The Jubilee of 2025 and the Jubilee Basilicas
BSOL Editor On December 24, 2024, on Christmas Eve, the Pope opened the Bronze Door in St....
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Interview with Fr. John Zosiama, Provincial of Shillong, India (INS)
We interviewed the new inspector of Shillong, India, Fr John ZOSIAMA. A special region in...
The Days of Salesian Spirituality
This year, the XLIII Days of Salesian Spirituality will take place from January 16 to...
Interview with the new inspector of Japan, Fr Francis HAMASAKI
We interviewed the new inspector of Japan, Don Francesco HAMASAKI. It is always nice to...
Community of the Mission of Don Bosco, a story of “family” and “prophecy”
The Salesian Family, born from Don Bosco’s intuition, has continued to grow over time...
Christmas 2024
We wish all our readers a Holy Christmas, enriched by the Lord’s blessings, and a...
The Cardinal Protectors of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco
From the very beginning, the Salesian Society had, like many other religious orders, a cardinal...
“Corso respire” 2024. Salesian missionary renewal course
The Mission Sector of the Salesian Congregation, with its headquarters in Rome, organised a Missionary...
Blessed Michael Rua.The Consecration of our Pious Society to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
On 24 October last, the Holy Father wished to renew devotion to the Sacred Heart...
The Salesian presence in Ethiopia and Eritrea
The Salesian mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea had its beginnings in 1975, when the first...
Halloween: a holiday to celebrate?
Wise men tell us that to understand an event, one must know what its origin...
John Lee Tae Seok (1962-2010), a Salesian who will be spoken of again
John Lee Tae Seok, also known as ‘Fr. Jolly’, was a Korean Salesian who dedicated...
What is the ordinary activity of the devil and how to counter it
The devil’s temptation does not produce its devastating consequences if our human will, with God’s...
One million children pray the Rosary
‘If one million children pray the Rosary, the world will change’ (St Pio of Pietrelcina...
Blessed Alberto Marvelli: a beacon of faith and social commitment in the 20th century
In the panorama of the great witnesses of faith of the 20th century, the name...
Missionaries 2024
On Sunday 29 September, at 12:30 p.m. (UTC+2),at the basilica of Mary Help of Christians...
A Blessed in Chambéry. Camille Costa de Beauregard, Founder of “Le Bocage”
Camille Costa de Beauregard (1841-1910), a Savoyard priest born in Chambéry, could have taken advantage...
Spreading Don Bosco’s missionary spirit
We are approaching the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition...
Interview with Nelson Javier MORENO RUIZ, Provincial of Chile
Fr Nelson is 57 years old and was born in the city of Concepción on...
Interview with Fr Luis Víctor SEQUEIRA GUTIÉRREZ, Provincial of the Angola Province
We asked Fr Luis Víctor SEQUEIRA GUTIÉRREZ, the new Provincial of the Angola Province (ANG),...
Interview with Fr Aurélien MUKANGWA, Superior of the Africa Congo Congo Vice-Province
We put a few questions to Fr Aurélien MUKANGWA, Superior of the Africa Congo Congo...
A Salesian, Director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Lithuania
On 16 June 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelisation,...
Communication Conference 2024, Shaping Tomorrow
From 1 to 7 August 2024 a Conference on Communication, entitled “Shaping Tomorrow”, will be...
Exhibition for the 200th anniversary of Don Bosco’s dream
Dialogue between past, present and future: temporary exhibition for the 200th anniversary of Don Bosco’s...
Don Bosco in the Solomon Islands
Accompanied by a local Salesian, we get to know a significant educational presence in Oceania. ...
Interview with Fr Philippe BAUZIERE, Provincial Brazil Manaus
We asked Fr Philippe BAUZIERE, the new Provicial of Brazil Manaus (BMA) to answer a...
Interview with Fr Francisco LEZAMA, Provincial of Uruguay
We asked Fr Francisco LEZAMA, the new Provincial of Uruguay (URU), a few questions for...
Interview with don Alexandre Luís de Oliveira, Provincial of the Salesian Province of São Paulo
We asked Fr Alexandre Luís de Oliveira, the newProvincial of the Salesian Province of São...
Don Bosco’s educational journey (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) The market for young workers The historical time in which Don...
Missionaries in the Netherlands
In the common imagination ‘missions’ are about the south of the world, in reality it...
