BIS #1755 GREEN ELECTRICITY IN DON BOSCO MATUNGA

BIS mumbai

BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE # 1755

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GREEN ELECTRICITY IN DON BOSCO MATUNGA

 

Crescens Lemos sdb

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 10, 2010: Climate change, green house effect, Copenhagen etc… is much being talked about.  However besides talking, Don Bosco Matunga decided to 'DO' something about it.  Don Bosco, Matunga is happy to be a part of the green team, and this time taking it to another level altogether.  Don Bosco, Matunga is one of the first schools to place solar cells or better known as Solar Photovoltaic cells on the rooftop for the production of Green Electricity.  The cost for fossil fuels is increasing gradually and so is the supply.  Not much of the fossil fuels are left in the earth's reservoirs'.  Considering the fact that the student is reading this in his text book it was deemed necessary to give it a practical application.  Thus in order to enhance the learning capacity of the student, (seeing is believing) the management opted to install the solar photovoltaic project.  This is also an eye opener for many of the students.  We need to make our education more meaningful.  Considering this as a Pilot project we hope to take it ahead so that one day we will say Don Bosco, Matunga is a school functioning on green energy. This is the green generation, to make the planet beautiful and clean.

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BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE (BIS) MUMBAI 

Don Bosco Provincial House,

Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019

Email: bis@donboscomumbai.org

Website: www.donboscomumbai.org

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BIS #1754 COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT VIRAR

 

BIS mumbai

BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE # 1754

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COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE AT VIRAR

 

Loreen Fernandes

VIRAR, FEBRUARY 5, 2010: The Resurrection Church at Virar added another feather to its cap with the launch of the Community Care Centre on January 31, 2010. The concept was suggested by the parishioners and was duly supported by Fr. Edwin keeping in mind the needs of the parishioners, many of whom are economically disadvantaged. The CCC also aims at making individuals financially self-sufficient by training them in order to secure gainful employment. Services provided by the CCC include guidance in the field of medicine, law, counseling, finance and employment. Well qualified professionals in each of the above mentioned fields will render their services on a voluntary basis every fortnight, as per a time schedule. As part of its infra-structure, the CCC includes an employment bureau, that will liaison between potential employers and those seeking employment in different fiends including catering and domestic work. Computer knowledge is available too. Training in the field of tailoring will be introduced first.   It is our sincere desire that the CCC achieves its noble mission and benefits multitude of our parishioners. God bless the parish team, the founding members and the advisory board.

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BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE (BIS) MUMBAI 

Don Bosco Provincial House,

Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019

Email: bis@donboscomumbai.org

Website: www.donboscomumbai.org

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BIS #1752 DON BOSCOS MONTH

Rita D’Souza
NERUL, FEBRUARY 4, 2010: Don Bosco Senior Secondary School, Nerul celebrated the month of Don Bosco with great fervor and enthusiasm. Various activities like drawing and painting depicting an aspect of Don Bosco’s life or work; short essays on ’What Don Bosco means to me”, notice boards and posters on Don Bosco’s life and sanctity, and even a Power point presentation prepared by a particular class, poems and learning as many hymns dedicated to Don Bosco, were undertaken in the school. The children were actively involved in all these activities, which made it a success.

Reflections by a student and Novena prayers to Don Bosco were recited during the morning assembly everyday starting January 22, 2010. A ‘Good morning talk’ was given by different teachers on Don Bosco, each day, illustrating their thoughts with incidents from his life.

During the same week, the art teacher Mrs. Kiran Mhatre conducted a Drawing competition in the school. The topic for the drawing competition was ‘Life of Don Bosco’. Children from Class I and II had a colouring competition and Class III to VIII had a painting competition. The children, class wise, were shown a movie on the life of Don Bosco. A Notice Board competition was held where in each class had to decorate the notice board of their class keeping in mind the topic ‘Don Bosco’.

On January 30, 2010 the school organized a cultural program for the students. All the catholic students had Mass in the A.V hall together with a few parents and the Non Catholics had a prayer service in the assembly hall. After the prayer service and mass all the children gathered together in the assembly hall for a well prepared cultural programme. A Prayer Dance by class VIII , Speeches, Hymns, Thoughts on Don Bosco, Action Songs by the Pre-Primary, Quotes from Don Bosco, A Skit – ‘Right Man for the Job’ by Class VII and VIII, Choral Recitation of a poem on Don Bosco, by Class IV were the various programs put forth by the students.

Overall, the entire month of January contributed to the spiritual growth and increase in the knowledge of Don Bosco, at Don Bosco, Nerul.