Vice Provincial's Visit to Rome

Fr. Dixon Ferenando the Vice Provincial of Don Bosco Sri Lanka left for Italy on 17th November 2014. He will be attending a preparatory meeting in anticipation of the Bicentenary Celebration of the Birth of Don Bosco. The meeting will be held from the 19th until the 24th of November at the Salesianum, Rome.

SPCSA Meeting

THE SPCSA:  the 23rd meeting of the Salesian Provincial Council of South Asia was held from 15 to 16 of November 2014  at Don Bosco Provincial House Dungalpitiya, Sri Lanka, it was chaired by Fr. Maria Arokiam Kanaga, the Regional Superior of South Asia and the participants were: Fr. Fernandes Ajoy; Vice Provincial of Bombay, Fr. Nirmol Gomes; Provincial of Kolkata, Fr. Nestor Guria; Provincial of Dimapur, Fr. Thomas Vattathara; Provincial of Guwahati, Fr. Balaraju Raminedi; Provincial of Hyderabad, Fr. Thomas Anchukandam; Provincial of Bangalore, Fr. Jayapalan Raphael; Provincial of Chennai, Fr. Michael Peedikayil; Provincial of Delhi, Fr. Ian Figueiredo; Provincial of Panjim, Fr. George Maliekal; Provincial of Silchar, Fr. Albert Johnson; Provincial of Tiruchy and Fr. Nihal Liyanage, the Provincial of Sri Lanka,  Fr. Noel Maddhichetty, the Secretary of SPCSA. The main features that were discussed at the meeting were:  Project of Animation and Government (PAG) of the Rector Major and the General council. for the six year period 2014-2020, Bicentenary celebrations of birth of Don Bosco – 2015 and Composition and Roles of the Standing Committee of SPCSA.

Anniversary Celebration of Religious Profession

The Vice-Province of St.Joseph Sri Lanka celebrated the 60^th, 50^th and 25^th religious professions of Fr. Joseph Giaime, Fr. Francis Cheeramben and Fr. Anthony Fernando respectively. A large number of well-wishers and religious attended the thanks giving Holy Eucharist. The Holy Mass was held at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians followed by a cultural programme at Don Bosco Negombo on the 8^th of November 2014. The main celebrant of the Mass was Fr. Anthony Fernando.