The Leisure of Don Bosco
P. Natale CERRATO The concept of “doing nothing” didn’t exist in Don Bosco’s mind, not even when he...
July 2026
Cina 1926-2026: A Hundred Years of Grace
BSOL Editor On 28 May 2026, Salesian China Province of Mary Help of Christians (CIN) became 100...
Getting to know Don Bosco (13). The theologian Giovanni Borel
Fr Bruno FERRERO Anonymous, Portrait of Don Giovanni Borel (1801–1873), late 19th century, tempera on copper, 37.5 ×...
Don Bosco and Saints Joachim and Anne
Saints Joachim and Anne, oil on canvas by Guido Guidi, 1914. Basilica of the Sacred...
Saint Francis de Sales, Missionary
P. Wirth MORAND Don Bosco saw in Saint Francis de Sales not only a master of gentleness, but...
Holiness of the Salesian Bishop
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI St Luigi VERSIGLIA, sdb (1873-1930) Don Bosco’s charism, centred on an educational fatherhood imbued...
The Catacombs of San Callisto and the Salesian presence: An encounter between history and faith
Along the Via Appia Antica, in the heart of early Christian Rome, the Catacombs of...
Don Bosco and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
On 16 July, the Church celebrates the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount...
Called, sent, committed. A Salesian life in service of the mission
In the life of a Salesian missionary, the mission rarely stems from a project built...
For a sport without a homeland and without colour
Don Bosco knew it well: play and music are the simplest paths to enter the...
Get to know Don Bosco (12). Saint Joseph Cafasso
Saint Joseph Cafasso, Piero Dalle Ceste (1938), above the altar dedicated to him in the...
Nino Baglieri: on the wings of the Spirit
This is the story of Nino Baglieri, a bricklayer from Modica whose life changed drastically...
Three Illustrious Judges (1860)
St John Bosco It is to this divine goodness that Father Bonetti alludes when...
The coffee lesson
A group of professors, all successful in their respective careers, met to visit their old...
Don Bosco and the devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
The relic of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, kept behind the altar of the...