Rectors Major of the Salesian Congregation
BSOL Editor The Salesian Congregation, founded in 1859 by Saint John Bosco, has had at its head...
Salesians
Election of the first Rector Major
During the eleventh General Chapter of the Salesian Congregation, the first Rector Major, Fr. Paolo...
The Cemetery Boys
The ordeal of abandoned young people continues to resonate in the contemporary world. Statistics speak...
150th anniversary of the first missionary expedition. Missionary Day
The Mission Sector of the Salesian Congregation prepared the usual materials for Salesian Mission Day...
Leaving for the missions… trusting in dreams
Fr Francesco MOTTO Don Bosco’s missionary dreams, without anticipating the course of future events, had the flavour of...
A Mysterious and Prophetic Wheel (1861)
St John Bosco The wise man’s heart,” we read in Holy Scripture, “knows times and judgments; for there...
Interview with the new provincial fr. Domingos LEONG
Don Domingos Leong is the Superior of the “Mary Help of Christians” Province (CIN) for...
Interview to the new Superior of Malta, Fr. Eric CACHIA
Malta, a land blessed by the Apostle Paul, is an island located in the heart...
We are Don Bosco, today
P. Stefano MARTOGLIO “You will complete the work I am starting; I will make the sketch, you will...
Our guest: Father Alphonse Owoudou, Chapter Moderator
On Sunday, February 16th, 2025, at Valdocco, Turin, the twenty-ninth General Chapter of the Salesian...
Interview with the new superior Don Vincentius Prastowo
Don Vincentius Prastowo is the new Salesian provincial for Indonesia, a country that, with its...
Interview with the new Provincial Fr. Simon Zakerian
He made his First Profession in Damascus on September 8, 2002, and his Perpetual Profession...
In Memoriam. Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB
The universal Church and the Salesian Family bid farewell for the last time on December...
Interview with the New Provincial, fr. Milan Ivančević
Salesian Croatia represents a part of the Salesian Congregation that deserves special attention. In a...
Interview with the new Superior Fr Gabriel NGENDAKURIYO
We interviewed the new Superior Fr Gabriel NGENDAKURIYO, of the African Great Lakes Visitatory (AGL),...
Faith, our shield and our victory (1876)
“When I devoted myself to this part of the sacred ministry, I intended to consecrate...
Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B.: a cultured theologian between the West and the East
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, had the opportunity to know the late Cardinal Angelo Amato very...
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...
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...
Strenna 2025. Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people
INTRODUCTION. ANCHORED IN HOPE, PILGRIMS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE1. ENCOUNTERING CHRIST OUR HOPE TO RENEW DON...
The “Good Night”
P. Natale CERRATO One evening, saddened by a certain general indiscipline noticed at the Valdocco Oratory among...
Fifth missionary dream: Peking (1886)
During the night of April 9th, Don Bosco had a new missionary dream, which he...
Andrew Beltrami virtuous profile (2/2)
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI (continuation from previous article) 3. Story of a soul3.1. Loving and suffering Fr Barberis sketches...
Andrew Beltrami virtuous profile (1/2)
The Venerable Fr Andrea Beltrami (1870-1897) is an emblematic expression of a constitutive dimension...
Fr Rinaldi at the Becchi
Blessed Don Filippo Rinaldi, the third successor of Don Bosco, is remembered as an extraordinary...
Fourth Missionary Dream in Africa and China (1885)
From time to time, Divine Providence would reveal the future before the very eyes of...
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...
Great saint, great manager
It is not easy to choose, from the hundreds of unpublished letters of Don...
Third missionary dream: air travel (1885)
Don Bosco’s dream on the eve of the missionaries’ departure for America is an event...
The Salesian presence in Ethiopia and Eritrea
The Salesian mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea had its beginnings in 1975, when the first...
The Servant of God Andrej Majcen: a Salesian completely dedicated to the young
Prof. Lodovica Maria ZANET This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passing into eternity of the Servant of...
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 second missionary dream: across America (1883)
Don Bosco told this dream on September 4, at the morning session of the...
The safe tradition of Blessed Michael Rua (1/2)
“Be good, trust in God and paradise will be yours” (Blessed Michael RUA) Blessed...
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...
The Snake nd the Rosary (1862)
Part I At the “Good Night” on August 20, 1862, Don Bosco, after giving some...
Our annual gift
Traditionally, as Salesian Family we receive the Strenna every year; a gift at the beginning...
Missionaries 2024
On Sunday 29 September, at 12:30 p.m. (UTC+2),at the basilica of Mary Help of Christians...
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...
First missionary dream: Patagonia (1872)
Here is the dream that saw Don Bosco decide to start the missionary apostolate...
Spreading Don Bosco’s missionary spirit
We are approaching the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition...
A great collaborator of Don Bosco: Fr Antonio Sala
An important but practically unknown figure in the history of the early years of the...
