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ING BIS NEWS

    Assam Don Bosco University: blessing and dedication of Azara Campus

    May. 4. Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) hosted the blessing and dedication ceremony of Azara Campus on May 02, 2012 at a glittering function attended by many eminent dignitaries. The occasion marked the conclusion of the construction and infrastructure development activities at Azara. The university now focuses its attention to the challenges of developing its permanent campus at Tapesia Gardens, on the outskirts of Guwahati city. Sr. Shiji James Read More...

    Bishops` Media Secy made Director of National Media Institute

    May. 2. KOLKATA, (C.M. Paul) - The Catholic Bishops` Conference of India Standing Committee which met in Bangalore, April 25-27, appointed media trainer Fr. George Plathottam, Secretary, CBCI Office for Social Communications, as the new Director of the National Institute of Social Communications Research and Training. NISCORT was established one of the six national centres of the CBCI. The appointment of Fr Plathottam as director comes in the wake of the death of Jesuit Fr Srampickal SJ on April 14. Fr. Srampickal was scheduled to take charge as director in June. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    ``YOUTH PASCH 2012``at Don Bosco Institute - Guwahati

    Apr. 15. ``Youth Pasch`` is an annual event of Don Bosco Institute. It was held from 5th - 8th April 2012, in order to bring the youth together and closer to God and celebrate and share their faith by actively participating, enacting and re-living the crowing events in the life of Jesus: the passion, death, and resurrection from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    Fr. Vattathara Thomas appointed 11th Provincial of Guwahati

    Apr. 5. Fr. Vattathara Thomas has been appointed as the eleventh Provincial of the Province of Mary Help of Christians with Headquarters at Guwahati, by Rev. Fr. Pascual Chavez, the Rector Major of the society of St. Francis De Sales. The announcement was made today by Rev. Fr. Maria Arokiam Kanaga, the Regional Councillor for South Asia. The new provincial elect is currently the Founder Director of Don Bosco Institute, Kharguli, Guwahati. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    A `New Salesian Province` in NorthEast India - Province of Bl. John Paul II

    Apr. 5. A new Salesian Province is born in the Northeastern region of India. Fr. Pascual Chavez, the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco announced on 20th December 2011 the creation of the new Province of Silchar with Bl. John Paul II as its Patron, bifurcated from the Province of Guwahati. The new Province of Silchar is the 11th Salesian Province in India. It comprises of the Salesian activities in the Archdiocese of Shillong, dioceses of Nongstoin, Jowai, Aizawl and Agartala, and the Dima Hasao district of Diphu diocese. The territorial reality of the Province is the Khasi-Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, the states of Mizoram and Tripura, and the Dima Hasao district of Assam. The new Province has 35 centres. The number of Salesians of Don Bosco in the new Province counts about 250. Rev. Fr. George Maliekal is appointed as its first Provincial. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    Fr. George Maliekal - First Provincial of Silchar

    Apr. 5. Fr. Pascual Chavez-Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, has appointed Fr. George Maliekal as the 1st Provincial of the new Province of Silchar. The new Province will be officially inaugurated and Fr. George will assume office on May 24, 2012. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    National YaR Convention focuses on Migrant Youth in the unorganised sector in India

    Mar. 14. The SPCSA YaR Forum organised the National YaR Convention from March 01-04, 2012 at Guwahati. Over 80 salesians and collaborators from the provinces of India participated. The primary focus was ``Migrant children/youth in the unorganized sector in India.`` Constructive collaboration and national networking emerged as the key ways of addressing the problems of migrant children/youth in India. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    Governor of Assam visits Don Bosco School, Silchar

    Mar. 7. On March 06, His Excellency Shri J. B. Patnaik, the Governor of Assam visited Don Bosco School, Silchar and attended a cultural programme organized by the School in collaboration with the Smile Foundation. This was his maiden visit to Silchar ever since he took the oath of office. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...

    Chief Minister of Meghalaya lays foundation stone for Institute of Rural Training

    Mar. 2. The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr. Mukul Sangma, laid the foundation stone of the Vendrame Institute for Rural Training and Animation in Mawpdang village on March 02, 2012. Also present at the occasion were Shri Charles Pyngrope - Assembly Speaker and local MLA, Archbishop Dominic Jala, village chiefs of the Shilliang-Umkhen region, church leaders and people from Mawpdang and the adjacent villages. Barnes Mawrie Read More...

    Marxist Minister lauds Church`s `Touch of love`

    Mar. 2. Tripura`s Marxist Minister for Rural Development, Jitendra Choudhury, remarked ``the healing touch of love distinguishes the Catholic Church`s works of social development from that of the Government.`` Choudhury was speaking at the Diocese level celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Caritas India, held at Agartala, on February 29,2012. Dianetious Fernandez Read More...