Farnborough honours former pupil Sean Devereux on Don Bosco Day
Posted: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 19:55
Salesian College Farnborough chose the feast of Don Bosco to remember former pupil, Sean Devereux. Chaplain, Fr Pat, outlines the events.
On January 31st, the Feast of Saint John Bosco, Salesian College Farnborough commemorated the 25th Anniversary one of our former pupils who was inspired by our founder to live out his Salesian ideals to the full. Sean Devereux was a natural leader with a mischievous... Read More »
Hope overcoming fear' - Justice & Peace Assembly 2018
Posted: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 17:38
Photo: Catholic Voices
Fr Marco Villani, the Province Delegate for Justice and Peace, reports on the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Justice & Peace Assembly 2018
On Saturday January 27th 2018, the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Christian Education Centre (DABCEC) in Crawley, West Sussex, hosted the annual Justice and Peace Assembly. The title of the assembly was 'Hope Overcoming... Read More »
New 'Savio 100' scheme launched to support Savio House!
Posted: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 10:28
Fr Martin Coyle, Rector of Savio House, our youth retreat centre in Bollington, Cheshire, writes about an exciting new scheme to support its valuable work with the young, and invites YOU to help by becoming one of the Savio 100!
The Feast of Don Bosco is always a special day in every Salesian House and this year at Savio House we were blessed to have 2 groups of young people overlapping... Read More »
Salesian students send gifts to Don Bosco Ashalayam
Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 20:06
Adam Clark, a Year 11 student at St John Bosco College Battersea, tells us about the a shared project between SJBC and Salesian School, Chertsey, to help the street and vulnerable children of Don Bosco Ashalayam in Kolkata, India.
Today on Monday 29th January we were packing little goods like pencils, crayons etc. for kids in India. We also included toothbrushes and face flannels.... Read More »
Mass at Bosco Centre for enrolment of new Salesian Cooperator
Posted: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 19:50
On Don Bosco's feast day in Bermondsey the Principal of the Bosco Centre, Mr Darren Coghlan, arranged for a mass with all centre staff during which Romaine Shilling was enrolled as a cooperator. Romaine has been a manager in the Bosco Centre for many years alongside Sister Cecily Dunn FMA.
The mass was led by Fr David O'Malley and the formation and details of the service were in the... Read More »
A wonderful Feast and a new video - Savio Salesian College Bootle
Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:49
Chaplain Fr Jakub shares some of the school's festive activities, and introduces another of their great videos!
We had a lovely celebration for the Feast of St John Bosco in the school today.
Children have prepared a special banner and worked together on the assemblies presented this morning. The short video below was made for the assemblies, about the meeting of Don Bosco and Dominic Savio.
Fr Jakub... Read More »
CAFOD Young Leaders at Chertsey & Farnborough
Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:22
(Pictured: Young Leaders pictured in 2017)
Fr Marco, Chaplain at Chertsey, tells us about last week's CAFOD Youth Leadership Training Day in Farnborough Hill.
On Thursday January 25th, the second session of the 2017-2018 CAFOD Youth Leadership Training Programme took place in Farnborough Hill School. Students from over half a dozen different schools, including from Salesian School Chertsey and Salesian... Read More »
Catholic Heads talk about ethos and spirituality
Posted: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:13
Fr David O'Malley SDB, Schools Delegate for the Province, writes about a recent meeting of Headteachers
A small group of head teachers gathered in Battersea to explore ethos and spirituality in schools. The heads of Salesian schools do this regularly. Two Salesian heads, Alison Burrowes and Ged Owens met up with heads from five other Catholic schools to explore how a Salesian approach... Read More »
The annual Don Bosco Mass in Manchester, 2018
Posted: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:11
On Saturday 28th January, Salesian Family members gathered again for Mass at Manchester's lovely Church of St Mary, the Hidden Gem. The joyful celebration continued with lunch at a nearby hostelry!
Holocaust Memorial Day 2018
Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:33
On 27th January each year, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, we remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day in 2018 is âthe power of wordsâ. The words of those who suffered from these terrible events have the power to show us truths we may prefer not to face, to unite us in empathy,... Read More »