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...
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI
Venerable Attilio Giordani
The figure of the Venerable Attilio Giordani (1913–1972) bears witness to how the charism of...
Holiness of the Salesian Bishop
St Luigi VERSIGLIA, sdb (1873-1930) Don Bosco’s charism, centred on an educational fatherhood imbued...
Nino Baglieri: on the wings of the Spirit
This is the story of Nino Baglieri, a bricklayer from Modica whose life changed drastically...
Fr. Costantino Vendrame: Apostle of the Sacred Heart in India is Venerable
On 22 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV authorised the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints...
Light in the dark: the testimony of the nine Polish Salesian martyrs
On 6 June 2026, in the Sanctuary of St John Paul II in Krakow, the...
Carlo Braga brought Don Bosco’s heart to China
Die Gestalt von Don Carlo Braga (1889–1971) nimmt einen einzigartigen Platz in der salesianischen Missionsgeschichte...
The Servant of God Carlo Crespi: a heart for the least among us
The figure of the Servant of God Carlo Crespi (1891–1982) stands as one of the...
The Martyrdom of the Servants of God Jan Świerc and 8 Companions
Among the most painful and luminous pages in the history of the Church during the...
Salesian Holiness 2025
Download the 2025 Salesian Holiness poster The Salesian Postulation presents the 2025 annual dossier, documenting...
‘I came to serve and give my life’. Rudolf Lunkenbein (1939-1976)
In July 1976, in the heart of the Brazilian Mato Grosso, a young German Salesian...
Maria Troncatti: woman of reconciliation and peace
Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, is a witness of consecrated life “in...
In Don Bosco’s footsteps: Blessed Michael Rua (1837-1910)
“We will always go halves!” At 9 years of age Michael (already fatherless) was admitted...
The hands of Sister Maria Troncatti
Sister Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, declared a saint on 19 October...
On 20th October, the Novena of Blessed Michele Rua begins
Blessed Michele Rua (1837-1910) represents an extraordinary figure in the history of Salesian spirituality. As...
To the heights! Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
“Dearest young people, our hope is Jesus. It is He, as Saint John Paul II...
The Evangelical Radicality of Blessed Stefano Sándor
Stefano Sándor (Szolnok 1914 – Budapest 1953) was a Salesian coadjutor martyr. A cheerful and...
Venerable Francesco (Francis) Convertini, pastor according to the Heart of Jesus
The venerable Father Francesco Convertini, a Salesian missionary in India, emerges as a shepherd after...
Salesian Holiness 2024
Every year, the postulator for the causes of saints of the Salesian Congregation, Don Pierluigi...
Blessed Luigi Variara: 150th Anniversary of His Birth
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Luigi Variara, an extraordinary...
Andrew Beltrami virtuous profile (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) 3. Story of a soul3.1. Loving and suffering Fr Barberis sketches...
Blessed Maria Troncatti, a Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, will be canonised
On November 25th, 2024, Pope Francis authorised the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to...
Andrew Beltrami virtuous profile (1/2)
The Venerable Fr Andrea Beltrami (1870-1897) is an emblematic expression of a constitutive dimension...
Life according to the Spirit in Mamma Margaret (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) 4. Exodus to her son’s priesthood From the dream at the...
Life according to the Spirit in Mamma Margaret (1/2)
Fr Lemoyne leaves us a truly outstanding portrait in his preface to the life...
The safe tradition of Blessed Michael Rua (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) 2. Some traits of the theological virtues in Fr Rua2.1. Fr...
The safe tradition of Blessed Michael Rua (1/2)
“Be good, trust in God and paradise will be yours” (Blessed Michael RUA) Blessed...
The new rooms of the Salesian General Postulation
On 4 June 2024, the new rooms of the Salesian General Postulation located at the...
The Good Shepherd gives his life: Father Elia Comini on the 80th anniversary of his sacrifice
Monte Sole is a hill in the Apennines near Bologna that until the Second...
Salesian holiness
The Holy Spirit unceasingly continues the hidden work in souls, leading them to holiness. Not...
Luigi Variara the Founder who was himself ‘founded’
‘Founded’ in a glance that marked a lifetime Louis Variara was born on 15 January...
Blessed Titus Zeman, martyr for vocations
A man destined for elimination Titus Zeman was born in Vajnory, near Bratislava (in Slovakia),...
Zatti the good Samaritan for the sick, doctors and nurses (video)
“Zatti – hospital”Zatti and the hospital were an inseparable pair. Fr Entraigas remembers that when...
The great gift of holiness of Artemides Zatti, Salesian brother (video)
The chronicle of the Salesian college in Viedma recalls that, according to custom, on...
Blessed Michael Rua, an outstanding bloom from the garden of the Immaculate Conception Sodality
Dominic Savio arrived at the Valdocco Oratory in the autumn of 1854, at the...
Vera Grita, Mystic of the Eucharist
On the centenary of the birth of the Servant of God Vera Grita, a...
Artemides ZATTI – Saint
VITA E OPERE San Artemide Zatti nacque a Boretto (Reggio Emilia)...