SDB Provincial welcomes you to our new website
Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:39
I am delighted to be able to welcome you to the new website of the Salesian Province of Great Britain incorporating the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) the Salesian Co-operators and the various groups within the Salesian Family.
We wish this website not simply to be a purveyor of good news but an online centre to aid the promulgation of the Salesian charism,... Read More »
His mercy is gentle as silence
Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:13
As we approach Divine Mercy Sunday, we present the second in our series of articles by a Catholic teacher working in Don Bosco's way, reflecting here on the 'Resurrection experiences' each school year offers. Photo: Shutterstock
Like everyone the current situation of lock down gives me more time than usual to think and reflect. When I have a few spare moments I log on to YouTube, as I am addicted to... Read More »
SJBC's young gardeners awarded grant to keep growing
Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:30
In recognition of their work to protect and improve the environment, the Young Gardeners' Club at St John Bosco College, Battersea has been awarded a grant by the Catholic charity, Million Minutes. The funding will help the club to buy more equipment and seeds ready for work to begin again when they can return to school.
Schools and their young people are still working hard during the lockdown, with... Read More »
Reflecting with hope on the Resurrection in lockdown
Posted: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:58
Savio Salesian College, like everybody else, is on lockdown. We had just begun our celebration of Lent, reflected on the needs of others, chosen 'what to give up' and started our Lenten charity, when this exploded into our lives.
The school seems desolate although it has stayed open for those who are the sons and daughters of our essential workers – our heroes. Those people who go into work never... Read More »
Easter message from our two Provincials
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:23
Easter messages from Fr Gerry Briody SDB, Provincial of the Salesians of Don Bosco GBR, and Sr Connie Cameron FMA, Provincial of the Salesian Sisters GBR. (Image: Christ with Crown of Thorns by Aloys Wach, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
Being people of faith and action in our community
Let us pray, as we move from the sorrow of penitence to the joy of Easter resurrection, for a renewed commitment... Read More »
Our Vocations Director talks about vocation and community
Posted: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 14:44
While we were still in more normal times, Fr David O'Malley SDB was the guest on the Sunday Joy programme on Battersea's Riverside Radio, interviewed by Asi Munisi.
In the hour-long programme, in which he also chose the music tracks, he speaks about his own vocation journey, and about Battersea Communities, the local project he is involved in, which aims to restore a sense of community and confidence... Read More »
A Catholic teacher on the pedagogy of love
Posted: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 19:06
This is the first of a series of articles on the nature and spirit of Catholic education, by Michael Bennett, formerly of Savio Salesian College, Bootle, and now Deputy Head at De La Salle, Liverpool. Above: pupils from Savio performing a passion play in 2017
My name is Michael and I am a teacher!
Sounds like the start to an AA meeting.
Yet what I should say is that my name is Michael and I am a Catholic... Read More »
SJBC students launch Faith Matters magazine
Posted: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 16:55
SJBC students launch Faith Matters magazine
Following the example of Don Bosco, Year 12 RE students at St John Bosco College Battersea have launched a new magazine, Faith Matters. The termly publication is aimed at staff, and sets out to discuss faith issues that have captured the attention of the student editorial team, and are not widely considered in the media. We wish them success with this new... Read More »
Advice from experts on coping with isolation
Posted: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 11:49
Alone Together is a new website offering support during social distancing and isolation, from members of the monastic tradition and people from other traditions, some of whom have coped with enforced isolation.
The concept is to offer resources and insights based on the lived experience of people who can act as informed guides to a way of life that is strange to most of us.
The site, introduced by Fr... Read More »
A message of faith and hope from the Rector Major
Posted: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:43
The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Artime SDB, has spoken from Rome to Confreres, the Salesian Family, catechists and young people, in a video message released on Wednesday 1 April 2020.
"I greet you in this moment of great pain due to the Coronavirus pandemic," he said. He spoke of the 14 Salesians who have already died from the virus, and the pain so many share because of those they know and love who... Read More »