Celebrating Mary Help of Christians – May 2024

“Mary has continued from heaven, and even more efficaciously, the mission of Mother of the Church and Help of Christians,   which she had begun on earth.” +Don Bosco As a province we prayed our novenas to Mary Help of Christians, and we gathered to celebrate in all our works her efficacious presence in the life of our Salesian Family. Here are a few highlights! … Continue reading Celebrating Mary Help of Christians – May 2024

Don Bosco Tech Graduate to Participate in the 2024 NASA Robotics Academy

By Karen Krynen Tech graduating senior and co-salutatorian Wesley Bulthuis (CSEE ’24) has a busy summer before he begins his engineering studies at Cal Poly Pomona in the fall.  Wesley will participate in the 2024 NASA Robotics Academy, a 10-week internship for high-achieving students interested in robotics. One of approximately 50 U.S. students selected for the NASA/JPL-sponsored FIRST Robotics Teams—and the first Tech student to … Continue reading Don Bosco Tech Graduate to Participate in the 2024 NASA Robotics Academy

St. John Bosco High School Partnering with Frontier Selects to Develop Elite Hockey Academy and Division 1 Team

by St. John Bosco High School – Press Release on EIN Presswire Bellflower, CA –  St. John Bosco High School is partnering with Frontier Selects Hockey Academy to develop a Los Angeles-based pipeline for elite young hockey players to train and compete at the highest level while benefitting from a college preparatory education.  Competing in the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League (ADHSHL), the partnership aims to build … Continue reading St. John Bosco High School Partnering with Frontier Selects to Develop Elite Hockey Academy and Division 1 Team

“Shaping Tomorrow”: How to Avoid the Risks of “Oversharing”

In a hyper-connected world where ‘sharing’ takes on new and different meanings from time to time, the danger of exposing oneself too much or too badly, with negative consequences for self and the institution one represents, is a real risk. This is why this topic cannot fail to be the focus of attention of the Sector for Social Communication, which is preparing for the Communication 2024 Conference ‘SHAPING TOMORROW’, in … Continue reading “Shaping Tomorrow”: How to Avoid the Risks of “Oversharing”

Testimonies of Life from Senior Salesians: Fr. Luis Chamizo Fajardo’s Words

(ANS – Rome) – 91 years of age – 92 on September 10 – Spanish Salesian, Fr. Luis Chamizo Fajardo, was the oldest of the participants in the “Return to the Sources” course run by the Missions Sector to bring long-term missionaries who have now reached old age back to the “source” of their vocation. Yet, Fr. Chamizo witnessed and passed on a childlike joy and … Continue reading Testimonies of Life from Senior Salesians: Fr. Luis Chamizo Fajardo’s Words

This Wonderous Sacrament

By Father Ed Liptak, SDB “O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion.” That is the opening prayer of today’s Mass of Corpus Christi, the living Body of Christ. But not ‘just’’ a memorial. It is the ‘sacred mystery of His Body and Blood’ willed by Jesus to be offered again and again in unbloody sacrifice; His true Body lifted up to His Father for our continuing … Continue reading This Wonderous Sacrament