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Young Adult Professionals ages 25-35 are welcome to join us! This event is an opportunity for young adult professionals who are connected to our Salesian family to network and share in fellowship with one another. Our goal for this gathering is to help create ideas for the SDB’s vision in the ways we can better serve poor, at risk, and marginalized young people. Date And … Continue reading Young Adult Professionals Night
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By: Karen Krynen Communications Officer Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) will host its annual college fair for local high school students and their parents on Thursday, October 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. The complimentary event will feature representatives from more than 70 public and private universities and colleges across the country. “Being informed and planning ahead are crucial elements in making the right … Continue reading Free College Night
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By: J.C Montenegro Delegate for Mission Animation From September 6-16, 2019 the Core Team of the Inter-America Social Services Network for youth at risk gathered in Dominican Republic to analyze and evaluate the 2014-2020 Strategic Plan to update it, promote the bases of networking in the region, and to prepare for next year’s gather where all the delegates from the region will gather. Thanks to … Continue reading Inter-America Social Services Network
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Dear Salesian Sisters and Brothers, On Tuesday, September 17th, I met with the small Board of Directors of our Salesian Family Youth Center in Boyle Heights. I wish to congratulate Juan Carlos Montenegro for his hard work, dedication and commitment to the young people from the east side of Los Angeles. Their summer camp was a big success, and there are many projects being initiated … Continue reading Provincial Letter: September 19th, 2019
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By: Judy Alvarez Cooperators Coordinator Salesians after the heart of Don Bosco come from many walks of life. Among them are Salesian Cooperators, the first lay branch of the Salesians that Don Bosco founded in 1876. According to his design, the Association of Salesian Cooperators (ASC) is co-responsible for the Salesian mission with and for youth. Cooperators commit to serve this mission for life and … Continue reading To Be Credible Witnesses
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Fr. Ted Montemayor, provincial for the Western Province of the Salesian Order issued a statement following recent news reports on clergy sexual abuse of minors and in advance of a further anticipated cable news network report mentioning clergy and religious including some Salesian priests and brothers. The statement can be found at http://www.donboscowest.org/province/press-release/2019-09-provincial-statement . Continue reading Statement from the Provincial – September 2019
By: Fr. John Roche, SDB It is very clear from the mandates of the June Provincial chapter that Vocations will be one of the top priorities in the coming months. To keep you up to date, I will give a small report for INTOUCH to let you know some of these efforts and to seek your help. First of all, the Vocation and Youth Ministry … Continue reading Vocation’s Report – Casting Into the Deep
By: Johnny Martinez Retreat Coordinator Greetings Salesian family! The Salesian spirit and mission to the young on the peripheries was alive and moving this past weekend at St. Joseph’s for our second young adult ‘Agape’ retreat in two months. Over the course of Friday August 30th to Sunday September 1st, twenty-four young people ages eighteen to thirty experienced a powerful encounter with our Lord. The … Continue reading St. Joseph’s Retreat Center
Dear Salesian Sisters and Brothers, Today we remember the 9/11 event which took place eighteen years ago. It was a type of event, much like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, when people recalled exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard of the news. The 9/11 event changed our lives forever and today many of us still recall the … Continue reading Provincial Letter: September 11th, 2019
By VIDES+USA Volunteers In Development, Education, & Solidarity After 15 years as being the Director of VIDES+USA, Sr. MaryGloria Mar is passing on the reigns to Sr. Sydney Moss. Sr. Sydney recently made her perpetual vows and originally met the Sisters when she was a VIDES missionary! She spent almost two years working in El Salvador with the Sisters while discerning her vocation. She is … Continue reading Thank you, Sr. Gloria!
Dear Salesian Sisters and Brothers, I hope your Labor Day weekend activities were fruitful, enjoyable and relaxing. Our communities gathered for a barbecue meal and time together, in the Northern and Southern areas of California. Those in Northern California gathered at Don Bosco Hall, Berkeley and those in the South gathered at St. John Bosco, Bellflower. Since I was already in the Southland, I joined … Continue reading Provincial Letter: September 4th, 2019
Dear Salesian Sisters and Brothers, Yesterday, the Directors, Pastors and Delegates of the different province departments met for our biannual meeting. Usually, we meet at the beginning of the scholastic/pastoral year and again in the Spring. We meet to plan, nourish our spirits, and reconnect as province leadership. I wish to thank all those who were able to make it. I realize that this is … Continue reading Provincial Letter: August 27th, 2019
