World Refugee Day 2018
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:33
World Refugee Day is on 20th June. We pray for all those facing hardship, anxiety and danger as they are forced to seek refuge away from their homes, for the people who help them, and for our politicians, who need to find fair, caring and Christian solutions to the world wide refugee crisis, and the conflict and poverty at its root.
Speaking in support of the Caritas Share the Journey campaign, Pope... Read More »
Comical Games at Savio Salesian College
Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:16
Comical Games??? Hazel Fort, from the Chaplaincy at Savio Salesian College Bootle near Liverpool, explains all about this day of fun for the younger members of the Bosco Group - students who volunteer to be directly involved in Don Bosco's mission at school.
May 24th, 2018 dawned fair but cloudy. As it progressed, the day matched other days that week and spawned a heatwave. Thus many prayers were answered... Read More »
Chertsey student's bright idea for Chapel windows
Posted: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:06
Salesian School, Chertsey, now has an added attraction in its St Francis de Sales Chapel. Last year, Nicola Howie, who is now a Year 8 pupil, came up with the idea of running a stained glass window competition for the school chapel. A number of entries were submitted and passed to the Chaplain, Fr Marco Villani SDB.
In consultation with Ms K Baker, Art Technician and Teacher, a decision was made to... Read More »
SJBC students learn about Hinduism
Posted: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:13
Year 7 students at St John Bosco College, Battersea, have been learning about Hinduism this term. Kyron, Animashua and Ryan have written about the activities that formed part of this topic.
Hindu Speaker at St John Bosco College
We had a speaker who came to visit our school to talk to all of Year 7 about Hinduism, this is because we are studying Hinduism at the moment in RE. I liked the talk because... Read More »
Chertsey students deliver Fairtrade Assembly at primary school
Posted: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:05
Photo: Anes Sabitovic on Unsplash
On Thursday July 12th 2018 pupils and staff from Salesian School's Fairtrade Committee took up the offer of delivering an assembly on the topic of Fairtrade to pupils and staff of St Anne's Catholic Primary School Chertsey.
Niamh and Calogera (Year 10) together with the Chaplain Fr Marco Villani SDB and the Assistant Chaplain Br Mateusz Papierz SDB arrived at St Anne's... Read More »
Br Greg SDB wins Volunteer Placement Award for Values
Posted: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 10:14
Br Gregory Echegwo SDB was selected from over 300 students to receive a Volunteer Placement Award award for 'Values' from St Mary's University, Twickenham, where he is studying.
Br Greg was nominated by St John Bosco College, Battersea, for the outstanding contribution he made to the Religious Education Department during his placement there in the Autumn Term.
Fr Andrew... Read More »
Our Cookie Policy
Posted: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:53
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The joy of a special visit
Posted: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:32
(Image: Detail From The Visitation by Philippe de Champaigne, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
As we celebrate the feast of the Visitation, when Our Lady brought joy and God's grace to her cousin Elizabeth, we remember the joy we felt during the visit of Mother Yvonne to our Province. Our look back at her visit features the choir of St John Bosco Arts College, Croxteth, who performed Jo Boyce's... Read More »
Farnborough Old Boy appointed Deputy Chaplain-General to Army
Posted: Fri, 25 May 2018 14:04
On 18 May 2018 the Military Secretariat announced the appointment of Fr Michael Fava QHC, priest of the Diocese of Portsmouth, to be the next Deputy Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Land Forces Army from November 2018. The role, in direct support of the Chaplain-General, is effectively that of Head of Army Chaplaincy Personnel, in the rank of Brigadier (or 'one star'). This selection is the first... Read More »
Talented Brothers create beautiful spaces to honour Mary
Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018 13:20
The celebration of today's special feast calls for beautiful spaces, and our Province is fortunate in having talented young Brothers who use their gifts in honour of Our Lady.
At Chertsey, Br Mateusz prepared the St Francis de Sales chapel at Salesian School to provide a lovely focus for prayer and contemplation, and in Bolton, Br Po Tak created a banner in the community dining... Read More »