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It was a commitment that the province made at its inception, in response to the invitation of the Bishop to the Salesians to start an English Medium school in Gumla. He wanted that we also organize eventually a youth centre to take care of the youth of the neighbourhood.
There was already a plot of land in Gumla, which was available for the school. The initial works with regard to the land and the building of the compound wall were carried out by Fr. Joseph Varappilly (V.P) and Fr. John Kakkuzhy (K.J.). They used to come from Kereng periodically to supervise the work. After that, Fr. Jose Koorappallil (Jose Mathew), busy as he was with his duties as Assistant Parish Priest and in-charge of CCF at Kereng, generously accepted the responsibility of supervising the building work at Gumla.
The Solemn Blessing and Inauguration of the Don Bosco (Co-educational, English Medium) school took place on 1st November 2000. It was blessed by Bishop Michael Minj of Gumla and inaugurated by Fr. K.A. Joseph, the Provincial. Since, the building of the boarding was completed first, the classes began there. The foundation stone for the new school building was laid on 8th December 2002. The sprawling new school building is complete now and the classes are being held there. The High School with its labs, library etc was completed in 2010 and affiliation was granted by the ICSE Council for three years.
We, the Salesians of the Province of New Delhi, spread in the vast and predominantly pluri-cultural and multi-religious States of North India, see ourselves entering the third millennium inspired by the Salesian charism and united as one family to work for the education and evangelization of the young, especially the poor and abandoned, to strengthen the faith of our Christian communities, and to promote the development of the socially deprived and marginalized people. We seek to accomplish this through personal witness, living radically our discipleship of Jesus and communion among ourselves, and collaboration with the local ordinary, other religious congregations and groups, and especially members of the Salesian Family. Fully recognizing the proper vocation of the laity, we share with all our lay collaborators our spirit and mission by organizing moments of reflection and formation together to lead them to greater participation in our apostolic ventures and programmes. In this way we become signs and bearers of the love of God in imitation of Jesus the Good Shepherd.
Contact Person
Fr. Melchior TirkeyAddress
Bosco Nagar, Bhamni P. B. No. 10, Gumla P.O. JharkhandPincode
835 207Lohardaga, Jharkhand, India
Website
http://donbosconewdelhi.org/Contact Phone Numbers
06524 – 290 806Nearest Airport
Birsa Munda AirportNearest Railway
Lohardaga Railway Station
