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Leave Now!

The title may suggest that we arrived at this DBYN seminar in Vienna just to be told to leave, but thankfully not! After 14 or so hours of travelling, I arrived to the Studentenheim Don Bosco to a warm welcome from the Salesian community and the volunteers who had already arrived. The volunteers were getting [...]

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Our Day with Pope Benedict

Our day started at 6.45am. We thought this was rather early but later discovered it was nothing compared to some other groups. Seven of us gathered together at Clapham Junction to represent the Salesians of Don Bosco. All decked out in our official Papal tee-shirts and wristbands we trundled off to Victoria Station where we [...]

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SOS 2: Kat’s Story

10 ‘young’ people 10 days 5 service sites 1 Salesian community Journeying from a Mass of Commitment, to the Great Commissioning. Committed to make a difference. Committed to serve one another and the community. And so it began: The first SOS2.

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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 [...]

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Farnborough Students in Lourdes

During Easter Week 2010 fifty one sixth formers and fifteen staff members from Salesian College Farnborough and Alton Convent were ‘Called to Serve’ pilgrims in Lourdes, especially the five thousand on the annual HCPT pilgrimage Trust for children and young people. They were led by Mr Patrick Wilson, Headmaster of Salesian College.

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