Don Bosco’s educational journey (1/2)
Following the paths of the heart Don Bosco wept at the sight of the boys...
The work of the Salesians in the Maghreb
The Salesians are in 136 countries around the world, including several countries in North Africa,...
Nino, a young man like so many… meets the purpose of life in his Lord
Nino Baglieri was born in Modica Alta on 1 May 1951 to his mother...
The growing seed of the Salesian charism in the Bangladesh mission
We met Fr Joseph Cosma Dang, a Vietnamese Salesian serving in Bangladesh, who told us...
Mother Rosetta Marchese: deeply Salesian educator because rooted in Christ
Mother Rosetta Marchese, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, was Superior General from 1981 to...
The Venerable Simon Srugi, salesian lay brother
Simon Srugi was born on 15 April 1877 and grew up in a Greek-Melkite family...
Canillitas. Child labour in the Dominican Republic (video)
Child labour is not a reality of the past, unfortunately. There are still around 160...
1954-2024: 70 years since the canonisation of Dominic Savio
The canonisation of Dominic Savio took place under the symbol of the Immaculate Conception. It...
St Joseph – a Father’s Heart (video)
St Joseph, the foster-father of Jesus, is a not a well known saint, Little has...
Patagonia, in the letters of the first missionaries
Arrival in Patagones and start of the work The first Salesians finally established their mission...
Servant of God Akash Bashir
On 25 February, we celebrated the feast of our Salesian protomartyrs, Bishop Aloysius Versiglia...
Prayers and invocations attracting indulgences
We sometimes here the question, what is the most powerful prayer?The wording is certainly wrong,...
Episcopal ordination of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime
The Holy See announced in a press release issued by the Press Office on 5...
1924-2024. 100 years supporting the Salesian Missions. Salesian Missions Institute
The Salesian Missions Institute was erected by decree through an initiative of the Rector Major,...
Holy Easter 2024!
Christ is RISEN! Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead… (cf. 2 Tit 2:8) A...
Fr José Luis Carreño Etxeandía. A salesian with the Heart of Jesus
Fr Jose Luis Carreño has been described by the historian, Joseph Thekkedath, as “the...
Missionary in Patagonia
Patagonia, the southern region of South America, divided between Argentina and Chile, is a territory...
Salesians in Tarnowskie Góry
There is a perhaps unique place in Poland where Salesians care for young people from...
Do holy water, blessings, and other sacramentals still have value?
We are witnessing today an indifference or contempt for sacramentals. Blessings on people, water, religious...
International Congress of Mary Help of Christians
It has been a tradition since the centenary of Don Bosco’s death in 1988, that...
Salesian Protomartyrs: Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Callistus Caravario
Louis and Callistus: the same missionary vocation for the salvation of souls, but a different...
The prophecies of Don Bosco and the kings of Italy
“The family of those who steal from God does not reach the fourth generation.” The...
Alberto Marvelli, the Christian that even the Communists liked
Alberto Marvelli (1918-1946), a young man formed in the Salesian oratory in Rimini, lived his...
“I want to be useful to my people”. Lessons of life in missionary Africa
In 1995, 28 years ago, I left my beloved Argentina for missionary Africa with the...
Don Bosco’s nine-year dream. Theological – spiritual nuclei
A commentary on the theological-spiritual themes present in the nine-year dream could have such...
St Francis de Sales. Complete works and concordances
St Francis de Sales was considered a founder of a new school of spirituality, named...
The Don Bosco of Naples. The oratory of a thousand trades
The origin of the Salesian presence in Naples goes back to Don Bosco himself;...
Holy Family of Nazareth
Every year we celebrate the Holy Family of Nazareth on the last Sunday of the...
Missionary generosity in Southern Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a multicultural country, one of the...
Salesian House at Châtillon
Located in a beautiful mountainous area at the foot of the Alps, close to Switzerland,...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (10/10)
(continuation from previous article) 10. Shall we plan?As a young student, Francis de Sales (he...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (9/10)
(continuation from previous article) 9. Let us come to the pointDear young people,if we look...
The Exercise for a Happy Death in Don Bosco’s educational experience (3/5)
(continuation from previous article) 2. The litany for a happy death in the context of...
Salesians in Azerbaijan, sowers of hope
The story of a young man expressing gratitude for the work of the only Salesian...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (8/10)
(continuation from previous article) 8. Prayer or serviceDear young people,charity and prayer always go together....
