100 Years of Blessings: Sts. Peter and Paul Church

By Frank Lavin, Salesian Cooperator (San Francisco, California) – Sts. Peter and Paul Salesian parish in San Francisco celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of its church building on November 9th and 10th, 2024. Pastor Fr. Tho Bui, SDB, parochial vicars, Fr. Al Mengon, SDB, Fr. Vien Nguyen, SDB, and in-residence Salesians Fr. John Lam, SDB, and Brother Ernie Martinez, SDB, welcomed the hundreds of visitors throughout … Continue reading 100 Years of Blessings: Sts. Peter and Paul Church

Province Photo News

Corpus Christi Church, San Francisco, California – The Corpus Christi community honors our dearly departed throughout the entire month of November. During this time, we offer prayers, Mass intentions, and rosaries for all of them. The pictures of our beloved dead are displayed on a beautifully adorned altar, in the hope of the New Jerusalem described in Revelations 21:18,23: “The wall was constructed of jasper, while … Continue reading Province Photo News

“Saved From the Street” the Documentary by the Don Bosco Foundation in Makululu

(ANS – Kabwe) – They end up on the street when they’re still kids. Austin was poor, Felix was beaten by his drunk parents, Emmanuel was abandoned… They earn a living by transporting food, collecting plastic, and begging. They start sniffing glue to forget about loneliness and quickly become addicted. The street absorbs and destroys them. They are the poor and lonely young people of … Continue reading “Saved From the Street” the Documentary by the Don Bosco Foundation in Makululu

Saint Joseph Allamano, Student of the Oratory at Valdocco

(ANS- Rome) – On Sunday, October 20, 2024, in Rome, on the occasion of World Mission Day, Pope Francis [inscribed] Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of the Consolata missionaries, in the register of saints. Nephew of Saint Joseph Cafasso on his mother’s side, Joseph Allamano, was born in Castelnuovo d ‘Asti on 21 January 1851. He attended secondary school in Valdocco and, as an educator, he boasted nothing … Continue reading Saint Joseph Allamano, Student of the Oratory at Valdocco

Give Thanks, Rethink, Relaunch: Towards the 150th Anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition

(ANS – Rome) – On November 11th, we remember the distant 1875 when the first missionary expedition set out! Commemorating this important event opens the celebrations for the 150th anniversary in 2025. The slogan chosen for the occasion helps us enter into this anniversary: Give thanks, Rethink, Relaunch. Give Thanks: We give thanks to God for the gift of missionary vocation, which enables the sons … Continue reading Give Thanks, Rethink, Relaunch: Towards the 150th Anniversary of the First Salesian Missionary Expedition