Provincial’s Letter: January 21, 2023

Dear Salesian Family, Young People and Friends, Greetings and Blessings! As we celebrate this great Salesian month, highlighted by the Feasts of St. Francis de Sales (24th) and St. John Bosco (31st), let us re-commit our call to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ in being signs and bearers of God’s love for the young. After a much needed couple of weeks with family … Continue reading Provincial’s Letter: January 21, 2023

“That Young Man Said to Me,‘MY PASSION IS CHRIST’”

MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJORFr Ángel Fernández Artime My dear Friends and Readers, We have begun a new year. We find ourselves in 2023. At least to me that sounds like an unimaginable number, perhaps “galactic time.” I don’t know if it is, but certainly we are living in the 21st century. Nowadays many ways of living, of expressing oneself, of communicating have changed greatly. … Continue reading “That Young Man Said to Me,‘MY PASSION IS CHRIST’”

TRUST IN MARY: A Reflection on St. Artemide Zatti

By Bro. Al Vu, SDB The promise that Don Bosco made to his boys at the Oratory: “Trust in Mary and you will know what miracles are,” still rings true today. Don Bosco believed that it was impossible to go to Jesus except through the love of Mary. As we commemorate the beginning of the Salesian mission with that encounter of Don Bosco and Bartholomew … Continue reading TRUST IN MARY: A Reflection on St. Artemide Zatti

A Congregation Without Borders

THE RECTOR MAJOR’S APPEAL FOR SALESIAN MISSIONARIES 2023 Dear Confreres, My fraternal greetings from our Motherhouse in Valdocco. Today we remember 163 years ago – 18th December 1859 – when Don Bosco founded our “Pious Society of St. Francis de Sales.” Since then, it has never stopped expanding. Thanks to our missionaries today Don Bosco’s charism is present in 134 countries, and next year we … Continue reading A Congregation Without Borders

2023 Salesian Family Holiness Poster Published

(ANS – Rome) – “The Magi who came from the East are only the first of a long procession of men and women who in their lives have constantly sought with their eyes the star of God. It is the great host of saints – known or unknown – through whom the Lord, throughout history, has opened before us the Gospel and turned its pages; … Continue reading 2023 Salesian Family Holiness Poster Published