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C O N T E N T SGuest Editorial ..................................................

Grand Re–Opening ofDon Bosco Hostel at Kollapur ........................ 3Blood Donation Camp atD.B. Degree College, Motinagar ................... 3YaR Day Re-echoes -‘Children’s Right to Be Heard’ ...................... 4Celebrating the Salesian (Fr) LENS of Christ ..6MACS Staff get Tech-savvy ........................... 7Children’s Parliament Ministers’ Training ....... 7Young at Risk Children toparticipate as Researchers ........................... 8DB Tech - Kurnool ........................................ 9Tuition Centre Teachers’ Review Meeting ..... 10A Special Meet for Foster Families ..............10Semi Christmas @ Pezzonipet ....................11Semi Christmas Celebrations at Gunadala ....12Pope appoints a Salesian asBishop of a new Diocese in Tamilnadu .......... 12D.B.Chandur Semi-Christmas Celebrations ...13Christmas Celebrations atDB Mariapuram Mission Complex ................ 14Christmas Revelry @Don Bosco Provincial House ........................15Semi Christmas @ Wyra ............................ 16Foot Ball Coaching atDon Bosco Junior College ........................... 16Inauguration of theDB Tech Courses at Nalgonda ..................... 17Salesian ArchbishopCharles Bo Nominated Cardinal ...................17An Enthusiastic Inauguration ofDon Bosco Month ......................................18

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DB Tech India wins Rural Livelihood Award ...18Fr Arockia Nathan CelebratesThanksgiving Mass Amidst His Companions ...19DB Tech-Bandlaguda Certification Day ......... 20Sankranthi Sandhadi @ Wyra ....................21Teachers' Animation Programme @ Wyra ....21Golden Bells of Life @ Wyra ....................... 21Provincial Visitation at Ravulapalem ............. 22Bicentenary Volleyball Tournament @Karunapuram ............................................23Brothers' Meet 2015 @ Provincial House ...23Cultural Hungama - Kalavedhika .................. 24Don Bosco Tech Kurnool Alumni Interaction ..25‘Action 2015’ flagged off inHyderabad & Warangal ............................... 26Fr. Peyyala Ignatius SDBobtains a New Doctorate ............................ 27

The DB Mission KollapurReaching out to the remote areas! .............. 28St. Theresa - Parishioner about Fr. Lens ...... 28Semi Christmas at DB Tech-Bandlaguda ....... 29“THANK YOU” for yourVisit and “SEE YOU” again .......................... 30Group Dynamics forclass 10th of Don Bosco, Wyra ................... 30Don Bosco's Feast Celebrations @DBRC, Ramanthapur .................................. 31College Day 2015 ofDon Bosco, Narsipatnam ............................ 32Operation 'SMILE' ....................................... 33What gender is Computer? – This is Funny ...34IIIrd Spiritual Retreat @ Provincial House ...35Ordinations ............................................... 36DB Summer Vocation Camps - 2015 ............ 36


Kollapur, 1 December, 2014: We accept thetruth that our Salesian apostolate findsmeaning only in educating poor boysthrough schools, oratories and hostels.Hence the Salesian community decided tocreate a space for poor boys in our campusto be educated through hostel and allowed

Grand Re–Opening of Don Bosco Hostel at Kollapurlay people to take care of those boys.In fact in Kollapur, we find a numberof poor boys who are uneducated anda great number of youth who areunorganized. Hostel would be the placeto take care of the poor boys and toeducate them to be honest citizens.With the help of lay collaboration Fr.'Alex, the In-Charge re-opened a hostelin the name of Don Bosco on 1st

December with 20 boys. Mr. Ravi, aSalesian co-operator takes care of

them. He educates them in our Salesiansystem. This Don Bosco Hostel surelystrengthens our school at Kollapur with aSalesian discipline and a steady number inthe school.

– Cl Kornana Suresh

Erragadda, 4 December,2014: Blood is the source oflife. Donating blood tosomeone in need, is a greatservice. The students of DonBosco Degree Collegevolunteered to donate blood ina blood donation campconducted in the college. TheRed Cross society ofVidyanagar, Hyderabad cameforward to organize the camp.About 100 studentsvolunteered to offer their bloodafter staff members B. Bal Rajand B. Ravi motivated them. A few staff members also joined the list of donors.

– Fr Vadakeparasseril George

Blood Donation Camp at D.B. Degree College, Motinagar


Rajahmundry, 6-7, December, 2014:Children from INH YaR homes gatheredtogether at Ekalavya Children’s Home,Rajahmundry to deepen their understandingof CRC - particularly their Right to Be Heard

- through Interactive, Joyous exchange oftheir experiences and celebration of theirknowledge, skills and attitude. It was acommemoration of three important events:the occasion of the 25th year of the

promulgation of the United Nations ChildRights Convention (UNCRC), Bicentenary ofthe Birth of Don Bosco and the conclusionof the child rights week based on the themeof the year ‘I have a Right to be heard’.

To grace this occasion and toinaugurate the event we hadChild representatives fromseven YaR centres of the INHProvince who took part in theevent. Along with them wehad Fr Thomas Koshy SDBNational YaR Coordinator, Mr.Girish Pingle from Rastra SevaDal, Pune, Fr SudhakarBellamkonda Province YaRcoordinator and Fr ThomasPallithanam, Director PARA,Ravulapalem. In his shortmessage Fr Koshy called on

the 140 bubbling children and youngstersaging from 7 years to 17 years to understandtheir (children) Rights and in a rightperspectivits meaning and implications. FrSudhakar, Province YaR coordinator invoked

YaR Day Re-echoes - ‘Children’s Right to Be Heard’


the God’s blessing and reminded the childrenthat they are representatives of therespective children homes of INH Provinceand they need to carry back the learning’sof the event to others who could not takepart in the programme.

In the following session on the first dayresource persons Mr Dhananjay and MrKandham from Rastra Seva Dal, Puneshowed through a game of colour howalthough they are different their comingtogether gives rise to a variety of new things.Through aerobics they helped them toexpress themselves freely.

The afternoon session focused on the fourmajor rights of the children namely, Right toLife, Right to Protection, Right to

Development and Rightto Participate.

In the following sessionFr Koshy Thomas andMr Santosh elaboratedfor them CRC Art 12,the Right to Be Heard.They encouraged themto exercise self-expression which is anintegral part of theirRight to be Heard.

Before Lunch resource persons from RastraSeva Dal took the sessions on the personalityDevelopment and Calisthenics.

The post lunch session has evolved as “PaintYour Rights Wall”. The compound wall ofEkalavya Children’s Home was beautifully,artfully and thought provokingly painted bychildren - each one painting theirunderstanding of rights on the wall.

In the afternoon all the children gathered forthe valedictory function. Every centreperformed well choreographed dances. Wewere honored with the presence of Asst.Commissioner RPF Mr. Sambasivarao andMr. Sharatkumar CI RPF. Mr Sharatkumarin his message recalled his relationship withFr Koshy and Navajeevan homes atVijayawada and called upon the students tomake use of the opportunities provided atDon Bosco Homes and congratulatedorganizers for organizing such meaningfulprogramme for the children. A memorablemoment was exchanging of the mementosof the respective Navajeevan homes.Children then joyfully dispersed for theirrespective destinations wishing each otheradieu till they would meet again at Vizag in2015.

