The Sorrows and Joys of Saint Joseph
St John Bosco Don Bosco’s devotion to Saint Joseph stemmed from his recognition of Joseph’s powerful intercession. For...
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Educating to Mercy
P. Fabio ATTARD For us as educators and evangelists, the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector...
Getting to know Don Bosco (3). Don Bosco’s brothers
Fr Bruno FERRERO Young Giovanni’s relationships with his two brothers were very different. Antonio, his difficult half-brother who...
Praying the Rosary with Bernadette of Lourdes
P. Wirth MORAND The Rosary is the spiritual heart of the Lourdes apparitions. Between February and July 1858,...
Visit of Pope Leo XIV to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome
BSOL Editor For the first Sunday of Lent in 2026, Pope Leo XIV chose not the solemnity...
Educating to the divine starting from the human with Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales proposes a pedagogy of faith that begins with human experience to...
A Report from the 44th Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family
From 15 to 18 January 2026, Valdocco hosted the 44th Spirituality Days of the Salesian...
The Sector for Youth Ministry launches #DBSchoolsGoGreen
The Sector for Youth Ministry launches #DBSchoolsGoGreen The #DBSchoolsGoGreen campaign, launched in 2026 by the...
The Wonders of Our Lady of Lourdes
In the heart of the French Pyrenees, in Lourdes, on 11 February 1858, one of...
Interview with Fr. Gábor VITÁLIS, Superior of the Hungary Province
We interviewed Fr. Gábor Vitális, the new superior of the Salesian Province of Hungary, about...
The Phylloxera (1876)
In 1876, during the third series of spiritual exercises preached in Lanzo, Don Bosco recounted...
Don Bosco and Pope Pius IX
P. Natale CERRATO Don Bosco was profoundly faithful to the Church and to Pope Pius IX, whom he...
Getting to know Don Bosco (2). Margherita, Christian Mother and Educator
The fountain of Mamma Margaret at the foot of Don Bosco Hill (1960s) Young...
The Child and the Old Man
The child: “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” The old man: “It often happens to me...
Fr. Osvaldo, in Mexico since 1969. Fidelity to the missionary charism
In the context of the 150th anniversary of the Salesian missions, the testimony of Fr....
Integrity: the surest path to charity
“The Meal in the House of the Pharisee” , James Jacques Joseph Tissot (b. Nantes,...
“Everything for you… until my last breath”
The room where Don Bosco actually breathed his last (Valdocco, Turin) “It costs me...
And who is Don Bosco?
To understand Don Bosco, one must perhaps consider contrasting judgements, the voices of the Church,...
Interview with Fr Juan Aaron CEREZO HUERTA, superior of the Mexico-México Province
Fr. Juan Aaron CEREZO HUERTA, born in Mexico City in 1968, is the new Salesian...
Don Bosco: publicist, not journalist
When speaking of Don Bosco and his relationship with the press, a misunderstanding can arise....
Educating for Citizenship with Saint Francis de Sales
“Valiant, obedient, a good citizen and magnanimous”—such were, according to Francis de Sales, some of...
Novena to Saint John Bosco
Saint John Bosco, apostle of the young and father of the orphaned, continues to be...
Getting to know Don Bosco (1). The family’s economic situation
We are launching a new column titled “Knowing Don Bosco”. Conceived by the Salesian Fr....
Don Bosco in a stagecoach
How far and how did the Saint of Youth travel? Let us retrace these paths....
Salesian Holiness 2025
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI Download the 2025 Salesian Holiness poster The Salesian Postulation presents the 2025 annual dossier, documenting...
Towards the 150th anniversary of the departure of the first FMA missionaries
After celebrating 150 years since the first missionary expedition of the Salesians of Don Bosco,...
Fr. Giuseppe Tomaselli, apostle of the good press
Fr. Giuseppe Tomaselli (1902-1989) is one of the emblematic figures of the Salesian charism of...
On the bus
A 24-year-old young man, looking through the bus window, shouted, “Dad, look, the trees are...
Strenna 2026. ‘Do whatever he tells you’
Strenna 2026. ‘Do whatever he tells you’ Believers, free to serve Commentary on Strenna 2026...
Don Bosco and the Name of Jesus
In the spirituality of Saint John Bosco, the Name of Jesus was not a mere...
Mary saves him (1878)
Set on the night of Good Friday in 1878, the story “Mary Saves Him” is...