To prepare the feast of Don Bosco, a picture of him was put up on the Notice Board with a striking caption “Because of him …”. With children surrounding the picture they were saying ‘’I can, I dream, I love, I must etc. There were 12 such sayings and each candidate had to choose one she liked best. The goodnight was given by the candidate who chose the slogan
The Sisters and Candidates in SJTC, Lonavla celebrated a ‘Week of Prayer for Unity 2018’ from 18 to 25 January 2018. Theme: “Father, may they all be one” Jn.17:10 Besides traditional prayers for unity among all the denominations of Christians, we prayed specially for unity among all Indian citizens of different faiths and cultures. On 18th January the Candidates along with Sr. Kavita Noronha the candidates participated in the Eucharist
The feast of Bl. Laura Vicuna was meaningfully celebrated in Pushpanjali Dakor. Laura Vicuna is a model for young people in this modern world. We prepared our boarding girls spiritually to celebrate the feast of Bl. Laura Vicuna. On 20th we viewed the life of Laura Vicuna for which we had discussion in the value education classes. Children beautifully brought out the values of Bl. Laura Vicuna. On the 21st
Values are caught and not taught. To make this a memorable day the school kept up the Value education and the Catechetical day. Each class was asked to put up a programme on the assigned theme such as honesty, forgiveness, song on family life, action songs and the like. The students of the primary section enacted the life story of Laura Vicuna. Std. IX was asked to display charts on
By. Sr. Kalyani Subramaniam Today the 26th January is a red-letter day in the Indian history. India has become a republic over 69 years because on this day the Constitution of India came into force and India became a totally republican unit. Auxilium Baroda made it a day of remembrance as both the mediums English and Gujarati, came together to hoist our National flag and to salute our Mother India.
By Sr. Kalyani Subramaniam Auxilium Baroda hosted the Gujarat region-wise Past Pupils meet on 21st January 2018 from 10.30 am to12.30.pm. There were around thirty seven participants from all our houses of Pansora, Dakor, Baroda and seven Sisters present for the meet. Sr. Shiny Alphonse was the resource person who began with an ice breaker followed by a short prayer moment. This was followed by the sharing of the report
By Sr. Collette Gonsalves From the 22 of January onwards the women from different villages and urban areas celebrated and perform their Haldi Kumkum programme with much love and enthusiastically prayed and fasted for their husbands, asking God to grant them a long and healthy life. It was indeed interesting and thought provoking to see their love and fidelity towards their spouses. The women seemed to be very happy. We
It was a very festive occasion and a day of gratitude to God, when seven members of the Salesian Co-operators Unit of L.V. Niwas – Ahmednagar took their Promise on 22nd January 2018 in the beautifully bedecked Don Bosco Church – Savedi, witnessed by many parishioners, their families and friends, Salesian Co-operators, the Sisters with their boarders and students of Community College, Sr. Catherine Fernandes – Province Delegate of the
By Sr. Collette Gonsalves On the 10 and the 23 of January 2018, the sisters of Laura Vicuna Niwas achieved another milestone for the young girls of Ujini Pimplegoan village. We had an inauguration ceremony of the Beauty parlour for our college going students through the kind intervention and support of the Jana Shikshan Sanstha. The 50 young girls are indeed privileged to have this course which will help them
By Sr. Collette Gonsalves On 25th January 2018 the NCP and Project teachers had their one day training at the Don Bosco Social Centre, Kedgoan. At 10.45 am, the day began with a prayer moment. Mrs. Manisha from the Don Bosco School explained to the teachers the importance of being a teacher in the life of the students. She stressed on the need to be loving, understanding and kind towards
