Sunday 31 October 2010: Halloween Costume Party

Youth club members dressed up in amazing costumes for the Halloween Party; there was an Angel Gabriel, princesses, witches, a joker and many more. The youth presented a fashion show with prizes being given for the best costume. There was also an impersonator talent contest with some very good performances.

October 2010: Month of the Rosary

In the evening of Friday 29 October a special youth club was held to mark the month of the rosary. A statue of Mary was placed in prime position and was showered with incense. The youth sad the rosary in the dark, sang songs and performed some very moving dances.

Saturday 30 October also saw the trainees partake in a special rosary. They all bought flowers and a candle and made a giant rosary on the ground standing in special positions. It was a special sight to see.

Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October 2010: Trainees' exams

It's exam time for the trainees and a tense time for all – students and teachers alike. For the Seniors it marks the end of their time here in Don Bosco because if they pass they will proceed to On-the-Job training for a further six months. The Juniors will become the Seniors and will continue to study, develop and grow.

Thursday 14 October 2010: Foundation Day!

It's the 40^th anniversary of the St. Nino Parish today. The whole community paraded round the streets of Pasil this morning to the sound of drums sporting matching t-shirts. It was great to see such a crowd and the church was full eager to hear Fr. Andy's explanation of the history of the parish. In the evening, the youth centre was transformed and a large buffet was served. There was a programme of many dance performances from various groups in the community. The youth club had choreographed a new dance especially for the event.

The Salesians of Don Bosco entered Pasil in 1967. Originally it was a Cebu Boys' Center under the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, the Salesians, represented by Fr. Luis Ricciarelli and the Society of the Divine Word Fathers joined hands and embarked on a project committed to help alleviate the sad plight of Cebu's wayward youths, thus helping curb the city's rapidly increasing juvenile delinquency problem. Such help was formally strengthened in 1969 with the opening of the Don Bosco Pasil Youth Oratory Center where youngsters had various programs, and where the community residents in general, could undertake recreational activities in the absence of parks and playgrounds in the district. Their efforts, fueled with the Salesians' strong desire to help the community, especially the young, extended to the administration of the newly established Church in the area, the Sto. Nino Parish in 1970. This later led to the establishment of the Skills Tarining Center in the early 1980s that provided vocational skills training to poor but deserving out-of-school youth to keep them off the streets from its evils and ploys.