Southern Cooperators reflect on holiness
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2019 15:41
On May 19th the Salesian Cooperators organised a retreat day for all Cooperators centres in the South. They gathered about fifty participants, who spent some time reflecting on the Strenna theme of holiness for you.
The talks were given by Fr David O'Malley, picking out two of the five aspects of holiness identified by Pope Francis in his encyclical Gaudete et Exultate: Gentleness and boldness. Reflecting... Read More »
Biography of Fr Larry McDonnell SDB launched in London
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2019 08:44
Fr Larry McDonnell SDB was an Irish Salesian, known to many in our Province from his time at Shrigley and elsewhere, in the days when the British and Irish Provinces were one, before following his missionary vocation to Swaziland.
The impression Larry made on his students and those he mentored - a list that includes prominent figures in business and politics in the region - was so profound that his... Read More »
Sharing the Salesian Youth Ministry joy in Kraków
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2019 16:02
Ryan from our Youth Ministry team tells us about the recent event in Kraków
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Kraków, Poland, for Savionalia 2019 and it was incredible! It was such a privilege to represent the GBR province out in Poland and we were made so welcome. The weekend was packed with activities and I thoroughly enjoyed all the prayer, liturgy, games, music and dancing. Friday... Read More »
VIDES weekend - holiness for you too!
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2019 14:34
David McCormick from VIDES UK writes about an amazing weekend
Holiness is for you too. A phrase I am sure that we are all fairly familiar with this year, as the Rector Major has challenged each of us to consider how we can find holiness in the simplicity of our everyday lives. This was also what was asked of a group of young people who have recently taken part in a VIDES for Youth weekend at Barnstondale... Read More »
European communicators get together in Munich
Posted: Wed, 15 May 2019 15:45
Last Thursday, I went with Fr Bob Gardner SDB, Delegate for Publications and Social Communications, to Munich, for the 4-day European meeting of Salesian Social Communications delegates, chaired by Don Filiberto González Plasencia SDB, General Councillor for Social Communications.
In preparation for our 28th General Chapter, which will take place in Valdocco in February, we were asked to consider... Read More »
Ni Hao! St John Bosco Arts students visit China
Posted: Tue, 14 May 2019 12:12
In 2017, St John Bosco Arts College, a Salesian Sisters' school for girls in Croxteth near Liverpool, became the first UK school to send a delegation to China, after it was selected as an ambassador school by Access China UK, an organisation which funds school partnerships in China and promotes the exchange of ideas through different international programmes, and paired up with a sister school, Wenzhou... Read More »
Student drama builds interfaith bridges
Posted: Wed, 8 May 2019 14:10
At the end of April, some of the Year 7 students from St John Bosco College, Battersea, put on a short play entitled 'Honey and Apples' which was written specifically for them. The play was based on the experience of children during the Holocaust. The school invited some external guests from the local Jewish community, and the rest of the audience was made up of Yr 11 students who were revising Judaism... Read More »
The everyday, unseen courage of the young
Posted: Wed, 8 May 2019 13:29
Hazel, from the Chaplaincy Team at Savio Salesian College, Bootle, reflects on the often unseen courage of young people. (NB: names have been changed)
(Image: Shutterstock)
Do you like my lion? I do. He is truly brave - lion-hearted in fact. He is also kind and cuddly and when I feel low, he makes me happy again. He's only small but he has the courage of a lion proper.
As brave as a lion, we say. Nobody... Read More »
Sharing publishing ideas in Munich
Posted: Tue, 7 May 2019 11:51
Sarah Seddon, Manager of Don Bosco Publications, and Fr Bob Gardner, Delegate for Publications and Social Media, were in Munich this week to represent the British Province at at the biennial meeting of the European Don Bosco Publishing houses, hosted at the Munich Salesianum.
Stefan Höchstädter, Managing Director of the Don Bosco Verlag in Munich, said it was an excellent opportunity to get... Read More »
On the 'egg- parachute' with Don Bosco!
Posted: Fri, 3 May 2019 15:29
Br Lukasz Wojcik SDB describes the delights of Bootle's recent Youth Club holiday
Egg parachutes (dropping the egg from the roof and trying not to smash it), cinema, quizzes, bowling & laser, and endless fun on the best swing in Merseyside: all this and even more has happened in Shirdley Hill during the annual Youth Club holidays.
The weekend provided by the Youth Active Team from St. James' Parish... Read More »