– Fr Pallithanam Thomas


Celebrating the Salesian (Fr) LENS of ChristKarunapuram, 11, December 2014: Thememorial Mass of Fr John Lens, wascelebrated at Don Bosco Philosophate,Karunapuram. The Vice-Provincial (FrThathireddy Vijayabhaskar) in hisintroductory words recalled Fr Lens’ wordsuttered during an interview with him: “Iworked hard and I worked for the poor!”With the strong conviction that we werepraying to him, rather than for him, 150members of the Salesian family gathered forthe occasion, spent the morning inEucharistic thanksgiving and prayer.

The Provincial, Fr Raminedi Balaraju, in hissermon, highlighted some of the virtues ofFr John Lens from his own autobiography,the existence of which was made knownduring the funeral. He stated that Fr Lenstruly knew the value of genuine love, overand above other virtues. In one entry of his,sometime around the silver Jubilee of hisordination, he noted three dangers of gettingtoo engrossed in work: one becomes

superficial (too many things to do); onebecomes uncharitable (comparison withothers); and finally one seeks and justifiescompensation for the hard work by givingin the temptations of the flesh.

He also stressed the fact that Fr Lens was acheerful person. He reiterated the words ofPope Francis, while speaking of the year ofthe Consecrated Life, that a single wordwhich best describes a consecrated personis ‘joy’. To celebrate his joyful charity andservice, that members of the Salesian family,Presentation Convent and Sacred HeartNovitiate, and JMJ congregation, gatheredfor the Holy Eucharistic celebration at 11am. It was followed by a short prayer serviceat the tomb.

Fr Kannadipara Mathew, who had the goodfortune of living with Fr Lens shared withthe congregation, their rich experience withFr Lens. They were unanimous in stating thathe truly inspired thousands of youngreligious all along his life living a life of

consistency, generosity,optimism, trans-parency and a simple,humble spirituality.

The Salesian novicesmade up the choir forthe Mass and theliturgical animationwas seen to by thecommunity of DonBosco, Karunapuram.

– Cl Neelam Naresh


Guntur-BIRD, 11-12,December 2014: Fifty Sevenmembers of MACSparticipated in a two-daytraining & camp; capacitybuilding program on use ofcomputers for reporting anddocumentation. The keyresource persons for the training were Fr.Thomas Santiagu, Executive Director, BSKand Mr. Rajesh, Tutor, Don Bosco School,PT Parru. The main aim of the training wasto empower the women with skills todocument, report and communicate theprogress in their respective MACS with theircounterparts and the Head Office. Eachparticipant got the opportunity to practically

try out the learning’s at thecomputer lab. The second day,Fr. Santiagu, spoke on the bestpractices for MACS to succeed.

At the close of the second dayChristmas celebrations begonwith Fr. Santaigu’s message toparticipants: “Jesus says,

‘Love all’ and he ‘does all’. Fr. Aruldas, AsstDirector also give a meaningful message onLIFE. A crib was arranged and decorationsset in a festive mood. All the participantsparticipated joyfully and shared goodwishes for Christmas, greeting each otherwith gifts.

– Fr Santiagu Thomas

Bandlaguda, 12-13,December 2014: A two daysresidential training wasconducted at “BIRDY”Bandlaguda, Hyderabad. 32boys and 26 girls fromclasses III to VIII wereelected as Ministers ofChildren’s Parliament.

Children were from 9 tuition centers viz.,1.NTR Nagar Phase I, 2. NTR Nagar PhaseII,3. Banjara Colony, 4.Subhashnagar, 5. Erra-kunta, 6.Nacharam, 7.Lakshmipatigudem, 8.Vavilala and 9.Sanjaygandhinagar (Lalapet)

Fr. Thatireddy the Salesian vice provincialwas the chief guest during the inauguralsession. He showed the participants aclipping of Ms. Malala Yousufzai receivingNobel Prize. He said that this was anexample to show that - “Children can change

the world”. Other notedguests were Mr. Saibabu awell known social workerbelonging to the Lok SattaParty and Mr. Rambabu,another social worker fromthe BSP party.

Children felt energized by the fun activitiesthat were interspersed with sessions dealingwith topics like ‘What is Parliament?’, ‘Whatare the responsibilities of a member ofparliament?’, ‘What is my role in thedevelopment of my community/area?’, etc.

At the end of the session, the child ministersfelt a sense of urgency to go back and sharetheir knowledge and experience with theirpeers. Many of the children said they can’twait to start implementing several of theideas that gathered from the training!


MACS Staff get Tech-savvy

Children’s Parliament Ministers’ Training


Vijayawada, 11-13 December 2014: TheYaR (Young at Risk) National Forum of theSalesians in South Asia, headed byFr.Thomas Koshy sdb, has started on abeautiful journey of research with the youngat risk as participants in a researchprogramme. It will have the scope of studyinghow YaR centres can be run with the activeinvolvement of the children themselves. Thedirectors of 10 YaR centres from five SouthIndian Salesian provinces met together atChiguru, Vijayawada, to chalk out thisprogramme of Participatory Action Research(PAR) in their centres to begin with.

Starting from January 2015, the Bi-centenary Year of Don Bosco's birth, 30researchers along with the staff and childrenwill be on a 3-year participatory researchprocess. They will be seeking ways of makingthe YaR centres to be run by the children,for the children and with the children.

The idea of starting a Participatory ActionResearch programme was first mooted at theNational YaR Workshop in March this yearon the theme, “Behavioural Difficulties of theYoung at Risk". The findings of a 6-monthexperiment in PAR with the theme ofaggression among children was presented.The response of the participants wasoverwhelming. TheForum took it up asa national ventureand wanted to usethe methodology ofPAR to make theYaR centres notonly more childfriendly, but morechild directed andchild managed. Just

as the centres are meant for the children andwe are at their service, the research isoriented to make the children not only theparticipants, but the subjects as well asagents, not objects of the research.

Fr. John Tharakan SDB supplemented thesociological and developmental approachwith a psychological approach to socialcommunication as a tool to build upunderstanding as well as relationship amongthe PAR participants. To look at thebehavioural difficulties that the children face,their running away from home is seen as thejourney of the archetypal hero or heroine intoexile, their struggle with their own shadowsas well as other unexpected obstacles thatchallenge them to trace out a new path toliberation and genuine growth. The resultwould be a behavioural transformation of allthe participants in the research, the children,the care administrators and the researchersthemselves.

The entire discussion was given depth withthe ethnographic approach proposed by Dr.Fr. Jose Maliekal sdb, a philosopher in hisown right. He showed the group howunderstanding the children from a socio-cultural background, assuring their agencyand involving them in the research as

subjects could makethe ParticipatoryAction Research ar e s o u n d i n gsuccess.

After a thoroughbriefing on thesubject matter, thedirectors and theForum Secretary

Young at Risk Children to participate as Researchers


Kurnool, 17 December 2014:“Thank you very much... forgiving us wings to fly...” is theexpression expressed by one ofthe DB Tech student in KurnoolDB Tech Centre, during the visitof the DB Tech State Head Fr. P.Arul Das sdb. Indeed ourprovince is reaching to 2500youngsters in a year throughBASE Programme (BoscoAcademy for Skills andEmployment) at our DB Tech Centres.

Fr P. Arul and Mr. K. Sridhar visited DB TechCentre, Kurnool. The team had interactionwith the staff and students. During thestudents interaction, they were eager toknow about the training method, interest ofstudents and their readiness for theplacements after completing the training. The trainees even presented fewdemonstrations according to their trade.

