The Exercise for a Happy Death in Don Bosco’s educational experience (2/5)
P. Aldo GIRAUDO (continuation from previous article) 1. The exercise for a happy death in Salesian institutions and...
Don Bosco
Have you thought about your vocation? St Francis de Sales could help you (7/10)
BSOL Editor (continuation from previous article) 7. Who finds a friend…?Dear young people,the gift and responsibility of...
The Exercise for a Happy Death in Don Bosco’s educational experience (1/5)
The annual All Souls Day commemoration presents us with reality that no one can deny:...
Memoirs of the future
Ángel Card. FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME We have a dream. And it is our greatest wealth Two hundred years ago, a...
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...
Don Bosco’s wandering books
Fr Francesco MOTTO In a circular letter Don Bosco wrote in July 1885: “The good book even enters...
Don Bosco and the marenghi
P. Natale CERRATO In 1849, the printer G. B. Paravia published Il sistema metrico decimale ridotto a...
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...
Souls and horsepower
Don Bosco wrote at night by candlelight, after a day spent in prayer, talks, meetings,...
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...
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...
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:...
Don Bosco and his date of birth
The archives speak of 16 August: but there is a curious and affectionate interpretation. The...
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...
Don Bosco and door-to-door waste collection
Who would have thought it? Don Bosco as an early ecologist? Don Bosco pioneering door-to-door...
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...
Don Bosco’s gaze
But who would believe it? Don Bosco’s ‘vision’ was such that he… saw so many...
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...
The story of the construction of the Church of Mary Help of Christians (3/3)
(continuation from previous article) Always in actionBut Providence must also be “sought”. And in August...
The story of the construction of the Church of Mary Help of Christians (2/3)
(continuation from previous article) The LotteryThe authorisation was granted very quickly, so the complex machine...
Don Bosco to Fr Orione: We will always be friends
Saint Louis Orione: “My most beautiful years were those spent in the Salesian Oratory.” An...
The story of the construction of the Church of Mary Help of Christians (1/3)
“Our Lady did it all”, we are used to reading in Salesian spiritual literature, to...
Biographical Memoirs of St John Bosco
To get to know Don Bosco and his work, recourse to the sources is essential....
Don Bosco and his daily crosses
Don Bosco’s life had much suffering but he bore it all with heroic humility and...
Don Bosco, la Salette, Lourdes
In the month that recalls the apparitions at Lourdes for us, we take the opportunity...
Bullying. A new thing? It was also around in Don Bosco’s time
It is certainly no mystery for those who know the “living reality” of Valdocco, so...
Don Bosco and the Bible
In a chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation promulgated by the Second Vatican...