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By Fr. Peter Yoshiki Sekiya, SDB Yokohama, Japan, August 16, 2015 - At Hamamatsu Church-Pastoral Center, a Salesian parish in Shizuoka, Japan, mass was celebrated to commemorate the Bicentenary of Don Bosco’s birth. The Superior of the Sale...

By Fr. Anthony Kishore Minj, SDB Darkhan, Mongolia, August 16, 2015 - Around 10. Am, after three days of intense preparation the parish community of Darkhan began the celebration of 200th birth anniversary of Don Bosco. Darkhan church was f...

By Fr. Srimal Priyanga, SDB Tetere, Solomom Islands, August 16, 2015 - The first day of the 3-day celebrations concluding the bicentenary of Don Bosco’s birth, Bosconians from Tetere, DBTI - Henderson and Mother Mazzarello Centre – Henderso...

By Josephine Sager and Arlene Abital Photographs by: Christina Delgado, Arlene Abital and Maria Fatima Alipio, Fr. Ariel Macatangay sdb and Fr. Angel Sanchez sdb Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, August 16, 2015 - “What is Don Bosco asking of...

By Fr. Bernie Graham, SDB Apia, Samoa - Today, 16 August 2015, here in Samoa, the Salesian Family, especially the youth gathered for SYM SamBosco, were the first in the world to celebrate Don Bosco’s 200th Birthday! Over the coming hours, t...

By Mr. Mamoru Umemura, ASC Tokyo, Japan, August 16, 2015 - On Sunday afternoon, the day Bicentenary Birthday of Don Bosco, Salesian Cooperator members from two local centers and the related religious family, gathered at the room of Chofu mo...

By Fr. Joao Roque SDB Maliana, East Timor, August 16, 2015 - The technical school of Don Bosco Maumali – Maliana was started in 2014. Presently we have 59 students 28 are in year 11 and 31 are in year 10. There are four salesians assign in ...

By Fr. John Papworth, SDB Melbourne, Australia - Sunday 16th August, the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of St John Bosco, the founder of the Salesians (SDB), the co-founder of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and the founder o...

By Bro. Anthony Pun, SDB Tainan, Taiwan - The Salesian Constitutions says that one of the most lofty choices a believer can make is to give himself totally to God (C23). On the day when the Salesian world is celebrating the 200th birthday o...

By Fr. Ronachai Matthew, SDB Banpong, Thailand - On the occasion of the Bicentenary of the birth of St John Bosco, the Salesian family in Thailand, SDB, FMA, Sister of the immaculate heart of Mary and Sister of the Queenship of Mary organiz...