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St Francis de Sales. Complete works and concordances
BSOL Editor St Francis de Sales was considered a founder of a new school of spirituality, named...
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Don Bosco and animals
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Luigi Variara the Founder who was himself ‘founded’
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Blessed Titus Zeman, martyr for vocations
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Wonders of the Mother of God invoked under the title of Mary Help of Christians (1/13)
In 1868 St John Bosco printed a publication entitled ‘Wonders of the Mother of God...
Zatti the good Samaritan for the sick, doctors and nurses (video)
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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...
Don Bosco and his mother
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Alexandre Planas Saurì, the deaf martyr (2/2)
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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...
Memoirs of the future
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Alexandre Planas Saurì, the deaf martyr (1/2)
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Venerable Constatine Vendrame: apostle of Christ
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Souls and horsepower
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Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa “father and friend of the poor”
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Don Bosco and his date of birth
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Venerable Dorotea Chopitea
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St Francis de Sales. Mary’s presence (8/8)
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Don Bosco’s gaze
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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...
St Francis de Sales. Gentleness (7/8)
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Don Bosco to Fr Orione: We will always be friends
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Father Carlo Crespi “apóstol de los pobres”
On 23 March 2023, the Church – after the examination of the theological virtues of...
St Francis de Sales. The Eucharist (6/8)
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Biographical Memoirs of St John Bosco
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St Francis de Sales. Following and seeking God’s will (5/8)
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Vera Grita, Mystic of the Eucharist
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St Francis de Sales. Trust in God Providence (4/8)
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Francis de Sales. The Da mihi animas (3/8)
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St. Francis de Sales. Friendship (2/8)
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Artemides ZATTI – Saint
VITA E OPERE San Artemide Zatti nacque a Boretto (Reggio Emilia)...
St Francis de Sales. Life (1/8)
1. The early yearsFrancis was born in the family castle at Thorens (about 20 km...
Letter Rector Major. Artemides ZATTI
«I BELIEVED, I PROMISED, I RECOVERED!»Artemides Zatti: Gospel of vocation and a Church that cares...