Matters India Reporter
Shillong, April 17, 2022: More than 90 Catholic faculty members from 10 Don Bosco colleges in northeastern India spent four days reflecting on their role in higher education institutions.
The ten participating Salesian colleges were Assam Don Bosco University Guwahati, Don Bosco Colleges of Maram, Bongaigaon, Golahat, Kohima, Siliguri, Sonada, Shillong, Tura and Government College Cherapunjee.
The program was held at Siloam Centre on Barapani Lake near Shillong, capital of Meghalaya state.
Director of Siloam center Salesian Father George Palamattam complimented two principals and two vice-principals accompanying faculty members to the the program
Among the facilitators of the program were eminent resource persons from all over India including Archbishop emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati, Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh of Shillong as well as youth leaders from Shillong.
The largest contingent of 27 participants came from Don Bosco (Autonomous) College, Maram, in Manipur.
The participants had immersion experience of major Holy Week liturgy.
Among the high points of the program were Good Friday services and Stations of the Cross enacted by children at Ferrando center for Hearing and Speech; Holy Saturday morning meditation on windswept Barapani lake, and planting of Olive saplings by participating institutions.