A Note from our (Acting) Treasurer
Friday the 1st of January
Dear Salesian Cooperators,
I have just finished the end of year accounts for the Salesian Cooperators GBR Province and they show a healthy bank balance a little over £2000. We did however make a loss of a little over £350 in 2020.
The money held by the Provincial Council is vital to enab...
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Chertsey Programme 2020/2021
Monday the 5th of October
The Chertsey Centre have published their programme for the 2020/21 year. Their Coordinator, Ken Greaney, writes:
The theme of the last annual programme - drawing on the Rector Major's Strenna for 2020 - concentrated our monthly input topics around the "Our Father". This coming year - where the...
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Salesian Cooperator a step closer to Sainthood
Monday the 7th of September
The Servant of God Fr Felice Canelli (1880-1977), Salesian Cooperator and diocesan priest of the Diocese of San Severo (Foggia) was the father and the caring brother of the SDB and FMA of the city and with the lay forces of the Salesian Family, under the banner of "good Christians and honest citizen...
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Chertsey: Review of the Year 2019/20
Thursday the 23rd of July
Ken Greaney, Co-ordinator of the Chertsey Cooperators, shares his review of the Chertsey Centre's Programme for 2019/2020.
At our first Mass and Meeting of our programmed 2019/2020 year - September 20th 2019 - none of us could ever have envisaged the Coronavirus scenario and the d...
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Launch of New Website
Tuesday the 7th of July
Launch of salesiancooperators.uk
On Tuesday 7 July, the Memorial of Blessed María Romero Meneses FMA, we are delighted to launch our new website for the Salesian Cooperators in the Province of St Thomas of Canterbury (Great Britain).
Founded by Don Bosco himself, Salesian Cooperators are part...
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Provincial Council Meeting - June 2020
Wednesday the 17th of June
On Saturday 13 June the Provincial Council held their latest meeting. The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily put on hold our efforts to move meetings around the Province so this meeting was held remotely, from our homes, via video conferencing.
Jessica (Provincial Co-ordinator) welcomed everyone to...
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Don Bosco Day Celebrations in Manchester
Wednesday the 17th of June
On Saturday 1 February seven Salesian Cooperators joined a gathering of the Salesian Family in Manchester for the annual celebration of the Feast of Don Bosco.
The celebrations began with the group joining the Parish Mass at St Mary's The Hidden Gem church in the City centre. Fr Martin Coyle S...
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New Salesian Cooperator
Wednesday the 17th of June
On the Feast of our Founder, St John Bosco, we welcomed our newest Salesian Cooperator as Dan Antonio made his Promise.
Dan, who teaches at Thornleigh Salesian College, made his commitment as part of the college's Don Bosco Day Celebrations during an assembly attended by the whole of year 7. F...
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