Don Bosco in a stagecoach
P. Natale CERRATO How far and how did the Saint of Youth travel? Let us retrace these paths....
journeys
Towards the 150th anniversary of the departure of the first FMA missionaries
BSOL Editor After celebrating 150 years since the first missionary expedition of the Salesians of Don Bosco,...
Fr. Giovanni Bocchi (1929-2016). A Salesian missionary between Italy and Cameroon
May 2026 will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Fr. Giovanni Bocchi, a...
Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano
In Genazzano, a small village in Lazio, an extraordinary Marian icon has been venerated for...
Maria Troncatti: woman of reconciliation and peace
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, is a witness of consecrated life “in...
150 Years of the First Missionary Expedition. To thank, to rethink, to relaunch
150 years have passed since the First Salesian Missionary Expedition. But the 150th Salesian Missionary...
Discourse of the Rector Major in Catania. Called to be signs of hope
P. Fabio ATTARD On 27 September 2025, Father Fabio Attard, Rector Major of the Salesians, received honorary citizenship...
The hands of Sister Maria Troncatti
Sister Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, declared a saint on 19 October...
Don Bosco and the Church of the Holy Shroud
The Holy Shroud of Turin, one of Christianity’s most revered relics, has a thousand-year history...
Visiting Rome with Don Bosco. Chronicle of his first trip to Rome
St John Bosco The first time Don Bosco went to Rome was in 1858, from February 18 to...
Fr. Peter Ricaldone is Reborn in Mirabello Monferrato
Fr. Peter Ricaldone (Mirabello Monferrato, 27 April 1870 – Rome, 25 November 1951) was the...
St Dominic Savio. The places of his childhood
Saint Dominic Savio, the “little great saint,” lived his brief but intense childhood among the...
If Patagonia must wait… let’s go to Asia
Fr Francesco MOTTO The expansion of Salesian missionaries in Argentina during the second half of the 19th century...
Leaving for the missions… trusting in dreams
Don Bosco’s missionary dreams, without anticipating the course of future events, had the flavour of...
The history of the Salesian missions (1/5)
The 150th anniversary of the Salesian missions will be held on November 11, 2025. We...
Fifth missionary dream: Peking (1886)
During the night of April 9th, Don Bosco had a new missionary dream, which he...
Fr Rinaldi at the Becchi
Blessed Don Filippo Rinaldi, the third successor of Don Bosco, is remembered as an extraordinary...
Third missionary dream: air travel (1885)
Don Bosco’s dream on the eve of the missionaries’ departure for America is an event...
When an educator touches the hearts of his children
Ángel Card. FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME The art of being like Don Bosco: “Remember that education is a matter of the...
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...