Novena to Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa
BSOL Editor A cross that appeared in 1832 on the earth of Balasar, Portugal, awaited, seventy years...
September 2026
Do not be afraid
P. Fabio ATTARD A reflection on Mt 10:26-33 When Jesus extends the invitation to “not be afraid”...
Don Elia Comini, Blessed
Yesterday, in the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, the Salesian priest Don Elia Comini...
The shepherd who did not flee: the story of Fr. Elia Comini
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI In the autumn of 1944, the Bolognese Apennines became the theatre of one of the...
Interview with Fr. Ignacio José Laventure Otegui, the new superior of Ethiopia
From Uruguay to Ethiopia, via Ireland: the journey of Fr. Ignacio José LAVENTURE OTEGUI is...
St. Francis de Sales discovers the Song of Songs
P. Wirth MORAND At seventeen, in the heart of the Parisian carnival, Francis de Sales was looking for...
Getting to know Don Bosco (17). Giuseppe Buzzetti
Fr Bruno FERRERO Joseph Buzzetti, a young bricklayer captivated by Don Bosco, was among the first and most...
“Prayer is the air I breathe”. Interview with Fr. Peter Chinweike Morba, new Provincial of Africa Nigeria Niger
He did not grow up in a Salesian environment. A maternal uncle, passing through Onitsha...
A long history with real faces. Salesian missions in Malaysia (1/1)
Salesian missions are not a chapter of history: they are names, faces, biographies in progress....
The preventive system (7/7). The retrospective look. The exposition of the Biographical Memoirs
We continue with the seventh and final instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s...
The preventive system (6/7). To a formator of priests. The reply to the rector of the Seminary of Montpellier, Dupuy
We continue with the sixth instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s preventive system....
The preventive system (5/7). Invitation to read the book by Alberto DU BOYS, “Don Bosco and the Pious Salesian Society”
We continue with the fifth instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s preventive system....
The preventive system (4/7). The letter to the Minister of the Interior Francis Crispi
We continue with the fourth instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s preventive system....
The preventive system (3/7). Appendix to the Inauguration of the Patronage of St. Peter in Nice
We continue with the third instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s preventive system....
The preventive system (2/7). The dialogue with the teacher Francesco Bodrato
We continue with the second instalment on the main texts of Don Bosco’s preventive system....
The preventive system (1/7). The conversation with the Minister of the Interior Urbano Rattazzi
Introduction to the series on the main texts of the preventive system A method...
Getting to know Don Bosco (16). Giovanni Cagliero
The story of John Cagliero begins in 1851 when, as a young boy, he asked...
Prophecy of 1870: Paris, Church, Italy
St John Bosco Solemn Prophecy: The Future of Paris, Rome, and the Church: A Warning and Encouragement to...
The evidence
A priest was having a conversation about faith and religion with a friend who professed...
Season of Creation: 1st September – 4th October
From 1 September to 4 October, from the Day of Prayer for Creation to the...