate in Vettrikku Vazhikatti (‘Pathway to Success’), a Career Guidance seminar, organized by Don Bosco Vazhikaatti, the Career Guidance and Job Placement cell of the Chennai Salesian Province, at Lourdes Shrine parish, Perambur, on 30 November. 
On 17th November, 18 aspirant-Cooperators from Chennai Province made their promise during a solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr. Jayapalan Raphael SDB, Provincial at Don Bosco Chapel, Gandhinagar, Vellore. Among the newly enrolled Cooperators, 8 are from Arni unit, 4 from Anmarudai unit, 3 from St. Mary’s, Chennai, and one each from Ayanavaram, Chetpet and Pallikonda. 
INM Youth Sevices organized a training programme for the leaders of the Youth Centres of Chennai Province on 16-17 November at Don Bosco Youth Animation Centre, Ennore. For the 76 participants, it was a time of grace and growth. The programme, coordinated by the Don Bosco Youth Animation team at Ennore, gave the participants an opportunity to reflect upon the meaning of true leadership, the purpose of leadership, the manner of exercising leadership, and how to become effective leaders. 
The Extraordinary Canonical Visitation of the Province of St. Thomas, Chennai, which had begun on 29 July concluded on 16 November evening with a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Rinaldi Hall (SIGA), Chennai, presided over by Rev. Fr. Andrew Wong Lee, the Regional Councillor for East Asia & Oceania, who carried out the Visitation in the name of the Rector Major. 
Fr. Dolphie Sequeira SDB left for Hong Kong in the Province of China (CIN) on Nov 15, in response to a request from the Provincial of China, Fr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti, to work for the South Asian (Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and Indian) immigrant youth in Hong Kong. Earlier this year, Fr. Dolphie and Fr. Amala Vinoth had gone to Hong Kong to make a three-month study of the situation of the South Asian immigrant youth at risk there. 
Celebrating one’s 95th birthday is indeed a very special thing and a privilege not given to many. Fr. Cedric Bout, the senior-most Salesian in Chennai Province and also the oldest among all Indian Salesians, was the centre of attention on 11 November, as he presided over a solemn Eucharist, surrounded by nearly 100 confreres and members of the Salesian Family, at the Provincial House in Chennai to thank and praise the Lord for his 95 years of life. 
It was an amazing display of talents in which 378 young people from 16 Don Bosco institutions in Chennai Province vied with each other to earn a place in the sun. The occasion was the Don Bosco Mega Talent Show, a first attempt by the Social Communication Department of the province to create a platform for talented youngsters, especially those from our rural settings, to showcase their skills and possibly capture the attention of mainstream media. The event held on 25 October at the Don Bosco auditorium, Egmore, Chennai, proved to be an incredible eye-opener to the organizers and the judges. 
Seminar on Psychosexual Integration and Celibacy for SalesiansBIS Correspondent
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CRISEC Regional Meeting of Social Work CoordinatorsRavi Aruldass SDB
Chennai, December 7: A training programme on ‘Rights-based Approach to Social Work’ was held on 27-28 November for the social work coordinators of the various religious congregations and provinces of Tamilnadu-Pondicherry region at the Salesian Provincial House, Chennai. The 51 participants from 24 congregations who took part in the two-day programme organized by CRISEC (CRI Socio Economic Concerns), it was an eye-opener. Read More>>
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Provincial Circular, December 2013Year of Salesian Spirituality“Pitching our Tent” among the Young:Salesian ministry of Presence
My dear confreres, Affectionate greetings from the Citadel! We are in Advent and our thoughts are already directed to Christmas. At the core of our Christmas celebration is the mystery of the incarnation, which is the ultimate disclosure of the eternal God to humanity. St. John, in the fourth Gospel, defines it saying, “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we have beheld his Glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (Jn 1, 14). In other words, through the incarnation, God has moved in with us, made his home with us, is accompanying us, living with us, sharing our joys and sorrows, our trials and tribulations, our struggles and victories, and wanting to be a part of us in every way. Read More.. |
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Chennai, December 7: A four-day seminar on psycho-sexual integration and celibacy was conducted for the leaders of communities of the Salesian province of Chennai by Fr. Joe Mannath SDB, the National Secretary of CRI, at the Salesian Provincial House here from 2-5 December. A small number of participants from the provinces of Tiruchy, Bangalore, Panjim and New Delhi also took part in the seminar. 
Chennai, 29 Nov: Don Bosco Theological Centre, Kavarapettai, Chennai, organized its annual theological symposium on the topic “Spiritual Significance of Emerging Contemporary Literatures” on 28th November. The symposium began with a prayer song. Then, Fr. Joseph Jayaraj sdb, Rector, welcomed the gathering. In his opening remarks, he highlighted the importance of the contemporary literatures in India, especially in Tamil Nadu. After which, Fr. Joe Andrew sdb, Rector & Parish Priest of Lourdes Shrine-Perambur, delivered the first session on secular movies. He truly inspired the participants with his spiritual insights on how to view and appreciate such films. The second session was enlightened by Mrs. Padma Alistair, Professor of English Literature, Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her well thought out and ably delivered talk helped the participants to see the traces of spirituality in contemporary novels which build relationship between the human and the divine. 
Chennai, 24 Nov: The Salesian Province of Chennai celebrated its first ever Provincial Missionary Day by bringing together missionaries, aspiring missionaries and members of missionary groups from various houses – in all about 190 persons—under one roof at Don Bosco Boys’ Home, Perambur, on Sunday 24th November. The beautifully decorated hall and a well-prepared little missionary exhibition helped create a missionary ambience and stimulate missionary enthusiasm among the participants. 
