Builders of Dialogue: Salesian missionaries rely solely on the power of the Gospel’s testimony—a message they are called to bring to the countless souls who wait. They reach out through the vast networks of the virtual world, navigating oceans of uncertainty and loneliness. Like tribes of hunters, they explore, inspire, and journey alongside young people, guiding them as they search for purpose and meaning in life.

Fr. Joseph Vanga’s Missionary Journey from Hyderabad to Vanuatu

24 October 2024

Formation, Missions, Vocational Guidance,

During the 155th Salesian Missionary Expedition on September 29, 2024, the East Asia-Oceania (EAO) Region sent and received missionaries. Among those sent is Fr. Joseph Vanga, one of two missionaries heading to the PGS Vice-Province, given the new Salesian presence in Vanuatu in 2025.

- BOSCOLink EAO

Centenary Bells Toll for Kolkata Province; Holds National Seminar

10 October 2024

Anniversary, Missions,

In preparation for the centenary of Kolkata Province, the first Salesian Province in India established in 1926, a Don Bosco Mission Seminar is being held in Salesian College Sonada, Darjeeling, from October 9-12. A large number of alumni are participating in the seminar.

- Fr C.M. Paul SDB

Seven New Shepherds for Tiruchy Province

30 December 2023

Festivals, Formation, Missions,

In a joyous ceremony held on December 29 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, seven deacons were ordained as priests for the Salesian Province of Tiruchy. Most Rev. Dr Antony Pappusamy, the Archbishop of Madurai, presided over the solemn Eucharistic celebration and conferred the ordination.

Kolkata Salesians in joint mission with Vincentians

20 April 2023

Missions,

Kolkata Salesians have partnered in joint mission efforts for a second time with St Joseph’s Province of Vincentian Fathers by offering existing Salesian facilities in Nepal and India. Bishop Vincent Aind of Bagdogra in Siliguri blessed the existing Salesian facility, christened it Messengers of Good News and offered it to the Vincentians on April 19, 2023. Called Vincentian Ashram, the facility is situated near Champasari-Debidanga in Siliguri, the commercial hub of North Bengal.

- Fr CM Paul sdb

Chapel in honour of Servant of God Orestes Marengo Blessed

4 December 2022

Evangelization, Missions, Parish / Church,

Most Reverend Andrew R. Marak, Bishop of Tura blessed and inaugurated the Orestes Marengo Memorial Chapel at Bosco Mount, Rongkhon Parish, Tura, Meghalaya.

Salesian Co-operators Begin Revamping Process

11 July 2022

Missions,

After a break due to COVID-19, Coordinators and Delegates of Salesian co-operators of the Province of Bangalore gathered at Don Bosco Vaduthala, Kochi, on July 9, 2022, to assess the identity and roles of Co-operators in the past three years and take forward to the future with renewed vitality and clarity. Mr CJ Joseph, the province coordinator, planned the day with Father Gilbert Choondal SDB, the Province Delegate. Around 35 people from local centres, coordinators, SDB & FMA delegates and Province Council members from Kerala and Karnataka participated in the meeting.

Father Thattil Chacko Passes Away

19 April 2022

Missions, Obituary,

Salesian Province of St Joseph loses yet another stalwart and a pioneer who toiled relentlessly in the Lord`s vineyard. Father Thattil Chacko, sdb, aged 81 died while being treated at Vijay Marie Hospital on 19 April 2022. He suffered from severe Parkinson’s disease for almost 20 years. He was active and effective in his ministry serving the people entrusted to his care to the best of his ability. His mission in Ravulapalem, Mariapuram and Odisha speaks volumes about his pastoral zeal for souls and for God`s greater glory.

- balyann

Don Bosco Society Nepal Donates Medical Equipment to Covid Centre in Kathmandu Valley

3 June 2021

ChildEducare, Evangelization, Missions, Social Development,

On May 30, the Salesian communities of Kathmandu valley, supported by the benefactors, donated medical equipment and accessories like oxygen concentrator, oximeters, PPE kits, masks, and sanitiser to the newly opened Covid Centre in Godavari Municipality. The Covid situation, as in other countries, has further impoverished the small mountainous country, Nepal.

