Mrs Devereux inspires Chertsey students
Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:22
Fr Marco Villani SDB, Chaplain to Salesian School Chertsey, tells us about the visit of Mrs Devereux this week
On Wednesday January 24th 2018, the Feast of St. Francis of Sales Patron of the Salesians, Mrs. Maureen Devereux addressed the students and staff of Salesian Sixth Form Chertsey. With over three hundred students from both Year 12 and Year 13 filling Highfield Road Hall, Mrs. Devereux spoke... Read More »
Catholic schools: let Sean's memory help you promote ideals of peace
Posted: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:39
As we mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Sean Devereux, Salesian student, teacher, Cooperator and volunteer, Don Bosco Publications has been sending out copies of his biography to all Catholic Secondary schools in the UK, with a letter from our Provincial, Fr Gerry Briody SDB, asking that they use the occasion to promote the ideals of peace, justice and harmony for which he worked so passionately,... Read More »
Battersea community hosts Atlantic-German Provincials' meeting
Posted: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:11
Text and photo: ANS
From 12 to 14 January, the annual meeting of the Atlantic-German Zone of the Central and Northern Europe Region took place in the Salesian community of Battersea, London. It brought together the Provincials of the Provinces of Austria, North Belgium, France-South Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland with the Malta Delegation.
Fr. Fabio Attard, General Councilor... Read More »
Our Liberian Missionaries "wee get-together"
Posted: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:10
(Pictured: Fr Joe, Fr Brian, Fr Harry and Br Donald)
By Br Donald MacDonald SDB
Our four Liberian missionaries had a 'wee get together' recently in St Joseph's Bolton, January 2018.
Fr Joseph Brown, Fr Brian Jerstice, Fr Harry O'Brien and myself are all a wee bit older than when we were working in Liberia!! But still going strong!
We were so pleased to hear that the Salesians in Liberia have now returned... Read More »
Just say "Don Bosco" - Salesian Family Spirituality Days, Turin
Posted: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:45
(Pictured: Bernard with the Rector Major)
Shrigley Old Boy, Bernard O'Neill, is in Turin for the 36th Salesian Family Spirituality Days, and when he arrived at Turin Airport on Thursday, he discovered all he had to say was "Don Bosco, Salesiano" for his taxi driver to get him just where he needed to be!
Hundreds of participants from all over the world are attending the event in Valdocco, which runs from... Read More »
Sylvia retires after 19 years of service at St Joseph's
Posted: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:51
In Bolton, staff and Salesians gathered at St Joseph's to say thank you and farewell to Sylvia Hartshorn, who retired this week.
Sylvia has been a dedicated and much loved carer at our community for older Salesians since it opened 19 years ago, and the SDBs and staff from St Joseph's and Thornleigh House came together to thank her and celebrate with her as she begins her new life.
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Maureen Devereux speaks to students about Sean's life & legacy
Posted: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:19
Fr Andrew Ebrahim SDB, from St John Bosco College, Battersea, writes about a very special event at the college
To mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Sean Devereux, his mother, Maureen Devereux, was invited to speak to all the sixth formers at SJBC. Mrs Devereux's down to earth but warm presentation of the life of her son and what drove him was inspiring to say the least. The sixth formers were... Read More »
New building at Chertsey named for Sean Devereux
Posted: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:07
On Friday 12th January 2018, Salesian School Chertsey dedicated and blessed its new Devereux building in memory of Sean Devereux, who was a former PE teacher at Salesian. Sean was killed while working for the UN in Somalia 25 years ago this month.
Fr John Dickson SDB, Chair of Governors, said: "Our new 12 classroom building allows us to accommodate the growing numbers of students attending our school.... Read More »
The Epiphany of the Lord
Posted: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 07:40
We wish you every blessing on the Feast of the Epiphany
BLESSED TITUS ZEMAN
Posted: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:47
Titus Zeman was a Salesian priest, born at Vajnory, near Bratislava, in 1915. On 30th September 2016, he became the first Slovakian Salesian to be beatified.
He attended a Salesian secondary school, and felt an early call to the priesthood, entering the novitiate in 1931, and making his perpetual profession in Rome in 1938. He was ordained priest in 1940, and celebrated his first Mass in his home town... Read More »