Fr. Albert Johnson, the provincial of Tiruchy Salesian Don Bosco Province, and the Economer gradly took charge of the Don Bosco Casket. From Neyatengara, the casket was taken to Kaliyakavilai, where a huge mass of people and religious gathered to pay their respect and receive the blessings of the Saint. The casket was there for about half an hour and was taken to Padenthalamoodu in a procession lead by a motor-cycle parade by the youth.  As the casket reached the parish church, more than 9000 people were waiting there to get the blessing.  The Vicar General of the diocese garlanded the casket.  The children from the school gave a welcome dance.  Then the casket was kept in the church for the veneration.  The Vicar General gave the people an enriching sermon on the Saint.  Afther the function, the casken was taken to Paster Lenson Polytechnic college at Kuthenkuly for the night.  The casket reached the college around 1.00 a.m. and the whole community and the students were waiting to receive the relic of the Saint.

The Sunday 25^th, September 2011 dawned bright and clear in Don Bosco, Manakkal  as the youngsters from the 17 neighborhood parishes and the trichy salesian zone assembled together to ruminate on theme:“To Realize, To Overcome, To Grow & To Glow (czu;e;jpL> cilj;jpL> caue;jpL). The sole rationale of the day was to assist the participants to drive out their inferiority complex and to form effective Christian leaders. The day was launched with the creative Morning Prayer conducted by Bro. Arockiaraj and the inaugural address delivered by Fr. Santhanaraj, the Economer of the Salesian Province of Trichy. Mrs. Sherin, a human rights activist, was the main speaker of the day. She inspired the participants with her wonderful sharing, consisting both her own personal experiences as well as the present services she does. Youngsters were resolved after giving heed to talk to be authentic in their relationships and to be themselves (not trying to be someone who they are not). There was a lively debate conducted for the youngsters in the afternoon by Fr. Patrick on the topic “KO kdpj tsu;r;rpf;F fhjy; xU jilf;fy;yh? gbf;fy;yh?” The youngster took an active part in the discussion sharing their own ideas on love. No doubt that the discussion offered the youngsters a great clarity required in the understanding of integral growth of the young and the role of love in it. The whole day found its culmination in the Holy Mass offered by the Procurator of the Diocese. There is no doubt that the 150 youngsters who took part in the well animated seminar were profited a lot.

In DB-Tech project, Communication Skill Trainings are successfully going on in Amsam-DB ITC and Lalgudi ITC from August 30th 2011 onwards for formal 2^nd year students. This training will continue up to November 15^th 2011 in these two houses.The same training is also being carried out effectively in Dindigul DB Community College and Keela Eral DB Community College from July 15th onwards to till date and will take place continuously up to October 15^th , 2011 for non-formal students and Non-formal trade students of boys and girls respectively. There are 50 participants from each technical Institution are participating the training interestingly and enthusiastically. The topics covered are Communication skill trainings (Spoken English- Nouns, Verbs, Gerunds, Adjectives) & English and Communication (Tenses, Voices, Types of sentences, Types of speeches, etc.,). The overall feedback from the trainees is that they are now capable of communicating their needs and wants of the day to day lives in English. They also learnt to speak about the class room activities and its functions. While interacting with them during our visit, some students said that they got rid of the fear of English language and now they feel quite comfortable with that language after attending the regular communication skill training classes. They also expressed that the trainers are so compassionate to them in teaching the subject with simple and digestive manner making them more accessible to the trainees. Students were asked to reproduce along with their creativity according to the given situation. Special care and attentions were focused to the less successful learners helping them learn more effectively. Ideal materials were supplied to the students for their self learning as exercises. Lively conversational methods and interview methods were adopted for strategies of the training to impart the skills on daily happenings and incidences. Situational dialoging techniques were also incorporated in the training. The students meant that they are learning the subject happily with lot of joy and fun. As a result of this programme, they said that their interest is growing towards the language. These young pupils are the ones who must need to know about the effective ways of communication to develop the skills in the language English so that they would become eligible candidates when they knock the doors of corporate sectors for jobs in their near future on their professional carrier.