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Fr. P. Arul Das explained about DB Tech’saim and objectives for imparting such skilltraining to needy youth. He highlighted theroles and responsibilities of the students tomake the program successful, by hinting atthe Bicentenary of Don Bosco “spoke aboutthe hard work and dedication that Don Boscoput into his works for the young peopleparticularly those rejected by the society andmarginalized. He said that the Holy Spiritalways guided Don Bosco in his works for

young people and he surrenderedhimself completely to the will of God. ‘Don Bosco loves young andhe was ready to live and die forthem.’ Don Bosco’s motto for theyoung ‘for you I live... for you Iwork... for you I am ready even togive my life' is the hall mark of hislife.

– Cl Salibindla Praveen

drew up a practical plan of action for the 30researchers for the coming three years.

Every participant felt that we are initiatinga process whose time has come and feltproud of being part of a process that hasthe potential to transform the way the

children are in our centres and in the societyat large. Participation is not going to be justone of the listed rights of children;participation will be what they live, breathand experience.

– Fr John Tharakan


Vijayawada, 18 December 2014:Navajeevan Shelter, Poornanandapet,Vijayawada held a meet for all fosterfamilies. About ten families along withthe respective child participated in themeeting that was presided by Mrs.Ch. Vani, in-charge Alternative CareDesk. Special guests for the meetingwere Mr. Vijay Kumar, DCPO, ICPS,Krishna, Fr. S. Bala-showry, MemberCWC, Krishna and Mr.KrishnaPrasad Das, Member JJB, KrishnaDist.

A Special Meet for Foster Families

BIRDY, 18 December2014: Year-end review ofTuition Centre teachersof Hyderabad area washeld at BIRDY, atProvincial House,Hyderabad. Thirtyteachers participated inthe meeting.

The meeting started witha 2-minuite silenceobserved for the children brutally killed inPakistan. The main agenda for the meeting,sharing of monthly reports was carried outfirst. Those who failed to do so were giventhe task of singing songs, telling stories toentertain the others.

Teachers shared about the children’s daycelebrated at their respective centres and theenthusiasm shown by their students. Theyfelt encouraged to adopt participativeapproach in all their activities.

Importance of involvingparents in activities atthe tuition centres wasreiterated and partici-pants came up withdifferent ways of gettingthe uninterested parentsalso to contribute to thehealthy growth anddevelopment of theirchildren and the localcommunity.

Innovative and joyful methods of teachingwere explained. Play-acting, story-board andother creative methods to bring out thetalents of the children were discussed.

The larger goal of conducting evening tuitioncentres is to encourage formation ofChildren’s Parliament and increase localownership and partici-pation among theelders through the demonstration of thechildren.


Tuition Centre Teachers’ Review Meeting


Mr. Krishna Prasad briefed about theimportance of family to a child and the careand protection to be given to a child comingfrom outside the biological family. The needof understanding between the child and thefamily and about the adjustments requiredto make the child feel as a part of the family.

Mr. Vijay Kumar, DCPO explained about theprocess of foster care and adoption as perthe norms of Women & Child WelfareDepartment. Every district has a committeeconsisting of DCPO, CWC Chairman /Member, NGO Representative, ProtectionOfficer, ICPS and Women & child WelfareOfficer. Now as foster care is also a part ofICPS Scheme, the department will now startprocessing. The families providing fostercare can go for legal adoption, but it will take

time as the guidelines from central Govt. tobe received. Now any potential family canapply for foster care at ICPS office and theywill take up the enquiries and process. Theirsocial workers will make a home visit twicebefore handing over the child and periodicalvisits will be made by the DCPU staff afterfoster care placement or Adoption.

Fr. S. Balashowry invited the families to bepromoters of this scheme and be a part of agroup to give an orphan / neglected child acaring family. To promote the programmethe department and the CWC wish to preparea documentary on opinions of foster parentssharing their experience and show it in abigger platform to advocate the importanceof Foster Care.

– Fr Salibindla Balashowry

Semi Christmas @ Pezzonipet


Gunadala, 22 December 2014:The community of DonBosco has anticipatedthe Christmascelebrations. In factthe preparation forthe Christmas beganwith various prayerservices such aswreath services andnovena services ofChristmas. Thespiritual journeytransformed and enabled tocenter the importance on Christ thanthe periphery things such as cakes andcookies. Keeping in mind so much anti –Christian activities in the society thecommunity has given a good insight to buildthe crib systematically where in child Jesuswas surrendered by church, temples andmosque through which we articulated the

fact that the Child Jesus thegreatest gift from God is

born to share the love ofthe Father to all

irrespective ofcaste, region andreligion. All thosewho glanced at thisstructure have been

thrilled and gainedthriving insights

and convinced aboutvarious characteristic

traits of contemporaryCatholics especially religious.

Having offered special prayers for the peace,joy and unity of the humanity we havetaken active participation in the festiveEucharistic celebration. Later the staffaspirants and domestic staff have expressedour togetherness by sharing Christmas gifts.

– Cl Muthyala Sudhakar

Semi Christmas Celebrations at Gunadala

Chennai, 22 December, 2014:Fr.Jeromedhas Varuvel SDB,belonging to the SalesianProvince of Chennai (INM) hasbeen nominated as the Bishop ofKuzhithurai, a new diocese carvedout of Kottar diocese inTamilnadu, South India.

Fr. Jeromedhas Varuvel ispresently the Director of Novicesat Idhaya Deepam Salesian Novitiatesituated at Yellagiri in the province ofChennai. He was born on 21 October, 1951in Paduvoor, diocese of Kottar.

Answering God‘s call to be apriest, he joined the diocesanseminary in 1968 and continuedright up to his philosophicaltraining at Sacred HeartSeminary, Poonamallee. It was in1976 that he heard the call withinthis call and discerned hisvocation to be a Salesian.

He entered the Salesian Novitiatein 1977 and made his first profession on 24May 1978. He made his perpetual professionon 24 May 1981 and began his theologicalformation at Salesian Pontifical University,Rome. He has a bachelor‘s degree in

Pope appoints a Salesian as Bishop of a new Diocese in Tamilnadu


Economics, and a Masters in Pedagogy fromSalesian Pontifical University in Rome.Ordained a priest by the Holy Father St. JohnPaul II on 2 June 1985, he returned to Indiain 1986 and became the Vice Rector of theNovitiate of the Province in Coimbatore till1990.

From 1990 he served as the Rector of thePre-Novitiate for four years. After two yearsas dean of students of Theology at AMSAM,Tiruchy, in 1996 he assumed office as Rectorand parish priest of St. Mary's Co-cathedral,Armenian Street Chennai - a post he helduntil 2001.

Apart from having served the province ofChennai as a Provincial Councillor from1999 to 2003, he has held office as theDirector of Kalvi Solai, the department forCoordination of Education and Culture in theprovince. His seven years of service at DonBosco Thalavadi (2003 - 2010) was a greatboon to the tribal mission taken up in thatarea.

In the year 2010, he was entrusted with theimportant task of directing the Novices of

the Salesian provinces of Chennai andTrichy. He has been Rector and Director ofNovices at Don Bosco Idaya Deepam,Yelagiri Hills till date.

Fr. Jerome is known for his heart for the poorand his loving ways with everyone around.His gentleness and firmness combine in sucha unique manner that he has been thus far arunaway success in every field: formation,social ministry or pastoral care.

The choice of Fr. Jerome comes at a timewhen two of the three Salesian bishops inTamilnadu, in these past three years, havelaid down their office having reached the ageof retirement. “It is the best Christmas giftour province has ever received,“ said theProvincial, Rev. Fr. Jayapalan, communi-cating the official announcement to thosegathered at a Christmas gathering in theProvincial House in Chennai.

Not merely for the province of Chennai, butfor the entire Salesian India this is indeed abountiful gift in the bicentenary year of DonBosco's birth.

