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The India International Innovation and Invention Expo 2024 (INEX 2024), organized by the Indian Innovators Association in collaboration with IBS Global, Poland, under the esteemed patronage of the Goa State Innovation Council and supported by various Ministries, Industry Associations, and premier Indian Research and Development Institutes, was held at Don Bosco College of Engineering (DBCE), Fatorda, Goa, India, on November 14.
“Remember you are Don Bosco, and it is your mission to tell the young of the dream of Don Bosco and, in turn, help the young dream,” said Rector Major Emirates Father Pascual Chavez Villanueva at Don Bosco Provincial House, Odxel, Goa, at the annual retreat for the leaders of the Panjim-Konkan Province. Father Chavez preached the annaul retreat for the leaders of the Panjim Konkan Province from September 12 to September 18. The Rectors, Commission Heads, and the Provincial Council members attended the retreat.
The dream of having a dedicated Provincial House in the Province of Panjim-Konkan for effective administration, animation and governance finally became a reality on April 30, as the newly constructed Provincial House at Don Bosco Odxel, Goa, was blessed and inaugurated by the Regional for South Asia, Father Biju Michael, in the presence of the Salesian Provincials Council of South Asia, Provincial and the Council of Panjim-Konkan, Salesians, benefactors and guests.
At a solemn yet homely ceremony at the new chapel of the Provincial House at Odxel, four Acolytes, Clerics Savio Dias, Royal Fernandes, Sheldon Fernandes, and Infancio Pires from the Salesian Province of Panjim-Konkan (INP), were ordained Deacons by Archbishop Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, on 20th March.
The confreres of the Salesian Province of Panjim Konkan gathered to mark the triple celebrations of Provincial Community Day, jubilees and felicitation of the new Priests at Mount Don Bosco, Tuem, Goa on February 26.
The XVI Southern zonal conference of Association of Salesian Co-operators and Provincial Delegates from SDB and FMA of 6 Provinces of Goa-Panjim, Bangalore, Trichy, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad participated in the conference hosted by the Province of Panjim at Pilar Fathers house, Panjim-Goa from January 13 to 14.
Father George Quadros of the Salesian Province of Panjim was felicitated by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant S Mann, for his yeomen service in the field of Agriculture on January 19.
January 4, 2024, marked the beginning of Session II of the 7th Provincial Chapter of the Saint Joseph Vaz, Salesian Province of Panjim (INP), with 37 Capitulars in the Saint Francis Xavier Church on Mount Don Bosco, Tuem Pernem Goa for the Eucharist and the discussions thereafter at Don Bosco High School, Tuem.
At the recently held 9th Salesian Brothers’ Congress of Salesian Brothers of South Asia, Brother James Marcus of the Salesian Province of Panjim Konkan was elected as the Delegate for Salesian Brothers of South Asia on January 2, 2024, in Kolkata, India.
Deacon Ian Pinto and Deacon Nigel Pinto of the Salesian Province of Panjim-Konkan were ordained priests of God during the solemn eucharistic celebration by Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Don Bosco Panjim on December 16.
The novena in honour of Saint Francis Xavier at the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, was celebrated with great devotion by members of the Salesian Family on the second day. Around 20 Salesian priests belonging to the Panjim Konkan Province gathered to concelebrate the Holy Eucharist with Vice Provincial of Salesian Panjim Konkan Province, Father Banzelao Teixeira, on November 26, at Bom Jesu Basilica, Old Goa.
Father George Quadros, Salesian of the Province of Panjim, was honoured with a Memento of Appreciation on World Elders Day in recognition of his sincere and dedicated service to the people of Goa in agriculture on October 1. The Government of Goa, Directorate of Social Welfare, in collaboration with All Goa Senior Citizen Federation and Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, through the Honourable Minister for Social Welfare, Government of Goa, Shri Subhash Phal Dessai and MLA Margao Constituency, Shri Digambar Kamat, honoured Father George Quadros.
Extraordinary Visitor to the Province of Panjim, Father Gianni Rolandi, concluded the Visitation at Don Bosco Tuem on Sunday, September 10.
The General Councillor, Formation, Father Ivo Coelho, visited the pre-novitiate of the Salesian Province of Panjim (INP) at Loutolim, Goa, with Vice Provincial of Panjim, Father Banzelao Teixeira and Vice Provincial Mumbai, Father Ashley Miranda on February 23, 2023.
Over 200 youngsters from 18 Salesian houses across the three states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra from the Salesian Province of Panjim, India, came together on February 19, 2023, at Don Bosco Animation Centre, Benaulim, to celebrate the annual Youth Day. ‘Arise-Go-Serve’, an inspiration from the Holy Father, Pope Francis, inviting youngsters to do the same was the theme for the celebration.
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