Alexandre Planas Saurì, the deaf martyr (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) The Salesian He was close to the sick, the children. The...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (7/10)
(continuation from previous article) 7. Who finds a friend…?Dear young people,the gift and responsibility of...
Alexandre Planas Saurì, the deaf martyr (1/2)
Alexandre Planas Sauri, born in Mataró (Barcelona) on 31 December 1878, was a lay collaborator...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (6/10)
(continuation from previous article) 6. All is well at homeDear young people,“I think that, in...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (5/10)
(continuation from previous article) 5. After all, can I do it alone?Dear young people,I have...
Salesian Cardinals
Throughout the history of the Salesian Congregation, the popes have chosen some of its members...
Coat of arms of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime
We present the Coat of Arms of His Most Reverend Eminence, Cardinal Ángel FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (4/10)
(continuation from previous article) 4. Where is your heartDear young people,you have written to me...
Missionary experience in Peru
Interview with José Gallego Vázquez, Salesian Brother, who after many years of service in his...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (3/10)
(continuation from previous article) 3. If I do not know myself, can I be free...
Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa “father and friend of the poor”
On 22 June 2023, the Holy Father Francis received Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the...
South Asia. Don Bosco among the young
Living today don Bosco’s mission to the young especially those who are resource-poor in South...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (2/10)
(continuation from previous article) 2. What to do tomorrowDear young people,you are certainly asking yourselves:...
Tibidabo Salesian house
Located on the highest peak of the Collserola mountains, offering a beautiful view of Barcelona,...
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (1/10)
“It is not by the greatness of our deeds that we will please God, but...
Venerable Dorotea Chopitea
Who was Dorotea de Chopitea? She was a Salesian cooperator, a true mother of the...
Don Bosco. A Hail Mary at the end of Holy Mass
St John Bosco’s devotion to Our Lady is well known. The graces received from Mary...
Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Rome
In the twilight of his life, obeying a wish of Pope Leo XIII, Don Bosco...
Salesian presence in the Caribbean
Beneath the Caribbean sun, in villages full of life and joy, Don Bosco continues to...
Rector Major, Fr Angel FERNANDEZ ARTIME, appointed cardinal
At the end of the Marian prayer on Sunday, 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced...
Second Congress of Coadjutors of Africa
The Second Regional Congress of Salesian Coadjutors of the Africa-Madagascar Region was held from 24...
The Charism of Presence and Hope. A year travelling with Fr Angel
The slowdown in the pandemic has allowed the Rector Major to resume his travels to...
Servants of God John Świerc and eight Companions Martyrs. Pastors who gave their lives
Extremist ideologies, that is, ideas raised to the rank of absolute truths, always bring suffering...
Fr Giulio Barberis and his “Cronichetta”: day by day at Valdocco with Don Bosco
On 21 February 1875 some Salesians decided to set up an “historical commission” to “collect...
A protection centre for street children: in Lagos, Nigeria
In Lagos, Nigeria, in an overpopulated and growing city where more than 40 per cent...
The charge of 101. Salesian House Monterosa
“How exciting… a year ago Fr Angel was with us!”This is how we began our...
Don Bosco in Albania. A father for so many young people
The Salesian charism has put down roots in Albania, a country where the Salesian work...
Fifty years of service. Father Rolando Fernandez
Fr Rolando Fernandez, a Salesian missionary from the Philippines, currently in the community of Dili...
The stork and its duties
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird, unmistakable for its tapering red beak,...
Father Carlo Crespi “apóstol de los pobres”
On 23 March 2023, the Church – after the examination of the theological virtues of...
Don Bosco in Cambodia
Cooperation between lay people and religious for the education of the youth of Cambodia. Cambodia...
Biographical Memoirs of St John Bosco
To get to know Don Bosco and his work, recourse to the sources is essential....
Interview with Fr. VÁCLAV Klement, new Southern Africa (AFM) Provincial
Fr Václav Klement has held various positions in the General Council: Councillor for the East...
In memoriam. Don Sergio DALL’ANTONIA, sdb
Fr Sergio Dall’Antonia, Salesian missionary and founder of the Salesian presence in Romania, ended his...
God gave Don Bosco a big heart …
…without boundaries, like the shores of the sea. I feel that heart beating every day...