A Living Rosary
Rosario “Charito” Melchor is named after Our Lady’s Holy Rosary. She vividly recalls that each day, her grandmother Doña Maria de Leon Mendoza would gather her children and grandchildren to pray the rosary on their knees before the statue of the Birheng Maria at 6 pm daily. Her mother, also named Maria Rosario, would pray […]
A Good Samaritan in Siargao
Kenneth Shaw graduated in 1978 from Don Bosco Mandaluyong and is now a very successful businessman. He put up Siargao Town Center and brought in establishments like Puregold supermarket, Handy Man hardware, and next in line is Mercury Drugstore. Thus, when Super Typhoon Odette hit Siargao last December 16, 2021, it was just natural for […]
Striving for a Greener Future
The Philippines is the country most exposed to natural calamities because of its geographic location. It is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a large Pacific Ocean region where many of the Earth’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The archipelago is also in the Typhoon Belt. Tropical cyclones that hit the country generally produce […]
Bringing God to the Work Place
It all started with a school project. Bengie and Pebbles Puyat are the owners of Thousand Oaks Packaging Corporation (TOPC), a company that manufactures corrugated carton boxes and other allied paper products. They supply their products to automotive, electronics, semiconductors, medical and food businesses. Bengie and Pebbles both studied at Don Bosco School of Theology. […]
A Holy Man in Our Midst
Archbishop Francesco Panfilo is someone nobody can ever forget. His former students describe him to be well-loved, truly relatable, sports-minded, very approachable, and full of energy. He always made himself available to anyone who needed him. When asked how his Salesian training helped him in his mission in Papua New Guinea (PNG), he said, “Salesians […]
