The Salesians of Don Bosco care for many parishes through England and Scotland. For more information about these either see the list of Parishes with websites (where available) below, or come back soon to find out more.
Liverpool, Huyton St Dominic’s, Bootle St James’
Macclesfield, Bollington St Gregory’s
Glasgow, Easterhouse St Benedict’s and St Clare’s
Chertsey St Anne’s
Farnborough Our Lady of Lourdes & St Michael’s, Our Lady and St Dominic’s and Our Lady Help of Christians
Battersea Sacred Heart
Cowley Our Lady Help of Christians
Most Recent Parishes Stories
Three Islands Meeting
After the success of the 3-Islands meeting in Bollington last year, the Youth Ministry teams of the British, Irish and Maltese Provinces descended upon Maynooth for a weekend of sharing and learning.
The working motif for the weekend was ‘a journey to, in and from the desert’, as in the desert, our questions may not have answers, but it is a place where we can search and explore our questions. (more…)
Don Bosco Day Celebrations in the South
How many times has someone mentioned ‘Salesian Family’ to you? Seems like that phrase crops up all over the place, but I don’t think two people have ever given me the same definition for it. And yet I certainly felt I experienced ‘it’ on the night of Sunday 30th January. As it neared 6pm I, along with more and more people, shuffled, squashed and then crammed into the SDB chapel in Battersea to celebrate Don Bosco’s feast day. People originally from all across Europe – Spain, Malta, Slovakia and the UK. Individuals who have volunteered across the world with BOVA and Vides. Past Pupils, students, lay people and religious. Some who have known Don Bosco for many years, others who were meeting him through friends maybe for the first time. And yet despite these vast differences we were all connected by a desire to celebrate his feast day. (more…)
Parishes Meeting
Salesians working in parishes met at Hothorpe Hall from Monday 25th October to Wednesday 27th October 2010.
All the Salesians involved in Parish ministry were joined by the Provincial, Fr Martin Coyle, and Fr Bob Gardner for the three days. The first speaker this year was Mr Martin Foster, who is in the Bishops’ Liturgy Department and is working on the introduction of the new translation of the Missal. As you can imagine, his presentation gave rise to lively debate. He was able to give us examples of the new translation alongside our present version and the Latin text. He also explained the process that will lead to the introduction of the new English version of the Missal. (more…)
Cowley Improvements
For several years Fr Kieran Anderson SDB, Parish Priest of Our Lady Help of Christians, Cowley, Oxford, has been hoping to see a new Parish Centre and the completion of major repairs and refurbishment of his parish church. The photographs below taken on September 8th (Our Lady’s Birthday) 2010 show that his dreams are close to fulfilment.
Our Lady of Lourdes is 50!
The church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Newent, Gloucesteshire, was opened in 1960. Fifty years later there were Golden Jubilee celebrations in the newly refurbished church.
On Thursday 11th February, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the parishioners came together for a Mass of Thanksgiving and Celebration. (more…)
