Correcting “rebellious children” with St Francis de Sales
P. Wirth MORAND In September 1594, Francis de Sales, provost of the cathedral, arrived, accompanied by his...
virtue
The hands of God
Fr Bruno FERRERO A master was travelling with a disciple in charge of looking after the camel. One...
Nino, a young man like so many… meets the purpose of life in his Lord
BSOL Editor Nino Baglieri was born in Modica Alta on 1 May 1951 to his mother...
Mother Rosetta Marchese: deeply Salesian educator because rooted in Christ
Mother Rosetta Marchese, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, was Superior General from 1981 to...
St Francis de Sales as a young student in Paris
In 1578 Francis de Sales was 11 years old. His father, wishing to make...
Servant of God Akash Bashir
On 25 February, we celebrated the feast of our Salesian protomartyrs, Bishop Aloysius Versiglia...
Prayers and invocations attracting indulgences
We sometimes here the question, what is the most powerful prayer?The wording is certainly wrong,...
Life of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary Most Holy, earthly father of Jesus Christ (3/3)
St John Bosco (continuation from previous article) Chapter 20. Death of St Joseph. – His burial.Nunc dimittis servum...
Life of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary Most Holy, earthly father of Jesus Christ (2/3)
(continuation from previous article) Chapter 9. The Circumcision.Et vocavit nomen eius Iesum. (And he named...
Life of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary Most Holy, earthly father of Jesus Christ (1/3)
Saint Joseph is patron of the Church and also co-patron of the Salesian Congregation. From...
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)
(continuation from previous article) 5) Being authenticIn the digital age, authentic people are very important....
Alberto Marvelli, the Christian that even the Communists liked
Alberto Marvelli (1918-1946), a young man formed in the Salesian oratory in Rimini, lived his...
Being lovable like Don Bosco (1/2)
Being lovable is a human quality that is cultivated, accepting the effort that it so...
Don Bosco’s last will and testament
P. Natale CERRATO With a will, as we know, someone disposes of their belongings for the time...
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:...
Progress
An explorer was travelling through the immense forests of the Amazon in South America. He...
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...
This is love…
Ángel Card. FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME his is the simple and silent good that Don Bosco did. This is the good...
Don Bosco’s gaze
But who would believe it? Don Bosco’s ‘vision’ was such that he… saw so many...
The stork and its duties
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird, unmistakable for its tapering red beak,...
St Francis de Sales. Gentleness (7/8)
Fr Gianni GHIGLIONE (continuation from previous article) GENTLENESS IN SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES (7/8) Some episodes from Francis’s...
St Francis de Sales. The Eucharist (6/8)
(continuation from previous article) THE EUCHARIST IN SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES (6/8) Francis received his...
Don Bosco and his daily crosses
Don Bosco’s life had much suffering but he bore it all with heroic humility and...
Rector Major’s Message. That young man said to me: “My passion is Christ”
It had been many years since I had last heard that expression from a young...
The invisible other Don Boscos
Fr Francesco MOTTO Readers of the Salesian Bulletin already know about the intercontinental journey that Don Bosco’s Casket...