Tiruchy, Aug. 29. The Celebration of 197th Birth Day of Don Bosco and Preparation for the bicentenary was well celebrated on 16th August 2011, in Varadarajanpet Presence, Ariyalur.

The Celebration of 197th Birth Day of Don Bosco and Preparation for the bicentenary was well celebrated on 16th August 2011, in Varadarajanpet Presence, Ariyalur. The Celebrations were begun with the Holy Mass Celebrated by  Rev.    Fr. Samuel, the Dean of Studies, who celebrated his Birth Day on the same date. Then, the birthday celebration of our Father and Founder was begun with our boys and staff singing birthday song to St. John Bosco. The   celebration was  remarkable to note as every one is waiting to receive the holy Casket of Don Bosco very soon in the next month October-2011.

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Tiruchy, Aug. 31. As the Salesian congregation is gearing up to celebrate the bicentenary of Don Bosco`s birth Salesian Province of Tiruchy is proud to send three of its sons as missionaries. The missionaries departed from Chennai on 31 August 2011, early in the morning.

Inspired by the last command of Jesus to his disciples, “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation“ Mk16: 15, three Salesians from the province of Tiruchy, Fr. Rajan Pushparaj, Br. Thomas John Leo and Br. John Paul Swaminathan,  have opted to work as missionaries in various parts of the world.

In the farewell mass celebrated on 28 August 2011, they shared their missionary vocation story. During their sharing the missionaries opined that they are aware of the challenges that are ahead – language, culture, etc. – but are sure to scale them with God`s help. Fr. Provincial wished them well and promised his prayers and support. Quoting the experience of prophet Jeremiah he advised the missionaries “…to hold on to God, come what may.“ “Province of Tiruchy is proud to send its sons as missionaries as a part of its preparations for the bicentenary of Don Bosco`s birth. Once the province benefited from the missionaries, now it is our turn to pay back,“ he added.

Br. Thomas John Leo left on 31 August 2011 from Chennai to attend Missionary Orientation Programme organized at Rome by the Department of Salesian Missions. Fr. Arockiaraj Mariasusai, who has been invited by the Rector Major to work in Amsterdam, Netherlands for a couple of years, too will attend the orientation programme before proceeding to Amsterdam. The other missionaries will travel to Rome, to attend the orientation programme and receive the missionary cross, once their papers are cleared.

Tiruchy, Sep. 29. As part of the DB-Tech project, Communication Skills Training has been organised at Amsam-DB ITC and Lalgudi ITC from August 30, 2011 onwards for formal 2nd year students. This training will continue up to November 15, 2011 in these two houses.

Similar training is also in progress at Dindigul DB Community College and Keela Eral DB Community College and will continue till October 15, 2011 for non-formal students and Non-formal trade students respectively. 50 participants from each Technical Institute are part of this training. The topics covered are Communication Skills Training (Spoken English- Nouns, Verbs, Gerunds, Adjectives) & English Communication (Tenses, Voices, Types of sentences, Types of speeches, etc.,). The overall feedback from the trainees is that they are now capable of communicating their needs and wants in English. While interacting with them during our visit, some students said that they got rid of the fear of English language and now they feel quite comfortable with that language after attending the regular communication skills training classes. They also expressed that the trainers teach in a simple manner making them more accessible to the trainees. Special care and attention is focused on the less successful helping them learn more effectively. Ideal materials were supplied to the students for their self learning as exercises. Lively conversational methods and interview methods were adopted for strategies of the training to impart the skills on daily happenings and incidences. Situational dialoging techniques were also incorporated in the training. As a result of this programme, they said that their interest is growing towards the language. Youth need to learn the effective ways of communication to develop language skills in English so that they would become eligible candidates when they knock the doors of corporate sectors for jobs.