Where was Don Bosco born?
On the first anniversary of Don Bosco’s death his Past Pupils wanted to continue...
Announcement from the Rector Major at the end of his term of office
Ángel Card. FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME To my Salesian Brothers SDBTo my brothers and sisters in the Salesian FamilyMy dear brothers...
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),...
A pergola of roses (1847)
Don Bosco’s dreams are gifts from on high to guide, warn, correct, encourage. Some of...
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,...
On wings of hope. Message from the Vicar of the Rector Major
With great simplicity, quietly and in total continuity, remaining in my service as Vicar over...
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...
The dream at 9 years of age
The series of Don Bosco’s ‘dreams’ begins with the one he had at the age...
Missionaries in the Netherlands
In the common imagination ‘missions’ are about the south of the world, in reality it...
Edmond Obrecht. I had lunch with a saint
In the biography of a famous abbot, the emotion of meeting Don Bosco. Today it...
When an educator touches the hearts of his children
The art of being like Don Bosco: “Remember that education is a matter of the...
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...
Dream of the Ten Diamonds
One of Don Bosco’s most famous dreams was the one called the “Dream of the...
The Venerable Simon Srugi, salesian lay brother
Simon Srugi was born on 15 April 1877 and grew up in a Greek-Melkite family...
Mary Help of Christians, from here to the world
Friends, readers of the Salesian Bulletin, my affectionate and warm greeting at this Easter...
Letter from Rector Major Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime
For the attention of my Salesian confreres, for the attention of our dear Salesian Family...
Patagonia, in the letters of the first missionaries
Arrival in Patagones and start of the work The first Salesians finally established their mission...
What are the requirements for entering the Salesian Society
In various parts of the world the time is approaching when some young people, attracted...
Episcopal ordination of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime
The Holy See announced in a press release issued by the Press Office on 5...
I am a Salesian and I am a Bororo
Diary of a happy and blessed missionary day Dear friends of the Salesian Bulletin,...
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...
Don Bosco’s dream is more alive than ever
Faced with everything that I am seeing in the Salesian world, I feel I can...
Salesian Protomartyrs: Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Callistus Caravario
Louis and Callistus: the same missionary vocation for the salvation of souls, but a different...
Being lovable like Don Bosco (2/2)
Fr Bruno FERRERO (continuation from previous article) 5) Being authenticIn the digital age, authentic people are very important....
“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...
Being lovable like Don Bosco (1/2)
Being lovable is a human quality that is cultivated, accepting the effort that it so...
Giuseppe Buzzetti, from migrant to first Salesian brother
Teresio BOSCO He was one of the many young migrants in 19th century Turin. He had the...
And the star stopped over a wheelchair
Encounters on Epiphany with wonderful people with a good heart and a radiant faith Dear...
Don Bosco’s last will and testament
With a will, as we know, someone disposes of their belongings for the time...
The dream at 9 years of age. Genesis of a vocation
The 9-year-old’s dream presented in ten points, the genesis of a heavenly vocation, confirmed by...
Strenna 2024. “The dream that makes you dream”
A heart that transforms “wolves” into “lambs” During my service as Rector Major I have...
Don Bosco and ecumenical dialogue
Ecumenism is a movement that arose at the beginning of the 20th century among...
Don Bosco and animals
Did Don Bosco love animals? Are they present in his life? And what relationship did...
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),...
Missionary generosity in Southern Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a multicultural country, one of the...
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...
The Exercise for a Happy Death in Don Bosco’s educational experience (1/5)
P. Aldo GIRAUDO The annual All Souls Day commemoration presents us with reality that no one can deny:...
Memoirs of the future
We have a dream. And it is our greatest wealth Two hundred years ago, a...
Don Bosco’s wandering books
In a circular letter Don Bosco wrote in July 1885: “The good book even enters...
Don Bosco and the marenghi
In 1849, the printer G. B. Paravia published Il sistema metrico decimale ridotto a...
Venerable Constatine Vendrame: apostle of Christ
The cause for the canonisation of the servant of God, Constantine Vendrame, is advancing. On...
Souls and horsepower
Don Bosco wrote at night by candlelight, after a day spent in prayer, talks, meetings,...
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...
I wish to continue to serve others… in a different way. MY NOMINATION AS CARDINAL
I feel I share the 1884 affirmation of our holy Founder, “I see more and...
The Giving of the Salesian Missionary Cross
P. Alfred MARAVILLA On 24 September the Rector Major presided at the giving of the missionary cross to...
Missionary experience in Peru
Interview with José Gallego Vázquez, Salesian Brother, who after many years of service in his...
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...
Don Bosco and his date of birth
The archives speak of 16 August: but there is a curious and affectionate interpretation. The...
Letter from the Rector Major after his appointment as cardinal
To my Salesian Brothers (sdb) To the Salesian FamilyMy dear brothers and sisters: receive my...