Pilgrim Cooperators visit Padua, Valdocco and Becchi
Posted: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:03
Sr Ella FMA describes the joys of the recent Salesian Cooperators' pilgrimage to Italy.
Every two years, Eamonn McDonald of the Cowley Co-operators, organises a Pilgrimage to Italy which always includes Valdocco and the places associated with Don Bosco. Sixteen Pilgrims set off from various parts of the U.K. We all met in Bologna Airport where our coach took us to Rimini where the Salesians have a holiday... Read More »
Welcome to the new Savio House Retreat Team!
Posted: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 14:04
Another year begins at Savio House, our Youth Retreat Centre in Bollington, Cheshire, and new members have joined the team. Jonny Dearden is the new Retreat Team Leader, and Br Martin Pushparaj is the latest SDB on the team.
The 2018-19 volunteers are Iringo, George, Ffion, Charlotte, Grace, Chloe, Hannah and Theo - most of them are pictured above with Fr Roman at the Adoremus Youth... Read More »
Fr Andrew - 25 years a Salesian of Don Bosco
Posted: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:10
St John Bosco College Battersea and the Salesian community has been helping Fr Andrew Ebrahim to celebrate his 25 years as a Salesian of Don Bosco.
Fr Andrew, head of RE at St John Bosco College, is pictured above with Chaplain Fr Saju John SDB.
Congratulations, Fr Andrew! Ad multos annos! We give thanks for your vocation and ministry.
Going to Adoremus Youth Congress? Come and say hello to us!
Posted: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:46
The Salesians of Bon Bosco UK are proud to be sponsoring the Youth Congress at the Adoremus Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool on Saturday 8th Spetember. Salesians will be leading sessions on Don Bosco and the Eucharist, and asking particpants to consider whether God is reaching out to them in unexpceted ways.
We will also have a stand at the event where visitors can see and but books from... Read More »
Year 7s are in fine voice at St John Bosco College Battersea
Posted: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:35
Fr Andrew Ebrahim SDB updates us on the start of the new academic year at St John Bosco College (SJBC) Battersea
SJBC has a new Head of Music who has managed to get our new Year 7s singing! The photo above shows him preparing them to sing for Holy Mass through a whole range of techniques such as learning how to control their breathing and recognising the different tones in their... Read More »
Br Robert and Br Lukasz SDB renew their vows & begin their new ministry
Posted: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 10:13
(Pictured: Br Robert, Fr Gerry (Provincial) and Br Lukasz)
On Wednesday 29th August, our two brothers from Poland renewed their vows in the chapel at St Joseph's community, Bolton. The young Salesians are entering their second year of practical training and will spend the year in our Province, working in chaplaincy and ministry with young people.
Br Lukasz Wojcik SDB is in Bootle, where he is part of... Read More »
Volunteering at Bolton's Destitution Project
Posted: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:20
Salesian Cooperator, Paul Barnes, writes about the Salesian ethos he finds in his community's response to the plight of refugees and asylum seekers though the Destitution Project in Bolton, where he is a volunteer. Paul is pictured above left, with Battersea past pupil, David O'Keefe.
Since coming back to Bolton from Cornwall in 2016, I have been reintroducing myself to life in the community,... Read More »
Celebrating Blessed Maria Troncatti
Posted: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:06
On 25th August we celebrate Blessed Maria Troncatti, a Salesian Sister, who trained and worked as a Red Cross nurse in military hospitals in the First World War, and was a missionary in Ecuador for many years.
She was part of an initially tiny group of Sisters engaged in evangelisation and care for the Shuar people of the Amazon forest, looking after their physical needs as nurse, surgeon and dentist,... Read More »
GCSE results 2018 - well done to students & teachers!
Posted: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:11
(Pictured: Thornleigh Salesian College Bolton)
Congratulations to Year 11 students at Salesian schools, and to their teachers, as they celebrate their GCSE results in the first year of major changes affecting the exams and grading for most subjects in England.
Students at St John Bosco Arts College in Croxteth, Liverpool, attained record breaking results, with many achieving grades of 9-7 in English,... Read More »
Salesian schools celebrate A-level results
Posted: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:47
This year's A-level results day in England and Wales fell on Don Bosco's birthday, and we're sure he was praying for young people every bit as much as their families and friends were. The Salesian schools we've heard about so far had a lot to celebrate on 16th. Pictured above are students from Battersea (top) and Farnborough (bottom).
Salesian College Farnborough reported its best ever A-level successes,... Read More »