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As winter's grip tightens over the landscape, bringing frosty mornings, shorter days and the crunch of snow underfoot, we have the gift of Christmas in December. If you're struggling for gifts or religious Christmas cards for your loved ones, have a look at our bookshop for some ideas.

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News - December, 2025

December, 2025

 Vatican – The Servants of God Jan Świerc and 8 Fellow Martyrs will be beatified on 6 June 2026

Vatican – The Servants of God Jan Świerc and 8 Fellow Martyrs will be beatified on 6 June 2026

Posted: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:16

(ANS - Vatican City) - On 18 November 2025, His Excellency Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State, informed Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General of the Causes of the Saints of the Salesian Family, that at the disposition of the Holy Father Leo XIV, the Rite of Beatification of the Venerable Servants of God Jan Świerc and 8 Companions will take place...

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Salesian Sisters Opening Mass at their new Provincial House

Salesian Sisters Opening Mass at their new Provincial House

Posted: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 09:20

The Salesian Sisters have moved into their newly refurbished Provincial House.

Fr Hugh Preston SDB and Fr Augustine Unuakhe SDB visited to say the first Mass, bless all of the rooms, and gave the Sisters a blessing in their new Headquarters.

"Lord, we ask that You bless this house. May all who enter here be blessed with Your peace hope, joy and love"

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DBMoJo team visit to GBR Youth Ministry

DBMoJo team visit to GBR Youth Ministry

Posted: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 06:58

For one of their final meetings in 2025, Salesian Youth Ministry invited the team at DBMoJo to teach them about Mobile Journalism.

Fr Maciej Makula SDB and Ola Stankiewicz spent the weekend of the 28th-30th November with Youth Ministry at Savio House.

DBMoJo demonstrated the variety of techniques that those in Youth Ministry could use to dynamically share the news, and maximise the reach of, their work...

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Students at St John Bosco Arts College sleep in school to raise funds for homeless charity

Students at St John Bosco Arts College sleep in school to raise funds for homeless charity

Posted: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:18

Students from St John Bosco Arts College, Croxteth, recently took part in a school sleepover to raise vital funds for a Liverpool-based homeless and housing charity.

45 Year 7 students took part in the sleepover that raised £150 for The Whitechapel Centre and saw them take part in a variety of activities and discussions about homelessness so they could truly understand the positive impact their...

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Sunday Reflection - 2nd Sunday of Advent (Year A)

Sunday Reflection - 2nd Sunday of Advent (Year A)

Posted: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 12:24

We are already at the second Sunday of Advent. Christmas isn't far away. Many houses and shops are already decorated, lights are glittering, carols are being sung. Do our readings today give us any indications about what kind of person we are preparing for?

Our first reading today is taken from the prophet Isaiah, as on each of the Advent Sundays. The prophet is looking into the future in hope, dreaming...

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Year 13 Philosophy Conference

Year 13 Philosophy Conference

Posted: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 11:31

On Wednesday 26 November, Year 13 students took part in an enriching A-Level conference at St John Bosco College, Battersea. The event brought together students from four Salesian schools; Farnborough, Chertsey, Battersea and Bolton, for a day of academic collaboration and intellectual challenge.

The conference featured two distinguished speakers whose work is central to the A Level Philosophy and Ethics...

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