Don Bosco Pasil

Official Name: Don Bosco Training Center and Youth Center - Pasil

Parokya ni Sto. Niño of Don Bosco Pasil

Location: L. Flores Street, Pasil, Cebu City

Primary Service:Parish – Training Center –Youth Center – Social Services

Salesian Community

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History

Parish
In 1977, the Santo Niño Parish of the community was entrusted to the administration of the Salesians by His Eminence, the late Cardinal Rosales.

Youth Center

Youth signifies hope and promise for the future. But this hope and promise cannot be realized if the youth of today are not properly trained and educated

to meet life’s challenges and difficulties. Idleness with poverty as a result of being an out-of-school has forced the young people of Pasil to engage in drug addiction and in crimes.

Social Services
Through Don Bosco Youth Center, Don Bosco Pasil provides social services to the children, the youth and the families in the area through the following: Nutrition Program, Scholarship Program, Medical and Dental Assistance, Free Clinic Program, Loan Assistance Program and the Daily Oratory. Don Bosco Pasil serves over 1,500 individuals through these social services and nearly 500 families.

Vocational Training Center

Concerned with this alarming and growing problem, Don Bosco Fathers and Brothers organized and established in 1969 the Manpower Training Center to specifically provide skills training program to poor but deserving out-of–school of the area and arm them with skills they needed to uplift their conditions in life and better still, to keep them off the streets from its evils and ploys.

In keeping with chronological development sweeping the country and the industry’s demand for highly competent workers, Don Bosco- Pasil has organized its training program to specialization of Machine Shop, Automotive, Welding, Woodworking, and Dressmaking. This is also an answer to the demand of Cebu’s Economic Boom.

Courses Offered

Wood and Furniture Technology
Automotive Technology
Mechanical Technology
Dress Making Technology

Requirements for Enrollment

• Birth Certificate
• Diploma
• Report Card
• 1 x1 4 pcs ID Pic
• 2 x 2 ID Pic
• Brown Envelope- Long
• Chest X-ray
• Brgy Clearance
• Police Clearance

Salesian Community
Bro. Carlomagno Bacalla - Training Director/ in-charge: Alumni
Fr. Leonard Mcmanus - confessor
Fr. Adrian Mendoza - Assistant Parish Parish/ Youth Center
Fr. Donato Ofina - Rector/ Parish Priest/Administrator/ in-charge: Cooperators


Directory
Don Bosco Youth Center
L. Flores St., Pasil
Cebu City

P.O. Box 591
6000 Cebu City
PHILIPPINES

+ 63 (032) 261-00-10 Youth Center
+ 63 (032) 261-00-62 Parish
+ 63 (032) 262-05-33 FAX

E-Mail pasildb@cebu.pw.net.ph


History
Don Bosco-Pasil is situated in one of Cebu’s most depressed areas. It serves 5.000 children and young people in its youth and training centers and serves thousands more of the local families in its social services – medical clinic, feeding center, scholarship program. It traces its roots in 1967 when the Aboitizes, the Salesians and the SVD Fathers joined hands and embarked on a project, called Cebu Boys’ Center, designed to alleviate the sad plight of Cebu’s wayward youths to curb the burgeoning juvenile delinquency problem of the city.

Following the devastating typhoon hit Cebu City with Pasil district suffering the most damage, Fr. Luis Ricciarelli offered his services by facilitating contributions from various social agencies of the city. The Salesians started their apostolate in the area slowly building the Don Bosco Youth and Training Center. The Center was built to reach out and provide guidance to out-of-school youths who would otherwise be victims of various kinds of social evils when left unattended to.

During these last few years changes favorable to the creation of a more dignified community have taken place. Among the factors that contribute to the community’s social upliftment one can mention the growing sense of pride among the residents as well as the valuable contribution of the various government agencies and private civic groups. Together with these bodies Don Bosco- Pasil offers a strong, continuing program of total human development of the community.

Source from: http://www.donbosco-fis.org