Inter Salesian Athletics Championships 2023
Posted: Wed, 24 May 2023 13:50
Each year, all of the Salesian schools meet for their annual Athletics Championship.
This year, the championships were held in Battersea.
There was a slight delay to the start of the event owing to heavy rain and thunderstorms. But after everyone's patience, the events were able to take place.
Years 7-10 from all 6 Salesian Schools were in attendance, with medals being given out across the board.
However... Read More »
Feast of Mary Help of Christians: Program of Celebrations from Valdocco
Posted: Tue, 23 May 2023 13:46
(ANS - Turin) - All over the world the Salesian Family eagerly awaits May 24, the feast day of Mary Help of Christians. The Basilica dedicated to Her at the Mother House of the Salesian Congregation, in Valdocco, will again this year be the spiritual center toward which millions of eyes and hearts will turn, thanks also to the live broadcasts that will allow even at a distance to participate communally... Read More »
DBYN - A.B Meeting - Leuven, May 2023
Posted: Sun, 21 May 2023 14:12
In preparation for its General Executive Body meeting in October the Administrative board of DBYN met in Leuven from the 15th-17th May 2023. Germany, Belgium, and the UK were all in attendance for the meeting and met to discuss the state of affairs for all member organisations, looking at the projects that have already taken place in 2023, as well as the projects that are coming up. There was also... Read More »
Sunday Reflection - 7th Sunday of Easter (Year A)
Posted: Fri, 19 May 2023 09:47
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS SUNDAY
'You cannot not communicate'. (Paul Watzlawick)
Today the Church invites us to reflect on our deep human need to communicate—we have been entrusted with a message from Christ that, at times, appears counter-cultural. We are called to communicate GOOD news in a media world that seems to want to soak up negativity. We are called to bring good news to people who are confused;... Read More »
Salesian School, Chertsey's - Big Lent Walk
Posted: Wed, 17 May 2023 09:59
"This Lent, as part of the Catholic Christian tradition of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, pupils in Year 7 raised funds for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), the official international aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The goal of the Big Lent Walk was to see how far pupils could walk within Lent in order to raise money by sponsors.
Encouraged by tutors and,... Read More »
Sunday Reflection - 6th Sunday of Easter (Year A)
Posted: Fri, 12 May 2023 22:45
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
In our Gospel today, Jesus reminds us of that deep and sensitive relationship that must exist between the Lord and the disciple. It is a relationship of love, care, and mutual respect that we see being lived out in our first reading from the Acts today. The missionary, Philip goes into Samaria just as Jesus had done before—the people of this town... Read More »
Mary Help of Christians in the "City of Eternal Heat"
Posted: Wed, 10 May 2023 09:35
"Once again in my travels around the Salesian world I was able to see for myself that Mary Help of Christians—as Don Bosco promised—is a beacon that illuminates, a safe harbour, and maternal love for her Son and for all of us, her sons and daughters."
My dear friends, faithful readers of the Salesian Bulletin, and all friends of Don Bosco and his precious charism--
I come to you today, in... Read More »
Sunday Reflection - 5th Sunday of Easter
Posted: Fri, 5 May 2023 10:07
Some years ago, I was honoured to work with a group of hard-working religious Sisters on a Retreat. We were sharing our favourite pieces, when one very quiet nun, hesitatingly, shared:
There are many rooms in my Father's home.
After a pause, she went on to tell us, 'I find this scripture so powerful as I pray that, in heaven, I'll be in a different room to Sr X who is really hard to live with!'—... Read More »
Salesian Schools on Pilgrimage
Posted: Thu, 4 May 2023 12:06
Recently two of our Salesian Schools have been on Pilgrimage.
Salesian College, Farnborough have recently visited Lourdes, while Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton has been to Turin.
Salesian College went with HCPT to Lourdes, and were accompanied by Fr Patrick Sherlock SDB.
Thornleigh Salesian College went to Turin as part of their Religious Studies and were accompanied by Fr Saju John SDB, and Fr Bob... Read More »
"It's Time for Chapter 28." Video on 5th Programmatic Line available online
Posted: Wed, 3 May 2023 15:03
(ANS - Rome) - As of today, the fifth video in the series "It's Time for Chapter 28" is available online, in which the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, illustrates the fifth action plan: "ABSOLUTE PRIORITY for the young, the poorest and the most abandoned and defenseless."
Shot in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians of Pius XI in Rome, the video highlights, in the words of... Read More »