Don Bosco Tech opens school year

DON Bosco Technical School (DBTS) in Gabutu, Port Moresby opened the academic year with mass at the school hall on Friday.
The mass was coordinated by the Educative Pastoral Community of DBTS and was celebrated by Bishop-elect Peter Baquero of the Diocese of Kerema.
He urged the DBTS school community to be open to the bidding of the Holy Spirit.
He also encouraged all to strive to carry out the will of
God throughout the academic year.
Singsing groups from selected Grade 12 students added colour to the liturgy.
The voices of more than a thousand boys plus 75 staff members resounded as they sang hymns.
The academic year was formally opened after the mass by
DBTS rector Fr Savio Angelo Sanchez.
He explained how privileged the students were to be part of the DBTS family.
Fr Savio reminded everybody that DBTS is a Catholic school, a Salesian school, and a permitted technical school.
He urged everyone to make DBTS “a home that welcomes, a school that prepares youth for life, a parish which evangelises, and a playground where friends meet and enjoy themselves.”
The students were acknowledged and were given the opportunity to say the pledge of commitment in front of the teaching staff and others who attended the mass.
Clayton Patsik said he felt good about his new school because it focused on discipline