Matters India reporter Bangalore, November 20, 2023: The South Asia BOSCOM General Body Assembly meeting held in Don Bosco Provincial House Bangalore honoured two Salesian media trailblazers, Fr C.M. Paul and Fr Michael Makri on November 19, 2023. Marking 30th year of Salesian Communication body, Boscom South Asia delegate FrContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Rome, January 6, 2023 —- Marking 75th anniversary of the murder of the apostle of peace Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a new book by Indian author from Rome explores 19th century Italian priest educationist in a new perspective as peace-builder. Nathuram Vinayak Godse a Hindu nationalist from Maharashtra shotContinue Reading
Kottayam, Nov 5, 2021: Students in Kerala went back to school on November 1 after a long spell of Covid 19 lockdown. Students of Don Bosco School in Puthuppally near Kottayam were in for a surprise and thrilled at what they saw in school. “Most children may not be ableContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 10, 2020 — Youth workers in Mumbai have come up with on-line youth centres connecting marginalised children not only in their neighbourhood but also from Don Bosco institutions across India with no extra cost. Some 1,000 children across India (Mumbai, Pune, UP, MP, Bihar andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 31, 2019: Rinku (name changed) came to Bengaluru from Assam lured by the promise of a decent job. She ended up in a bar. “The condition of bar girls is worse than that of prostitutes,” says the woman who has managed to escape theContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: Lead an active life for God bringing succor to the needy and helpless, a senior priest of Bangalore archdiocese said. Those mentally retired cannot serve others, alleviate and mitigate their pain and suffering. It is always better to be active doing something useful for oneselfContinue Reading
Diphu,Assam: Karbi Anglong, the hill district in Central Assam ravaged by militancy and saddled with illiteracy, is set to witness a silent revolution in the field of education. Credit for such a revolution — at a time when any posting in Karbi Anglong government schools and the government college inContinue Reading
Mumbai:Pope Francis in his apostolic exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia’ speaks of families as the primary setting for socialisation, helping the future generation learn issues of primary importance, namely of ‘faith’, ‘hope’ and ‘charity’. Father Fabio Attard, the Salesian General Councillor for Youth Ministry, in the South Asia Youth Ministry Regional meetingContinue Reading
Rome – In a rare act of homage to Mother Teresa, an Indian alumna of a premiere school in Guwahati gave a concert at the Salesian Headquarters in Rome on the eve of her canonization. Sunita Khaund Bhuyan a well known musician in the country and an alumna of SalesianContinue Reading
Kolkata – A group of alumni and their families in Bengal gathered at their alma mater to launch golden jubilee of the founding of their association with a series social initiatives, at Liluah in Howrah district, August 16, 201st birth anniversary of Don Bosco. Besides Salesian provincial of Kolkata andContinue Reading