– BIS Correspondent

Chandur, 23 December 2014: Don Bosco JuniorCollege Chandur celebrated its semi-Christmascelebrations. It was well planned and executedby the Principal Fr. Bhaskar. There was abeautiful procession from the college campusto Don Bosco Shrine with baby Jesusaccompanied by Fr. Kollamparambil Joseph,Rector, the college staff and the students, withsinging carols, by playing band instruments anddancing in procession reached the manger i.e.crib. The enthusiasm and the vigor of thePrincipal and the staff made the gathering memorable. As a matter of fact, the Aspirantsput in hard work to make the day a beautiful one. The Rector, inaugurated the crib and thepassages were read out from three holy books namely i) The Bible ii) The Bhagvat Gita and

D.B. Chandur Semi-Christmas Celebrations


iii) The Quran drawing the attention and themeaning of the celebration. The messagedelivered by the principal, made an impact onthe audiences with regard to Jesus’ birth in thisworld. At the end of the celebrations the staffwas served a delicious meal and the Christmasgifts were presented by the parish priestFr.Anthaiah and cheered every ones heart andsoul.

– Fr Pasala Bhaskar

Mariapuram, 23 December 2014: Werejoiced over celebrating Jesus' birth amidstmany children, youth and parishners. Basedon the theme “Unto us the child is born”

children had given theprogramme and mesmerizedthe audience. Fr Rector in hismessage said that themessage of Christmas isnothing but sharing of a truelove and friendship. He alsourged the children to do somecharity for the poor as a signof Christmas. On the same daythe Don Bosco MariapuramBoarding boys had SemiChristmas celebrations. Boys

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Over 750 faithful have participated forvigil mass on 24th December. Fr Georgeoffered mass for the faithful withmeaningful sermon. The melodioussinging highlighted the mass and ledthe faithful into spiritual realm. Soonafter the mass snacks were distributedand the faithful went home by takingChristmas message, “Life is all aboutsharing Christ's message”.

– Cl Dasari Shiva Johannes


giving great meaning to the ideaof Jesus being the savior of thewhole world regardless of socialor economic status. There wasfurther fun in store for the staff and their families.Funny gifts for the community and staff broughtlaughter and good cheer among all. Christmasmessage was given by the Provincial, Vice-provincial followed by distribution of gifts to all.The Provincial then cut the cake and it wasfollowed by sharing of refreshments among theinvitees.

– Fr Arul Das

Christmas Revelry @ Don Bosco Provincial House

DB Provincial House, 23 December 2014:Christmas was celebrated with fun and frolic withthe Provincial House community and staff. Theright tone and spirit of the Lord's birth was set inwith carols and decoration of the house withballoons and dumplings. The provincial house worea cheerful and festive look. Program started withfamilies of the staff being special invitees. Fun teamgames were organised for the staff. There was joy

and laughter every where.

Provincial Fr. R. Balarajuinaugurated the crib that was setup with great planning byAdministrator Fr. Showrilu. Itwas assembled with objects leftunused like a guitar with brokenstring, a worn-out car tyre, etc


Wyra, 23 December 2015: TheSchool Community ofDBEMHS, Thalladacelebrated in anitici-pation, the Birth of theSaviour of the world withmuch pomp and glory on,Students activelyparticipated in CarolSinging Competition.Programme was creativewith Quiz, messages,Santaclause Sandhadi etc. Thehighlight of the programme was themessage of Fr. Thankachan, the Chief Guest.He spoke of the several ‘C’s in connection to

Semi Christmas @ WyraSemi Christmas @ WyraSemi Christmas @ WyraSemi Christmas @ WyraSemi Christmas @ WyraChristmas and exhorted all not

to lose focus on the the main“C” i.e, Christ himself. The

sudden sight ofSantaclause frightenedthe nursery kids andamused the rest.Children dispersed forChristmas vacation withmuch joy carrying with

them a calendar of theNew Year, balloons, and

sweets together with a numberof good thoughts to ponder over.

– Cl Pale Justin

Chandur, 26-28 December 2014: Footballcoaching was organized for the aspirants.The Rector Fr. K K Joseph has taken thisinitiative to make use of the Christmasholidays in a fruitful manner. Fr. Bhaskar theDean has looked into other details ofarranging the coach and setting up the timetable. Mr. Ronalds was invited fromHyderabad to coach the aspirants. It wasindeed an opportune time for the aspirantsto make use of the opportunity in the best

Foot Ball Coaching at Don Bosco Junior Collegemanner. The exercises and the rudiments andthe basic movements were well demonstratedby the coach and the learners grasped themeasily. At the end of these three days ofvigorous coaching the staff found theaspirants have reached certain level ofimprovement in the game. We thankMr.Ronald for his availability and skill intrainings.

– Cl Kona Mukthiraj


“Enough that you are Young forme to love you”

Nalgonda, 29 December 2014: The13th batch of electrical and hotelmanagement courses wereinaugurated at Don Bosco Academy,Nalgonda. The Programme waspresided over by the Rector of DonBosco Academy, Fr Anand, otherFathers and the Staff, Mr Sridhar thestate coordinator , Mr Arun and MrViplav the helping staff. Fr. Anand inhis inaugural address emphasizedthat Don Bosco Academy alwaysworks for the betterment of the young. Healso added that Academy provides manyopportunities and asked them not to let downany of those opportunities and exhortedthem to be efficient to have a better future.At the end of his address he also thanked allthe staff who are instrumental in guiding theYoung through their involvement in the work.He too spoke about the great work that DB

Inauguration of the DB Tech Courses at Nalgonda

Tech India is carrying out throughout Indiaespecially in Nalgonda. Mr. Sridhar the StateCoordinator asked the students to learn tobe punctual and practice the work again andagain to be perfect and master the work.Finally the inaugural function is concludedwith cultural events.

– Cl Kalapala Rajesh

Kolkata, 4 January, 2015: Among the twenty names offuture Cardinals announced by Pope Francis anotherSalesian Archbishop Charles Maung Bo of Yangon,Myanmar. This is a great news for the five hundred yearold Catholic Church in Myanmar and for the Salesians aswell, who have been playing a prominent role in the Catholicpresence in that country. Incidentally the future Cardinal,prior to becoming a bishop was also the head of theBurmese Salesians when they were a part of the SalesianKolkata Province in the early 80's. The pope will raise himto the dignity of the Cardinalate on February 14 at theannual consistory. He will be the first MyanmareseCardinal.

Salesian Archbishop Charles Bo Nominated Cardinal


Gunadala, 8 January 2015:The inauguration of DonBosco Month brought greatenthusiasm to the communityof Don Bosco Gunadala.While inaugurating the BoscoMonth the rector ofthe community Fr Rayappaonce more made aware of thespecialty of this year as wefeel proud and bound to be part of thebicentenary year of the birth of our father,founder and friend of youth Don Bosco. Onthat same evening we had prayer servicethanking and praising God for his gift ofSalesian vocation and for his consciousgrace filled presence in ourlives. Spontaneously the aspirants expressedthat they feel proud to be known as thefollowers of St. John Bosco who contributed

and offered his entire life forthe welfare of the poorabandon youth. Havingplanned together ahead thewhole month wasprearranged with variousprayer services, tournamentsamong four groups such asDon Bosco, Don Rua, DonRinaldi and Dominic Savio. A

variety of competitions such as quiz, singing,drawing, dance etc. have been planned toenhance the knowledge of our community onDon Bosco. Many aspirants willingly cameforward to express their views on Don Bosco.We planned to host a cultural gathering forthe neighborhood children and the studentsof the nearby schools to make known DonBosco and his love for the young.

