By: Edmond Ngo Salesian Cooperator Over the past few weeks, in preparation for Thanksgiving, St. Bridget’s Chinese Catholic Church organized a fundraiser and canned food drive in support of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church community in Los Angeles. The fundraiser, spearheaded by the Salesian Cooperators, collected a total of $3,716 in donations along with many boxes of canned/ non-perishable foods. The gifts were hand-delivered to … Continue reading Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive and Fundraiser

NC! YC! NC! YC! This would be the chant of over 20,000 Catholic young people from around the country that descended on Indianapolis for the biennial National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC). The young Church in the United States was very much alive despite the damp chill of the Midwest. In the thick of the largest three day youth gathering was the Salesian Family of Don Bosco from all … Continue reading “With Hearts on Fire: NCYC 2019”

Eternal Rest Fr. Leo Baysinger, SDB passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 Funeral Arrangements  Wednesday, December  4, 2019, Bellflower St. John Bosco High School Chapel 2:00- 4:00 pm     Viewing 4:30 pm     Funeral Liturgy 6:00 pm     Reception at MPR Friday, December 6, 2019, Richmond Salesian Preparatory 10:00 am     Viewing 11:00 am     Requiem Mass and Interment 12:15 pm     Lunch Salesians will express love … Continue reading Eternal Rest of Fr. Leo Baysinger, SDB

By J.C. Montenegro Delegate for Mission Animation Last week I had the blessing to participate in the Catholic Volunteer Network Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. In this article, I’m not writing about the conference in general, but rather about what had the greatest impact on me while I was attending the conference. I’m not judging the good work done in so many ways in our Salesian … Continue reading It’s Time to Change: Are You Ready to Be Challenged?

By: Albert Angel EL ’90 Between October 2018 and November 2019, two graduates from schools associated with the Salesians of Don Bosco, one from the UK and the other from the USA, found themselves deployed to North Africa with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Colonel Raymond Hughes, British Army, is the Senior British Military Advisor and graduated from Salesian College in Liverpool, … Continue reading Salesian Graduates supporting the UN in Libya

By: Fr. John Roche, SDB Vocation Director I knew the National Vocation Awareness Week was going to be a good week with the reception I had a St. Luke’s Parish and Mary Help of Christians Vietnamese Center.  Gathered in the rectory were many active parishioners and many young adults.  Together with Fr. Ramon and the Salesian priests on his staff, the parish and youth representatives … Continue reading Celebrating the National Vocation Awareness Week 2019