Fr. Edwin D'Souza SDB

May the Lord bless you and take care of you,

May the Lord be kind and gracious to you,

May the Lord look on you with favor and give you peace (Num. 6: 24 – 26)

This blessing is my prayer for you and your dear ones as we begin this New Year. Each New Year comes as a grace from God, which is his gift that we have not deserved. We are given time, that we may spend it in His loving service. For you, I pray that it may be a year filled with blessings, courage and the strength and grace to face the challenges that are an unavoidable part of life. I wish you a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year 2026

Thank you very much for your generous support towards all our works for the poor, the marginalized and youth in our care. Thanks to you and the thousands of generous benefactors like you, we, the Salesians of Don Bosco, can continue to assist, support, and sustain these poor and marginalized youngsters.

January is the month dedicated to our Father St. John Bosco, whose feast we keep on the 31st of January. All our students and seminarians will be preparing with great fervor and enthusiasm for this great feast, with a Solemn Novena beginning on the 22nd of this month. You, your dear ones and all your intentions will be especially remembered in our prayers during the Novena. 

We began this year with the feast of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who is our Mother too. She is ‘the proven pathway to God’. May she help us grow closer to her Son Jesus in this New Year. At the outset, let us place this whole year under her care and protection. With the experience of the last two years, we could ask what this year will have in store for us, let us not be afraid. Let us ‘TRUST IN GOD’ and be open to His blessings. Let us face 2026 with optimism…for…GOD IS IN CHARGE.

I remain

Yours sincerely and gratefully,