Tag Archives: Spirituality

Salesians at Greenbelt Festival of Arts

By Danny Sweeney | Published: 17/02/2011

Greenbelt festival of arts has been a great combination of music, comedy, art, faith and activism since it started in 1974. I’d known the name for a few years but had never taken the time to attend, so when James sent me an email asking if anyone fancied going I jumped at the chance (when [...]

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BOVA Return Volunteers Weekend

By Sarah Seymour | Published: 14/10/2010

After so many life-changing, inspiring and challenging experiences from all over the world, it seemed a shame to let that all slip by as we fell inevitably back into the rush and busyness of life. A ‘returned volunteers weekend’ was therefore arranged for us to revisit those experiences, to share them and to hear those [...]

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Educating Young People to Social Justice

By admin | Published: 12/10/2010

Over 150 educators from our Salesian Schools and Retreat Centres in Great Britain took part in a Salesian Education Conference on Saturday 9th October 2010. The theme of the day was Educating Young People to Social Justice. The conference, organised by the Salesian Youth Ministry Team and facilitated by YAT (the Youth Advisory Team), took [...]

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Praying With Young People

By Tonino Passarello | Published: 23/09/2010

As a department leader, I insist that every period of teaching starts with a prayer. About three years ago I began to question why I insisted upon this. Is it acceptable to say prayers just for the sake of it? When a teacher says a Hail Mary at the start of every lesson, what impact [...]

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Farnborough Students in Lourdes

By admin | Published: 15/05/2010

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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