2021

On 25th December 2021 we along with the S.J. fathers celebrated Christmas. The celebration began with the Sacrament of Reconciliation. A video was prepared on the birth of Jesus. The children and the youth of the village were actively involved in it. Fr. Caesar Faroz solemnly celebrated the Eucharist. In the homily he said that we need to make our hearts clean for the Lord. Lord comes to dwells in

We celebrated Christmas with the boarders on 23rd December 2021. We began the celebration with a prayer moment guided by Sr. Urvashi Macwana, explaining the symbols of the Christmas crib so as to give more knowledge about the birth of Jesus. Then the children performed Christmas dance, skit and concluded their performance by wishing the Sisters ‘Merry Christmas’. Then children and the Sisters exchanged gifts to their Christmas friend. Sr.

“God loves a cheerful giver”, these words of St. Paul were highlighted on 6th December 2021, as the communities of Maria Vihar and SHTC Novitiate organised an evening for the young girls of Maria Vihar- the hostel girls and the Boarders. The theme for that day was “Time with God, Self and Others. The evening began with a prayer moment creatively animated by Sr. Jasmine Fernandes, making them aware that

Auxilium, Ahmednagar celebrated the feast day of the Immaculate Conception today in quite a remarkable manner. At 12 noon, all the different sectors of our mission, namely, the nursing students, the migrant children as well as the school children together with all the teachers, helpers, and sisters gathered together in the school quadrangle to pray one Hail Mary in keeping with the Salesian tradition.  To mark this day, a short

The Madhya Maharashtra region organized Faith Fest 2021 at Ahmednagar from 27th to 28th November inviting youth from Bableshwar, Lonavla, Nasik and Ahmednagar to “Come and Taste His Love”. The youth were asked to register themselves by 3.00 p.m on 27th November, 2021, followed by which a short but meaningful prayer service was animated with their help to commence this faith-filled programme by invoking God’s presence. Sr. Rita Lobo, the

“You are the light of the World” the theme chosen for the Children’s day on 14th November, 2021. Around 300 faces bubbling with joy and happiness participated in the day’s celebration. During the morning hours children were occupied with various games and then at 12.00 in the afternoon the inaugural function began by welcoming the Guests for the day- Chief guest Dr. Mrs. Anjali Mascarenhas, Principal of Degree College, Rev.

On 26th November, 2021, the staff and students of Auxilium Convent High School, Lonavala celebrated Children’s Day with great joy and enthusiasm. The teachers and non- teaching staff organised a colourful and entertaining program for the children with prayer, speech, song, dances and an entertaining skit. Sr. Caroline Menezes, our Animator, spoke to the students about how they are sent by God to fulfill a special mission and that each

Swachh Survekshan is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan which was launched on October 2, 2014, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The aim was to make India open defecation free by 2019. The Lonavla Municipal Corporation, under the able leadership of Mrs Surekha Jadhav, took this mammoth mission involving different groups and local bodies to make Lonavla clean and green. This involved many initiatives. Many

Sr. Jean Colas welcomed the ADMA members in Don Bosco Yuva Kendra – Nirmal on 24th November 2021. Sr. Jean showed them the video on the life of Nick Vujicic on the message of not to give up. Also, she spoke and told that today we are celebrating the 1st 6 missionaries of arrival to India. Today we celebrate 99 years of their arrival and because of them our institute