– Cl Palem Jeevan Kumar

New Delhi, 8 January2015: In the year-endevent award ceremony tohonour and felicitatepeople who have dedicatedtheir time and energy fora higher and moreinclusive growth for thecountry a Salesianorganization won theaward in the Non-ProfitRural Livelihood category.

The awards were given by ICICI Foundation& CNBC TV18 during their 2nd edition of theInclusive India awards dedicated tocelebrating excellence in bringing positive

change to India‘seconomic development.

The Executive Director ofDelhi based Don BoscoTech India, Fr. A.M.Joseph received theaward.

Fr Joseph believes, “skillTraining is the effectivetool to bring the desiredchange in the lives of the

young for growth and livelihood."

Don Bosco Tech has set a goal of trainingtwo million youth by 2022.

An Enthusiastic Inauguration of Don Bosco Month

DB Tech India wins Rural Livelihood Award


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Fr Arockia Nathan Celebrates Thanksgiving Mass Amidst His CompanionsMangalagiri, 11 January 2015: Fr. ArockiaNathan, who was ordained a priest in Romeon 28th June, 2014 celebrated ThanksgivingMass on Sunday, January 11, amidst 50priests and well-wishers at Don BoscoPremnivas, Mangalagiri. His fellow novitiatecompanions from Bangalore and HyderabadProvinces, along with their novice masterwere present for the Mass.

Fr. Nathan, who professed as a Salesain on24th May 1992 after prayer and reflection

changed over to be a Salesian Brother. As aBrother he completed his studies and servedas Head Master in the province. Once againafter the completion of his studies, hereflected about his vocation after consultinghis spiritual director and then provincial andchanged over to priesthood. He was sent toRome to pursue his studies in Theology inorder to become Priest. He successfullycompleted Theological studies at UniversitaPontificia Salesiana, Rome.

During the solemn ThanksgivingMass he thanked the Almighty forbeing with him in the moments ofhard decisions that he had to takepersonally. During the sermon FrSudhakar reminded words ofPope Francis who called on theworld’s priests to bring thehealing power of God’s grace toeveryone in need, to stay close tothe marginalized and to be“shepherds living with the smellof the sheep.”

To achieve this target it partners withGovernment, Corporates and like -mindedNGOs to scale up the programme.

DB Tech, a network of Don Bosco skilltraining centres, attempts to bridge thewidening divide between those who haveaccess to opportunities and those who areincreasingly being marginalized from the‘new economy‘ jobs.

The DB Tech network addresses thisendemic problem with a market-basedapproach that is sensitive to the socio-economic needs of marginalized youth in the18-35 years age group.

DB Tech is an example of synchronous socialaction of various stakeholders, aimed atmainstreaming and ensuring economicsecurity for youth by helping them acquirethe required livelihood and soft skills in anenvironment of learning and mentoring thatis responsive to the individual‘s emotionaland developmental needs.

Set up in 2006 with an objective to providequality vocational training to disadvantagedyouth DB Tech today is a network of 230skill training centres, arguably the largestnetwork after the government spread across28 states of India.

– Fr Arul Das


Never give up.If you work hard with a hope in

mind, success will be yoursBandlaguda, 12 January 2015: DB Tech,Bandlaguda, Hyderabad team had organisedeighth batch valedictory programme. Mr.Sridhar, the DB Tech State Coordinatorinitiated the session by offering a warmwelcome to the guests; Fr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar(Vice Provincial), Fr. P.Sojan (Centre Head),Fr. P. Arul Das (DB Tech State Head) and Fr.Y.Kalyan (Province secretary) were present.Their address to the students was verypragmatic and resonating. Fr.Vijaya Bhaskarin his speech spoke the significance ofchanging one’s own attitude towards thebetterment of the future. He discussed oneof his friend’s inspirational stories....quoting

“Never give up. If you work hard with a hopein mind, success will be yours.” Fr. P. Arul inhis speech said, to be a successful person inlife, we need to follow a LIFE principle: Loveyour job, be Integrated person, have Faithin God and have Endurance in everything.Fr. Kalyan distributed certificates to all thestudents. All the 35 students of the batchwere job placed through campus recruitment.Students left the campus with joy in theirhearts... promising to bring more youngpeople for the skill training...

The event was also an occasion for the youngpeople to reflect upon what difference theskill training programme has brought to theirlives and share their experience to theimpending students.

– Fr Arul Das

DB Tech - Bandlaguda Certification Day

Fr. Pius Palithingail, Novice Masterwhile addressing his novices hasexpressed his happiness to see in19 of his novices as priests servingvarious capacities in Bangalore,Hyderabad, other provinces andalso in abroad. In his message hesaid ‘be close to the Lord and resthe will take care of it’.

– Fr Bellamkonda Sudhakar


Wyra, 13 January 2015: Itwas a special day for girl-students of our school. Theywere ready in their colourfulattire to apply more coloursto their Rangoli. The class-wise Rangoli Competitionevoked much fighting spirit

among the girl-students to stand first. Bonfire, famously known as Bhogi Manta was kindledin the school precinct with the message of burning our old selves and start life afresh. Thefire was welcomed with much cheer and applause. News reporter covered the event and itappeared in the district edition on the following day. – Cl Pale Justin

Sankranthi Sandhadi @ Wyra

Wyra, 14 January2015: Teachers'Animation Programme:Fr. K.T. Jose spent 14th

January with our staffmembers animatingthem to be betterteachers. Teachers felt athome with the ice-breakers and action songs, group

activities etc. They got to know their own flaws in teacher-student approach. Optimism,win-win attitude, loving and understanding the students were the means to make oneself abetter teacher. – Cl Pale Justin

Teachers' Animation Programme @ Wyra

Wyra, 21 January 2015: Golden Bells of Life - 21st of January is ared letter-day in Don Bosco Wyra as it was the day when its RectorFr. James Jerome turned 50. The day began with B’day songs fromdifferent corners of the House like hostel, school and convent. Schoolstudents expressed their wishes through song and address,teachers expressed with gifts and sisters wished with love. HolyEucharist and a cultural programme and dinner culminatedthe celebration.

Golden Bells of Life @ Wyra

– Cl Pale Justin


Ravulapalem, 20-21January 2015: Don BoscoCommunity at Ravulapalemwas over-whelmed with Joyto have Fr Provincial on hisannual visit to ourcommunity for two days. FrProvincial begun the officialvisitation with HolyEucharist. Fr Provincial hadinitial meeting with all theSalesian confreres, then, hespoken to DonBosco school staffmembers, Salesianc o o p e r a t o r s ,c a t e c h i s t s ,catechism teachers,parish councilorsand youth groupmembers. The boysand girls togetherstaged a cultu-ralprogramme tofelicitate Fr Provincial as a token of honourwhich was followed by sumptuous mealtogether with fathers, sisters and children.On the second day Fr Provincial hadcelebrated Holy Eucharist for MSMHCcommunity. Then he spoke to school Children

Provincial Visitation at Ravulapalemat assembly. Then, he hadvisited Surakshita home, ahome for women who are inparticular situation atcertain period of their life.He appreciated them forkeeping themselves busy bymaking craft works. Then,Fr Provincial visited PARAaccompanied by Fr GuvvalaBalaraju. Fr PallithanamThomas had arranged a

meeting with PARAstaff members.During meeting FrProvincial hadspoken to the staffregarding threeproblems which thesociety is facing.They are Corrup-tion, trafficking thegirls and womenand individualism.

