SJBC's young gardeners win Caring for Creation Award!
Posted: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 13:50
Congratulations to the young gardeners from SJBC who won a Barbara Ward Award for Caring for Creation at the recent Celebrating Young People Awards. They were recognised for creating a green oasis in the heart of Battersea. Here's what Million Minutes wrote in announcing their success:
St John Bosco College is in the midst of Battersea's tower-block estates. A group of enthusiastic and hard-working... Read More »
Year 7 retreat includes plenty of fun
Posted: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 08:40
Woopee from Battersea describes her group's retreat at Salesian House last week
I really enjoyed visiting the Salesian House. As soon as I stepped foot in the house I felt like I was at home.
At the start of the retreat I put on my trainers and then we went through Battersea Park, although we did not get the boat to the Emirate Skyline, we did get the boat on the way back.
The Skyline was sooo fun. We... Read More »
Faith in Action Awards reward great efforts
Posted: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 06:13
Hazel, from the Savio Salesian College Chaplaincy team, is justly proud of the dedicated students from the school's Bosco Group.
It never ceases to amaze me what our students can do.
During the lunch time at Savio Salesian College, our Bosco Group gathers to discuss what they will do next. We have forty minutes only, and the meetings take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
"Next?"you might ask... Read More »
Thali Evening raises funds for Don Bosco Ashalayam
Posted: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 05:51
Violet DeSousa visited Don Bosco Ashalayam in Kolkata with a group from St John Bosco College, Battersea. She writes about the lasting impact of the experience.
When I said good-bye to 2018 and opened the door to 2019, little did I know that God had an amazing adventure planned for me. That cold winter day in February, as the plane took off, heading towards Kolkata, I was feeling very apprehensive and... Read More »
Joint Formation Seminar for GB and Irish Provinces
Posted: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 05:20
Richard Ebejer SDB of St Catherine's Centre, Maynooth University, reports on the formation seminar held for our two Provinces in Northern Ireland from 28-30 June 2019.
A joint formation seminar between the British and Irish Provinces was held at Dromantine Conference Centre in Northern Ireland last week.
The theme of the seminar was 'Our First Vocation - Being Human; Growing in Chastity and Celibacy',... Read More »
Farnborough retreat enriched by the presence of guests
Posted: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 02:49
Last week, Fr Man u Camilleri SDB from Malta preached a retreat for SDBs at St John Bosco House, Farnborough. Br Michael Delmer SDB writes:
The weather was everything one might wish for; bright sunshine tempered mostly by a gentle breeze.
The Retreat this year was enriched by the presence of Salesians from other Houses: Fr. Martin Coyle from Savio, Bollington; Br Donald McDonald from St Joseph's, Bolton;... Read More »
It's the Chertsey Flower Show ...
Posted: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 23:58
The celebrations continue at St Anne's Chertsey. Joy Mowatt tells us more.
As we continue to celebrate our 90 years as a Parish, July arrived with our Flower Festival.
This was organised by Barbara Greaney, a long-standing parishioner and Salesian Cooperator. The photo shows just a few of the many floral decorations that currently bless our church.
Each decoration was placed by a group that worships at... Read More »
RIP Mother Antonia, Mother General Emeritus
Posted: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 17:42
We are sad to announce the death of Mother Antonia Colombo, Mother General of the FMA from 1997 - 2008, who died peacefully yesterday in Lombardy, Italy, following a long illness.
Mother Antonia was especially dedicated to promoting and enhancing the dignity of women, and placed herself at the heart of initiatives to foster education and active citizenship for women and girls around the world.
We treasure... Read More »
Thornleigh students speak up for our planet and the poor
Posted: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:35
Students from Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton, featured in the BBC news this week when they attended 'The Time is Now', a march and lobby at the seat of the UK government in Westminster, calling for our politicians to act quickly on climate change. The event, on 26th June, was organised by several groups including CAFOD, and thousands of people took part.
At school, the group had been exploring... Read More »
Vocations team captures SDB stories on video
Posted: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:12
The vocations team has been at work to make some short videos that capture some elements of the vocation stories of SDBs. To date, Fr Tom Williams, Fr Andrew Ebrahim, Fr Gerry O'Shaughnessy, Fr David O'Malley, Bro Joe Tran and Bro Gregory Echegwo (above) have been caught on film.
The team is also planning to visit all SDB communities next term to present a new resource on listening for vocation in ordinary... Read More »