Where mission meets the screen: 150 years of salesian evangelisation (video)
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‘I came to serve and give my life’. Rudolf Lunkenbein (1939-1976)
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI In July 1976, in the heart of the Brazilian Mato Grosso, a young German Salesian...
Hope that becomes the future
A journey can change the way you see things, especially when it passes through wounded...
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...
Maria Troncatti: woman of reconciliation and peace
Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, is a witness of consecrated life “in...
Rector Major’s missionary appeal 2025
P. Fabio ATTARD “An Appeal for Renewed Charismatic Fidelity and Missionary Generosity” Dear Confreres, A fraternal and heartfelt...
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...
The hands of Sister Maria Troncatti
Sister Maria Troncatti, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, declared a saint on 19 October...
Interview with the Councillor for Missions, Fr. Jorge Mario CRISAFULLI
Could you briefly introduce yourself? I was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, on 19 March...
The Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: 75 years of mission in Ecuador
The Jubilee Year of Hope offered the Church in Ecuador a special occasion for remembrance...
Sister Maria Troncatti, missionary of hope among the peoples
In the photo, Mr. Juwà Bosco, a member of the Shuar people, miraculously healed through...
Being V.I.D.E.S. volunteers to overcome borders
Salesian Missionary Volunteering in France-Belgium is a window open to the world. Through V.I.D.E.S. –...
The mission has no borders: from East Timor to Japan
The Salesians arrived in Japan in 1927 and, thanks to the commitment of many missionaries,...
The Venerable Monsignor Stefano Ferrando
Ángel Card. FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME Monsignor Stefano Ferrando was an extraordinary example of missionary dedication and episcopal service, combining the...
Becoming a sign of hope in eSwatini – Lesotho – South Africa after 130 years
In the heart of Southern Africa, amidst the natural beauty and social challenges of eSwatini,...
Missionary volunteering changes the lives of young people in Mexico
Missionary volunteering is an experience that profoundly transforms the lives of young people. In Mexico,...
Patagonia: “The greatest enterprise of our Congregation”
Fr Francesco MOTTO Upon arriving in Patagonia, the Salesians—led by Don Bosco—aimed to establish an Apostolic Vicariate to...
Finally in Patagonia!
Between 1877 and 1880, the Salesian missionary shift towards Patagonia took place. After the offer...
Father Crespi and the Jubilee of 1925
In 1925, in anticipation of the Holy Year, Father Carlo Crespi promoted an international missionary...
If Patagonia must wait… let’s go to Asia
The expansion of Salesian missionaries in Argentina during the second half of the 19th century...
Venerable Francesco (Francis) Convertini, pastor according to the Heart of Jesus
The venerable Father Francesco Convertini, a Salesian missionary in India, emerges as a shepherd after...
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
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...
Basilicata – Calabria Missionary Project
Within the “Project Europe,” Italy South has launched a new missionary project in the regions...
Blessed Luigi Variara: 150th Anniversary of His Birth
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Luigi Variara, an extraordinary...
Blessed Maria Troncatti, a Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, will be canonised
On November 25th, 2024, Pope Francis authorised the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to...
Fourth Missionary Dream in Africa and China (1885)
St John Bosco From time to time, Divine Providence would reveal the future before the very eyes of...
“Corso respire” 2024. Salesian missionary renewal course
The Mission Sector of the Salesian Congregation, with its headquarters in Rome, organised a Missionary...
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...
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...
Missionaries 2024
On Sunday 29 September, at 12:30 p.m. (UTC+2),at the basilica of Mary Help of Christians...
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...
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),...
Don Bosco in the Solomon Islands
Accompanied by a local Salesian, we get to know a significant educational presence in Oceania. ...
Missionaries in the Netherlands
In the common imagination ‘missions’ are about the south of the world, in reality it...
The work of the Salesians in the Maghreb
The Salesians are in 136 countries around the world, including several countries in North Africa,...
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...
Mary Help of Christians, from here to the world
Friends, readers of the Salesian Bulletin, my affectionate and warm greeting at this Easter...
Patagonia, in the letters of the first missionaries
Arrival in Patagones and start of the work The first Salesians finally established their mission...
Preparations for the 150th Anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition (1875-2025)
P. Alfred MARAVILLA Next year, 2025, is the 150th anniversary of the departure of the first Salesian missionary...
1924-2024. 100 years supporting the Salesian Missions. Salesian Missions Institute
The Salesian Missions Institute was erected by decree through an initiative of the Rector Major,...
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...
Salesian Protomartyrs: Aloysius (Louis) Versiglia and Callistus Caravario
Louis and Callistus: the same missionary vocation for the salvation of souls, but a different...
“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...
Luigi Variara the Founder who was himself ‘founded’
‘Founded’ in a glance that marked a lifetime Louis Variara was born on 15 January...
Missionary generosity in Southern Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a multicultural country, one of the...
Missionary Appeal 2024
Dear confreres,Fraternal greetings from our Mother House in Valdocco. As has been the tradition for...
Salesians in Azerbaijan, sowers of hope
The story of a young man expressing gratitude for the work of the only Salesian...
Venerable Constatine Vendrame: apostle of Christ
The cause for the canonisation of the servant of God, Constantine Vendrame, is advancing. On...
The Giving of the Salesian Missionary Cross
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...
Towards a renewed missionary outlook
Salesian missions abroad, one of the characteristics of the Congregation founded by St John Bosco,...
Don Bosco in Albania. A father for so many young people
The Salesian charism has put down roots in Albania, a country where the Salesian work...
Fifty years of service. Father Rolando Fernandez
Fr Rolando Fernandez, a Salesian missionary from the Philippines, currently in the community of Dili...
Don Bosco in Cambodia
Cooperation between lay people and religious for the education of the youth of Cambodia. Cambodia...
Don Bosco in Uruguay. The missionary dream has become a reality
The Salesian mission in Uruguay, as shared by a Vietnamese priest, Father Domenico Tran Duc...
Discovering the missionary vocation
The experience of Rodgers Chabala, a young Zambian missionary in Nigeria, starting from the rediscovery...
International volunteer work in Benediktbeuern
Don Bosco Volunteers: the commitment of young people for a better future For more than...
Missionary in Amazonia
To be a missionary in Amazonia is to allow oneself to be evangelised by the...
New missionaries
La prima spedizione missionaria fu benedetta dalle lacrime di don Bosco che disse: «Noi diamo principio ad una grand’opera. Chi…
From Croatia to Ethiopia: Don Bosco’s missionary dream continues
From Croatia to Ethiopia: don Bosco’s missionary dream continues Testimony of Josip Ivan SOLDO...