SYM Europe General Assembly in Brussels
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:00
Sue McDonald, Animator of Salesian Youth Ministry in the GBR Province, shares news and thoughts from the recent General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement Europe (SYM Europe).
Last last weekend, I went along to Brussels to take part in the SYM Europe General Assembly as SDB delegate, together with the SDB representatives for our Province, Daniel Antonio and Chloe Ceairns. The FMA from GBR also... Read More »
News from the SYM Europe General Assembly 2018
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:27
Sue McDonald, Animator of Salesian Youth Ministry in the GBR Province, shares news and thoughts from the recent General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement Europe (SYM Europe).
Last last weekend', I went along to Brussels to take part in the SYM Europe General Assembly as SDB delegate, together with the SDB representatives for our Province, Daniel Antonio and Chloe Ceairns. The... Read More »
News from the SYM Europe General Assembly 2018
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:27
Sue McDonald, Animator of Salesian Youth Ministry in the GBR Province, shares news and thoughts from the recent General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement Europe (SYM Europe).
Last last weekend', I went along to Brussels to take part in the SYM Europe General Assembly as SDB delegate, together with the SDB representatives for our Province, Daniel Antonio and Chloe Ceairns. The... Read More »
Soccer stars & Heavenly Tunes at Savio Awards Evening
Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:46
Manchester United's Alex Greenwood and Molly Green presented awards at their old school
Chaplain Fr Jakub has news from Bootle
Savio Salesian College recently celebrated its Annual Awards Evening. This is a night where we honour and congratulate all of our hardworking and achieving students and we invite their friends and family to come along and join in with the celebrations.
This year, we were joined... Read More »
Traditional games for Sunday Oratory in Tanzania
Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:16
Salesian Cooperator, Paul Barnes, took some good old-fashioned games to Tanzania for children in St Francis Xavier parish.
In Cornwall they say "What goes round comes round". In the early 60's as a Salesian, I helped Sister Georgina McPake (RIP) to run the Sunday afternoon Oratory in Sacred Heart Parish, Battersea.
Fast forward 58 years later, and as a Salesian Cooperator,... Read More »
Justice & Peace at the heart of Christmas Shopping in Chertsey
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:42
The choices we make when shopping for Christmas can be uncomfortable, as we snap up mass-produced gifts, which are often produced by people working in poor conditions for very low wages. But visitors to the Christmas shopping evening at Salesian School Chertsey this week were presented with plenty of opportunity to shop more ethically for Christmas.
Stalls from over 30 locally based arts and crafts... Read More »
Just arrived: our new children's book
Posted: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:36
Don Bosco Publications' new children's book, 'The Star from the East', is now in stock. This beautifully illustrated Christmas fairy tale will delight children, and all of the family
Order now from our online bookshop, £11 including UK p&p, or contact Don Bosco Publications for postage cost for multiple copies, and for bulk and overseas orders.
Remembering Salesians who served in the First World War
Posted: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 19:01
This week, our Salesian schools and parishes are joining the rest of the country in considering the impact of war on families, especially those who died, suffered and lost loved ones in the First World War, as we mark the centenary of the Armistice.
Many of our schools have memorials to Old Boys who died, and other memorials around the country record their names too. At the time of the Great War, the... Read More »
Students in Battersea remember loved ones in November
Posted: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:44
Rosemary Addai-Kwateng Head of Year 7 at St John Bosco College Battersea writes about a moving assembly led by one of her groups.
One of my Year 7 form groups put together an exceptional assembly on remembering our loved ones during the month of November. Reading the names of each family member, friend and those people they have lost gave other pupils the chance to remember... Read More »
An unusual school visit for All Souls' Day
Posted: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 23:58
Fr Andrew Ebrahim SDB, Head of RE at St John Bosco College Battersea, writes about a very different school trip.
We had a very unusual RE trip on the feast of All Souls when we took some Yr 11s to Putney Vale Cemetery. Part of the RE GCSE syllabus focuses on Eschatology and what better way to understand it than a trip to a cemetery!
After an overcast day on the 1st November,... Read More »