He also encouraged them for making peopleaware of the human rights. Fr Provincialhad concluded his annual visitation toRavualapalem with a good night talk to theboys.

– Fr Guvvala Balaraju


Karunapuram, 25 January2015: the community of DonBosco Philosophate, Karuna-puram conducted a volleyballtour-nament for the Oratoryyouth, as part of the bicentenaryceleb-rations of the birth of DonBosco. Nine teams from thedifferent Oratory centres, fre-quented by the Brothers onSundays, competed for the cashprizes in a zealous sportivemanner. The chief guest(s) forthe occasion were the young peoplethemselves!

The team from Diesel colony, Kazipet wonthe coveted first prize (Rs.1,500/- in cash andthe rolling trophy). The last year runners up,from Battupalli village, retained their titlethis year too as they won Rs.1,000/-. FrMallavarapu Rayanna, the Rector, whilegiving away the prizes, reiterated themessage of Don Bosco for the young: to be

good and honest citizens. He expressed hisjoy at their presence and active participationin the day-long event.

The organizing committee of BrothersK.Ravi, Paul Makri, Pramod, Sravan and L.David who volunteered, did an excellent jobof seeing to every detail and ensuring asmooth and enriching experience for allthose involved.

– Cl Neelam Naresh

Bicentenary Volleyball Tournament @ Karunapuram

Provincial House,25-26 January 2015:A two day seminarwas conducted for allthe Practical traineesand student brothers,on the theme ‘Being areligious today:change, challengesand choices’, at DonBosco ProvincialHouse, Hyderabad.

Brothers' Meet 2015 @ Provincial House


Chandur, 28 January 2015:Don Bosco Junior College,Chandur celebrated theawesome CULTURALHUNGAMA –KALAVEDHIKA, (Folk andWestern Group danceCompetitions) in honour ofBi-centenary of the birth ofDon Bosco. All the schoolsand colleges in and aroundchandur mandal wereinvited to take part in thisgreat event. Nearly 13schools and two colleges took part in thisevent and made the programme successful.This event made all the schools andrespected correspondents and Headmastersto come to one platform. All the schoolsexcelled in their performance. All theperformances were unique and innovative.In fact this event made us believe thattoday’s youth are full of vigor and vitality inproving their identity and skills.

Cultural Hungama - KalavedhikaCultural Hungama - Kalavedhika

Rev. Fr. Bhaskar the Principal, who is thebackbone of this entire happening, welcomedthe gathering and honoured all thecorrespondents of the schools and colleges.The college campus was compacted with theaudience’s cheers and yells for suchwonderful and mind-blowing performances.It was such that the judges were dumb-foundto distinguish students’ talents in dance. Itis very interesting to see varied cultures,traditions, customs and religions projected

Mr. Leo Fernandez, the manager of the Talentinstitution has animated the first day of theseminar. Being in the corporate Sector, hisreflections made lot of impact in the meeting.

He said that the religious life is facing withmany changes. Challenges from within andoutside. The changes in social life likecomputer, Speed of information and multipleoptions have opened the windows for betterlife. The question that remains in front ofeach one of us is whether we cab be authenticin our relationships.

“One should learn to become a sign valuefor others rather than merely following the

religious duties and orders”, said Mr. Leowith a sharp voice .

This motivational stories, methods and talkswere inspiring and eye openers to theparticipants. “Spending 20 minutes in silentmeditation daily twice in a day makesperson deep rooted in one’s belief system,”he said.

Many hands were raised during the sessionsto clarify some of the questions. All thesessions are very motivative, reflective anduseful to us. Some of the points are very newand challenging to implement in life.

– Cl Vanga Joseph


Kurnool, 10 December 2014: Mr. Satish,alumni of DB Tech Hospitality Training(Accenture Project Batch 03 Roll no. 077)was invited to speak to the current batch oftrainees at DB Tech Kurnool. Satish is nowemployed with Pizza Hut Delivery inHyderabad.

On 10th December 2014 he interacted with

Don Bosco Tech Kurnool Alumni Interaction

in these items. In the panel discussion all theschool correspondents have expressed theirjoy of studying in Don Bosco College. Theydid express their joy of being past pupil ofDon Bosco junior college.

The day was also marked with the birthdaycelebrations of the college correspondentRev. Fr. K.K. Joseph. He too, had encouragedthe participants with his presence amidst theyoung which brought smiles and joys. Rev.

Fr. Anthaiah the Vice-Principal expressed vote ofthanks.

The program ended with thedistribution of prizes andmementos. As we know wellthe famous quote “All wellthat ends well”; was evidentat the end of this verysuccessful event.

– Fr Pasala Bhaskar

the trainees with great passion. Hereinforced in the trainees the importance ofgood communication skills in Hotel Industry.He shared several anecdotes from hispersonal experience at the work place.

He felt proud to be back at the institute thatprepared him well and urged the trainees tomake good use of this wonderful opportunity

they were getting to learnand groom themselves intosuccessful youngprofessionals.

Thirty-five trainees areundergoing the Hospitalitycourse at DB Tech Kurnool.They felt encouraged andhappy to see and hearpractical advice from one oftheir own seniors.

– Cl Salibindla Praveen


Karunapuram, January 2015: In solidaritywith the whole world, and specially as abicentenary initiative, the Salesians of theProvince of Hyderabad along with DalitBahujan Front (DBF) flagged off theawareness campaign of Action 2015. Aimedat conscientizing, the short programmes inHyderabad and Warangal witnessed a groupof 15 children meet Dr Rajaiah, the deputyChief Minister of Telangana State onJanuary 15 and present him with amemorandum in both the places. The groupalso requested the esteemed politician, as didbatches of 15 children all across the countrywith their respective political big-wigs,starting from the Hon’ble Prime Minister, MrNarendra Modi, to commit themselves to

‘Action 2015’ flagged off in Hyderabad & Warangalensuring the 17 Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) and 169 targets set beforeourselves for a better world getgovernmental support and endorsement.

Dr Rajaiah, speaking on the occasion, at DonBosco Philosophate, Warangal reiterated theneed for better health and educationalfacilities, especially for children and women,for a prosperous tomorrow. He was dulyimpressed by the children and pledged hissupport for the cause.

The whole effort was spearheaded inHyderabad and Warangal by Fr PallithanamThomas, in collabor-ation with the DBF and

the Salesians and most importantly, thechild-ren involved in the campaign. FrRaminedi Balaraju, the Provin-cial of theSalesian Province of Hyderabad was alsopresent.

After the Millennium Developmental Goals(MDGs) were formulated and propagatedsince 2000, much has been achieved by wayof awareness and involvement. However, therecent study and survey conducted by theUnited Nations revealed that the expectedresults were far from achieved. Drawinglessons from this, the whole motive of Action


2015 is basically to plug the gap betweenthe formulation, propagation andimplementation of the goals. With September2015 set as the target for spreadingawareness and driving home the need for amore stronger and concrete action, theevents of 15th of January in 2015, are but amere take off.

In the year, the Salesians of Don Boscocommemorate the bicentenary of the founder

and dreamer of a better world for children,the Action 2015 is a golden opportunity toget all stakeholders to ensure theircontribution for a better world. It also offersa great possibility of networking withnumerous other like-minded organisationsand individuals keen on ensuring thatchildren of today have a voice and a dignifiedfuture.

