Engaging session on Judaism for SJBC students
Posted: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:15
The RE Department at St John Bosco College, (SJBC) Battersea, told us about a very special visit they had last week.
Ruth Jampel from 'Judaism for School' visited SJBC on Wednesday to help our Year 11 students really get to grips with some parts of the GCSE syllabus on Judaism. It was fun and interactive from the start. We had model Torah scrolls, cuddly toy Torah scrolls, mezuzahs, kippahs,... Read More »
Savio House team takes Don Bosco's work out
Posted: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:07
Jonny Dearden, Programme Leader at Savio House, writes about an unusual week for the team.
Occasionally, our work takes us out of our youth retreat centre in Bollington. Last week, we were invited to work in a small village in Derbyshire called Hartington with St Maryâs Chesterfield and their entire year 12.
During the week, the recurring theme was âYou are Godâs work of artâ... Read More »
Fr Tom SDB preaches at St Mary's Battersea Carol Service
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:14
Fr Tom Williams preached at the Christmas Carol Concert in St Mary's C of E church, Riverside Battersea at the invitation of Canon Simon Butler. This is the church where JMW Turner painted some of his famous river scenes, and it is the only Grade 1 listed building in Wandsworth. (Photo above: St Mary's Battersea)
Fr Tom preached on the journey to Bethlehem and was well received for his style, clarity... Read More »
Third Week of Advent 2018
Posted: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:22
Spiritual Gifts and Practical Gifts - Training Young Salesians in West Africa
In the third week of Advent, as we focus on joy, we hear from our GBR Missions Office, which supports the work of Salesian Missions across the world, and in particular, funds the training of young Salesians in the Anglophone West Africa (AFW) Province: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria.
The British Province has had a... Read More »
St John Bosco Arts College pulls off The Greatest Show
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:20
Story and photos: The Foundry Agency
St John Bosco Arts College has wowed audiences with its 2018 school production, The Greatest Show. More than 240 of students from Years 7 to 13 were cast in the production, inspired by last year's blockbuster hit The Greatest Showman.
Students spent months rehearsing for the all-singing, all-dancing show, which is inspired by the circus and the lives of its star attractions.... Read More »
New RUAH awards launched at one of our Network schools
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:54
All Saints, Sheffield, a member of the Salesian Schools Network UK, has just launched its RUAH awards scheme, named for the four Salesian principles - Respect, Understanding, Affection and Happiness, and forming the Hebrew word 'Ruah", meaning the breath of God.
As part of All Saints' celebration and rewards for students, the new scheme presents a certificate each half-term to a student who embodies... Read More »
Want to make your Salesian school or parish greener?
Posted: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:13
Don Bosco Green Alliance, an initiative of the Salesians in India, is an international collective of young people from Don Bosco institutions and organisations that contributes to global environmental action, thought and policy.
Salesian schools, colleges, parishes and other groups all over the world are warmly invited to join the Alliance and team up with over 80 other member-organisations from 29... Read More »
Young people: What kind of Salesians do you need?
Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:46
A few weeks ago, we shared news from Rome about the theme for the 28th General Chapter, 'What Salesians for today's youth?'. Ahead of our Provincial Chapter in April 2019, the consultations with young people called for by the Rector Major, have begun, and Fr David O'Malley SDB describes one of the first meetings.
On Friday, the eve of the feast of Mary immaculate, the community in Battersea invited... Read More »
Salesian Chertsey students share the Fairtrade message
Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:09
On Tuesday December 11th, two Year 11 pupils from Salesian School Chertsey, Niamh Forbes and Calogera Scannella, led a Fairtrade assembly for pupils at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School Weybridge, accompanied by Chaplain Fr Marco Villani SDB. The children, aged from Year 3 upwards were treated to a PowerPoint presentation containing a selection of images pertaining to various types of food,... Read More »
Hear Salesian Choir on ACN Christmas video
Posted: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:21
A few weeks ago, we shared the news that singers from Salesian School Chertsey's Staff Choir, Scholars and Sinfonia had been invited by Aid to the Church in Need to record a special version of the Twelve Days of Christmas for the charity's new Christmas appeal. Now you can watch the video and hear them sing.
Find out more about ACN's Christmas campaign