- Fr Augusty Pulickal sdb

Father C M Paul`s review on Mother Teresa book gets rave review

15 April 2021

Education, Media, Missions,

A review by Father C. M. Paul, a Salesian of the Province of Kolkata, on the latest book `Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation`, gets rave review in the Balkan countries. The book is written by University of Birmingham Prof. Gezim Alpion, probably the most authoritative Mother Teresa scholar.

- Bastin Nellissery sdb

19 Salesians Receive Diaconate at Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore

18 March 2021

Missions, Salesian Society, Spirituality, Youth,

His Grace Rev Dr Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore, ordained 19 Salesians and two Passionist brothers as Deacons at Kristu Jyoti College, the Salesian Theological Study House, Bangalore, on March 18, 2021.

- Bastin Nellissery

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli Appointed as Nuncio to India

13 March 2021

Education, Evangelization, Missions, Salesian Family, The Regional,

His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Leopoldo Girelli (67) as the new Apostolic Nuncio to India. Before the appointment to India, he was Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine. The announcement came on Saturday, 13 March 2021, at 4:30 p.m.

- Bastin Nellissery sdb

Nepal Don Bosco Schools Innovate to Educate in COVID-19 Times

20 July 2020

Disasters, Education, Education Dept, Education School, Education and Culture, Marginalized, Missions, Social Ministry, Success Story,

The Salesians of Don Bosco at Bharoul-Chakraghatti, East Nepal, managing 02 schools are conducting classes for 1500 students using 42 hired rooms, each called a community classroom. Every community centre with 10 students in attendance help to overcome the COVID-19 restrictions. The entire 46 member teaching faculty of both schools and the ancillary staff are ensuring the sustained consistency of this innovative educative method which started on 16 July 2020.

- Father Pulickal Augusty

Father Anthony Mahimai Dass Awarded Doctorate in Church History

8 July 2020

Education, Education Higher, Education and Culture, Evangelization, Formation, Language and Cultures, Missions, Parish / Church, Profiles, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Success Story, The Regional,

Father Anthony Mahimai Dass of the Salesian Province of Bangalore [INK], successfully defended his doctoral research thesis titled ``Jesuit Letters and Mysore History: Annual Letters and Relations of Mysore Mission as Source for the Secular History of Mysore Kingdom from AD 1648 till 1704`` at the Gregorian University, Rome, on 06 July 2020. The thesis was guided by Dr Vitor D�lio Jacinto de Mendon�a, SJ.

- Father Bastin Nellissery

Regional Councilor for South Asia Father Biju Michael Intends ``to transform lives of half a million young people``

26 June 2020

Agencies, Chapter, Counselling, Don Bosco Tech India, Ecology, Education, Evangelization, Formation, Justice and Human Rights, Language and Cultures, Life and Health, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Mental Health, Missions, Procure, Profiles, Projects, Religion, SPA-India, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Skills Training, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Spirituality, Success Story, The Regional, Vocational Guidance, Young at Risk, Youth,

The General Chapter 28 has profoundly renewed the General Council of the Salesian Congregation. For this reason, today we begin, with Father Biju Michael, Regional Councilor for South Asia, a series of interviews designed to get to know the new Councilors who assist the Rector Major in the animation and government of the Congregation a little better.

- BIS Correspondent - Courtesy InfoANS

MumbaiSalesians Mourn the Demise of Father Byron D`Silva

27 May 2020

Missions, Obituary, Parish / Church, Profiles, Religion, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Vocational Guidance,

The Salesian Province of St. Francis Xavier Bombay [INB] mourns with great sadness the demise of Father Byron Anthony D`Silva, aged 77, on 27 May 2020 at 14:15hrs, at the Holy Spirit Hospital Andheri-Mumbai. He was a Salesian of Don Bosco for 56 years. The funeral service will be a private ceremony, due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions protocol. Born at Dramapur-Goa on 15 February 1943, Father D`Silva did his novitiate and made his 1st Religious Profession at Yercaud on 24 May 1964. He was ordained priest on 16 December 1972 at Panjim.

- BISMumbai Correspondent

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Missionary Formation

Corso Germoglio, or Beginners Course, is a five-week preparatory course for missionaries in Italy. It is the final stage of a process of vocational and missionary discernment for Salesians. The course is for missionaries "ad gentes, ad exteros and ad vitam".

The Missionary Expedition is the culmination of the Corso Germoglio. During the expedition, Salesians receive the missionary cross, along with members of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and lay volunteers from the Community of the Mission of Don Bosco.