– Br Castilino Vincent

Ramanthapur, 7 January 2015:Work with the Young at Risk of Fr.Ignatius Peyyala has borne fruit inthe form of a doctoral thesis whichhe defended with flying colours on7th of January 2015. Father Madehis study on the effects ofcounselling on post traumaticstress, mental health status andcoping strategies in abused children.Fr. Ignatius did his study on a sample of 300Navajeevan Children at Vijayawada underthe guidance of his Research Supervisor andGuide Prof. Chandraiah Kotta of SriVenkateswara University, Thirupathi. Hedefended his doctoral thesis at theDepartment of Distance Education, AcharyaNagarjuna University, Guntur.

The defense was an enlighteningexperience. A team of fiveprofessors examined the ResearchScholar. After he presented thesynopsis, each of the professorssought clarifications and raisedquestions. From the discussion wecould understand that he had donea quantitative research on thesubject of abuse and how abusedchildren could be helped throughcounselling.

The Researcher made importantproposals that could be followed bythe government as well as thepublic interested in children andworking with abused children orpreventing abuse of children. At theend of the defence, the head of theteam, the Director of the

Department of Distance Education,gathered the approval of all the five

examiners and congratulated Fr. Ignatius forhis successful defence. They started referringto him as Dr. (Fr.) Ignatius Peyyala.Incidentally, this is the second doctorateprocured by Fr. Ignatius.


Fr. Peyyala Ignatius SDB obtains a New Doctorate


Kollapur: Don Bosco mission Kollapur has openedanother substation, BAADUGA DINNE as part ofour province mission. The village is precisely animportant locus for evangelization. The village isknown as an abandoned village where there is noproper transport facilities even to reach the place.It is located 15 km away from Kollapur. There arenearly 20 families who are open to the gospelmessage. A good number of youth are also presentover there for a typical Salesian mission too. Fr.Alex along with Br. Suresh and parishioners havemade a visit to the village on 30 November 2014and conducted a short prayer service and preached to them the quality of Jesus to becompassionate and lovable. After which we have met a few youngsters and provoked inthem the zeal to be part of Don Bosco mission by being members of Don Bosco youthmovement.

– Cl Kornana Suresh

The DB Mission Kollapur Reaching out to the remote areas!

St. Theresa - Parishioner about Fr. LensFr. John Lens....

It was in the year 1975, whenFr. John Lens took over asthe parish priest of St.Theresa’s Church, Sanath-nagar, the parish thenconsisted of over 2000families. We were a mixtureof people from differentwalks of life. Having him wasa great honor since we couldsee him handling everythingand every person in a uniqueway. He began the Vincent De Paul Society,the educational society for the children, theLegion of Mary and the Salesian Co-operators, all of which were smoothlyhandled by this precious soul. He valuedevery second of life he was given by God.He’d never rest during the day, instead he

would spend his timereaching out to the sick andneedy. He trusted the peoplewho worked with him.He leda simple life, So simple thathe’d be off to all thehospitals in theneighborhood carryingbiscuits for the sick riding hisTVS. He’d not only visit thembut spend time with themassuring them that God wastaking care of them. Hissmile was a ray of hope to

the weakest of hearts, soothing and warm.His actions reflected his dedication towardshis vocation to God, His words radiated lovefor all around him.

He had immense love for the poor childrenaround him who were deprived of their


childhood. He playedwith them, made themsmile and gave themmoments they couldcherish all their lives.There was never aperson who wasn’thelped by him whenthey needed his help.He drew many soulsclose to God by hiswords and deeds, imparting to them theimportance of God, prayer and reconciliation.

His simple yet generous gestures of love likevisiting the sick and the poor, carrying foodfor them, giving them hope and courage arejust small examples of how great a soul hewas. A saintly figure who was never at restbut deeply engrossed in instilling love andfaith in God in the people around him. Ahumble soul, obedient to his call, persevered

in his day to day lifeand completed hisjourney in perfection,simplicity, humility, loveand in every waypleasing to God.

No amount of wordswould actually sufficeto express how blessedwe are to have had a

saintly figure like Fr. John Lens amongst us.Though he is no longer present with usphysically he has left behind his mark ofbeing an exemplary priest, a dedicatedmessanger of God, a healer of souls that willreside in our memories till the end of time.We cannot thank God enough for havingplanted one of his most beautiful creationsin our lives…

– St. Theresa's Church Parishioner

Semi Christmas at DB Tech-Bandlaguda


Ramanthapur, 5-9 January2015: Ms Kapila and MsSouad, our ex-Volunteersfrom Netherlands throughtheir visit and presence atDon Bosco Nava-jeevan, NewBhoiguda and by their visit toother homes in Twin Cities.Though it was just for fivedays but they left indelible mark on everyone they met.

All began in 2007 when they made theirmaiden visit to DBNJ with another threemore friends. Their passion for the childrenwas so immense that they never missed anymoment of their presence with the children.Their presence was formative presenceamong the boys.

It was good to know that they came to uswith well-prepared programme and everymoment was well utilized. All began with amovie followed by drawing competition,

“THANK YOU” for your Visit and “SEE YOU” againouting to ‘Jalvihar’ andconcluded with a grandfarewell and a meal in‘Bawarchi’ biriyani hotel.

They are very happy to seesome of the boys whom theymet at their first visit aregetting settled well in their life

and want to see also present group ofchildren to settle well in their life in future.

During informal farewell gathering, childrenat Don Bosco Navajeevan, New Bhoigudaput up a well prepared programme andexpressed their sentiments of gratitude fortheir generosity and thoughtfulness to comeover here to spend these precious daysamidst them. Fr Sudhakar, Director, thankedthem for their visit and recalled theircontribution to the community over theyears.


Wyra, 24 January 2015: It was a enthrollingday for the students of class - 10 of our school,as the day of Group Dynamics was animatedby Fr. K.T. Jose. This one day animationhelped students to building up the self-esteem,Being - Leader to the Society, Stressmanagement. For this animation Programmenot only our students but also neighboringschool - (Immaculate school) joined us.

After the animation, students looked boostedup. They were thankful to Fr. K.T. Jose andFr. Chinnappa the Principal, for the dynamicsessions.

– Cl Pale Justin

Group Dynamics for class 10th of Don Bosco, Wyra


Ramanthapur, 31 January 2015: Annualfeast of Don Bosco was celebrated with adifference at Don Bosco RehabilitationCentre, Ramanthapur. Children who havebeen rescued from Bangle Industry from OldCity, Hyderabad were brought to our homeon 24th of January 2015. Last eight days theyhave been residing at our campus. This year,they were our special guests for the feast ofDon Bosco. We were blessed to have themamidst us.

We approached Mr Imtiyas, District ChildProtection Offer (DCPO) of Hyderabad toallow them to be with us for the culturalprogramme staged by our children on theoccasion of the feast of Don Bosco and forthe special meal served for these children.He was kind enough to permit them to bewith us.

The ground in front of outdoor stage waspacked with the presence of these children.They were welcomed with a Band piece andNavajeevan theme dance by our children. Onthis occasion the Director of Don BoscoNavajeevan Homes Fr BellamkondaSudhakar, welcomed every one for theprogramme and wished Happy Feast of Don

Bosco. In his message, he has called uponthe gathering to be alert to protect thechildren, in this year 2015, let us spreadChild Line No. 1098, which is a toll freenumber and helps to save children in difficultwho are in need of care and protection. Aspart of the raising funds towards educationof the children we organized a Lucky dip anddraw taken during this function. We had MsGloria from ISB and Fr. Kondaveeti Anthaiah,Administrator, St. John’s Seminary,Ramanthapur as our guests for the draw ofthe winners. Our children at Ramanthapurput up colourful dances for these children.They were so happy and enjoyed every bitof the programme.

The festive celebration began with the HolyEucharist celebrated by the Director for theall the inmates of the DBRC, RamanthapurCommunity. During Mass, he said that, weall should become another Don Bosco to beambassadors of the Change in the society.Don Bosco personally accompanied everychild and everyone felt each one was lovedmore than the other. His presence was veryformative presence.

Fr Provincial made a visit to Ramanthapurto wish Salesians and children for the feast.

Don Bosco's Feast Celebrations @ DBRC, Ramanthapur


Narsipatnam, 31 January 2015: Thestudents, staff, parents, and well-wishers ofDon Bosco College celebrated our CollegeDay festivities on the feast day of St. JohnBosco. The celebrations were all the morebecause 2015 marks the bicentennial of DonBosco’s birth.

Holy Mass in the morning wascelebrated by the Most Rt. Rev.Prakash Mallavarappu DD, thearchbishop of Visakhapatnam.

The evening College Annual Daycelebrations began with the lightingof the lamp by the dignitaries, guestsof honor, including Fr. Rayappa, ourprinciple, Theresa Kennedy, a guest

from the United States and others(Sr.Eliemma, Fr. Joseph, and Mr. Rajarao).Followed by Words of welcome were givenby Bro. Marreddy, who was bookended withtwo great dances by Sowjanya and Team(Yahova Naa Mora) and Lavanya and Team(Brundavanamali). After that, Fr. Rayappa

He was happy to seerescued children in ourcampus. He alsointeracted and spent timewith these children. Healso congratulated thecommunity for going outof our way to take careof these children. DCPOof Hyderabad thankedFr Provincial and DonBosco Ramanthapur forproviding place for thesechildren in our campus.

The Feast Day Mass was celebrated by FrThathireddy Vijay Bhaskar, Vice Provincialat our campus Don Bosco Navajeevan,Nampally. The staff and Students of NewBhoiguda and Nampally present for thecelebrations. All local donors and religiousof in and around Nampally home wereinvited. In his message Vice Provincial saidthat Don Bosco was sent by God. He also

said that Don Boscobegan Operation Smileprogramme in 1841itself when he wentaround in Turin city andgathered all the childrenwith the aim to makethem as “God fearingpeople and honestcitizens”. After Mass,children at Nampallyalso put up a shortcultural programme to

thank guests for their generosity. Directoralso thanked Vice Provincial for acceptingto be our main celebrant. He also thankedeveryone for being part of Don BoscoNavajeevan family members through theircontribution to help these children. He alsothanked Sr. Chinnamma, Provincial, HolySpirit sisters for taking care of our childrenat Nampally.

– Fr Bellamkonda Sudhkar

College Day 2015 of Don Bosco, Narsipatnam


Hyderabad, 25 January, 2015: Over 200children, held bondage as child labourers,were rescued by the city police of Hyderabadon Saturday, 24 January, from oneapartment building in Talabkatta,Bhavaninagar, Hyderabad. Finding noappropriate place to shelter these haplesschildren, most of whom are from Bihar, theywere brought to Don Bosco Navajeevan,Ramanthapur where the Salesians, staff andespecially resident children have been goingout of their way to make them feelcomfortable and secure.

The operation based on a tip off was carriedout by over 400 police personnel under theleadership of Dy. Commissioner of Police, MrV. Satyanarayana. It is said a cordon andsearch operation as part of anti-terrorismchecks led to his huge rescue operation.

The children were below 12 years, a numberof them could be over 18 years. They hail

mostly from Bihar. They were brought to thecity by owners of bangle manufacturingunits hailing from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar.The parents of the children have receivedadvances to the tune of 10 to 20 thousandRupees.

Further, the children used to be paid only twoto five thousand rupees a month as wagesand were made to work for long hours andnot allowed to leave the place of work. Thenewspaper reports said that children whoshould be holding books or playing games

gave our annual report, speaking onmilestone events and test scores from thepast year. The colourful evening continuedwith further programmes like kuchipudi,classical, folk, Dimsa and other traditionaldances, skit on early life of Johnny Boscoand songs. In between these dances, Mrs.Theresa Kennedy gave a speech on the

importance of education, not only as ameans of developing the mind, but theentire person. She quoted Gandhi, whosaid the following of education:

The real difficulty is that people have noidea of what education truly is. We assessthe value of education in the same manneras we assess the value of land or of sharesin the stock-exchange market. We wantto provide only such education as would

enable the student to earn more. We hardlygive any thought to the improvement of thecharacter of the educated. The girls, we say,do not have to earn; so why should they beeducated? As long as such ideas persistthere is no hope of our ever knowing the truevalue of education.

– Cl Salibindla Marreddy

Operation 'SMILE'


were working with chemicalsand in hazardous conditions.

It is said that the police havetaken into custody as many as20 brokers and employersinvolved in child and bondedlabour. A police officialdescribed the high techvigilance used by the owners with CCTVCameras monitoring the work of thesechildren. They also mentioned that thosewho did not perform were beaten. Thechildren were not provided blankets or warmclothes.

The rescue operation was a part of OperationSMILE, a month long programme initiatedby the Home Ministry on New Year‘s Day thisyear, and carried out by the CID department.As they had not given prior information

about it to the otherdepartments, the people of theLabour Department (NCLP)and the Child WelfareDepartment were taken bysurprise and did not know howto handle the huge number ofchildren suddenly brought to

them.

Though the TV news bulletins flashed thenews that the children would beaccommodated in different children‘s homes,at the end of the day, all the children except3 girls were brought to Don BoscoNavajeevan, Ramanthapur. Interestingly, themedia did not realize this and hence therewas no secondary abuse of these childrenby them.

– Fr Tharakan John

A student asked,‘What gender is 'Computer'?

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher splitthe class into two groups, male and female,and asked them to decide for them-selveswhether computer’ should be a masculine ora feminine noun. Each group was asked togive four reasons for its recommendation.

The men’s group decided that ‘computer’should definitely be of the feminine gender(‘la computadora’), because:

1. No one but their creator understandstheir internal logic;

2. The native language they use tocommunicate with other computers isincomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are storedin long term memory for possible laterretrieval; and

What gender is Computer? – This is Funny4. As soon as you make a commitment to

one, you find yourself spending halfyour paycheck on accessories for it.

The women’s group, however, concluded thatcomputers should be Masculine (‘elcomputador’), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, youhave to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can’tthink for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solveproblems, but half the time they AREthe problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, yourealize that if you had waited a littlelonger, you could have gotten a bettermodel.

The women won.

– Fr T.V. Jose


III - Spiritual Retreat @ Provincial House

ORDINATIONS

Fr Dasari Nireekshana Raju (13-12-2014)

Fr Medi Sleevaraju (27-12-2014)

Fr Parry Rayulu Sarath (08-12-2014)

Fr Putti Thambi Joseph Balaraju (20-12-2014)


DB SUMMER VOCATION CAMPS - 2015April 18–21 Don Bosco Academy, SLBC Colony, Nalgonda

May 1–4 Don Bosco ITC, Station Road, Kadapa

May 8–10 Don Bosco Mission, Ravulapalem, EG. Dt.

May 15–18 Don Bosco Nilayam, Gunadala, Vijayawada

Note:

Kindly encourage 10th std. &above Catholic boys toparticipate in any one of thecamps.

All the camps begin on the firstday at 6.00 p.m. and conclude at12.30 p.m. on the last day.

For more details kindly contactVocation Promoter

Contact: Fr. Yeruva Joji, Cell: 81799 [email protected]

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Kaburlu February 2015 Magazine - donboscohyderabad.org