Online meeting with Social Communication Delegates of the Interamerica and America South Cone Regions

(ANS – Rome) – On Tuesday October 21, 2025, the Social Communication Delegates of the Interamerica and America South Cone Region met online under the guidance of Fr. Fidel Orendain, General Councillor for the Sector. The meeting, moderated by Fr Ricardo Campoli, member of the SC Sector, focused on sharing updates, learning about expectations and priorities for the coming years, and reorganizing the Sector, defining future … Continuar leyendo Online meeting with Social Communication Delegates of the Interamerica and America South Cone Regions

140 years of Salesian Presence in São Paulo Celebrated: An Event to Commemorate the Salesian History, Mission, and Charism

(ANS – São Paulo) – On the evening of Sunday, August 31, the Salesian Province of São Paulo, Brazil, celebrated the opening solemnity of the celebrations for the 140th anniversary of the Salesian presence in São Paulo at the Coração de Jesus High School (Campos Elíseos – São Paulo). The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo, inside … Continuar leyendo 140 years of Salesian Presence in São Paulo Celebrated: An Event to Commemorate the Salesian History, Mission, and Charism

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and Childhood

(ANS – Rome) – The article in the October 1886 Salesian Bulletin dedicated to deepening the Salesian devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus focuses on the love which flowed from the Heart of Jesus towards the smallest and most defenceless in human society: children. A true turning point in the understanding and consideration of children in society, the coming of Jesus opened up a new … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and Childhood

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and the Remedy for One of the Most Terrible Social Evils

(ANS – Rome) – In the article of September 1886, for the column dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Salesian Bulletin focuses on another special feature of the Divine Heart of the Saviour, namely its being the antidote to one of the most virulent evils of society: social envy and social imbalances which make societies less and less united and more and more divided … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and the Remedy for One of the Most Terrible Social Evils

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and Meekness

(ANS – Rome) – Meekness is the seventh characteristic identified as special to the Heart of Jesus in the column dedicated to it by the Salesian Bulletin in 1886. In the August issue Fr. John Bonetti explores precisely this aspect and re-proposes it as a characteristic to be pursued by all those who, following Don Bosco integrally, intend to develop a profound devotion to the Sacred … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and Meekness

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and Humility’

(ANS – Rome) – Humility is a fundamental virtue of Christianity and an essential characteristic of true devotees of the Heart of Jesus. The Salesian Bulletin discussed this virtue in July 1886, examining in depth the devotion to the Sacred Heart that was so dear to Don Bosco and which he promoted in so many ways. This text, edited by Fr. John Bonetti, begins with a … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and Humility’

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and the Consolations of the Supernatural’

(ANS – Rome) – In the fifth text published by Don Bosco in the Salesian Bulletin of 1886, written by Fr. John Bonetti, he reflects on the spread of devotion to the Sacred Heart, starting from the consecration in 1686 in Paray-le-Monial until the consecration of the universal Church in the 19th century. The article was published in June of that year and therefore takes on a … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and the Consolations of the Supernatural’

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary

(ANS – Rome) – In the article in the Salesian Bulletin of May 1886 dedicated to the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the inevitable object of reflection could only be the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The exegesis thus unites two central themes of Don Bosco’s spirituality, leading the reader on a journey of deepening and understanding of the few differences and many similarities in the cult and veneration … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and the Eucharist’.

(ANS – Rome) – The third of the articles which Don Bosco had published in the Salesian Bulletin in 1886 to spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart goes straight to ‘the heart of the Heart of Jesus’: In this third issue of the column, published in April, this devotion is analysed, explored and re-proposed as a special way to arrive at an understanding of the … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: ‘The Heart of Jesus and the Eucharist’.

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: “The Heart of Jesus and Charity”

(ANS – Rome) – In the second article of the series written by Don Bosco on the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, published in the March 1886 issue of the Salesian Bulletin, the Saint of Youth reflects on the theme “The Heart of Jesus and Charity.” This passionate reflection leads to the conclusion that the entire Salesian apostolic mission is deeply rooted in the intimacy of the Divine … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: “The Heart of Jesus and Charity”

Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The SB Articles from 1886

(ANS – Rome) – Don Bosco’s devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is well-known: the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Rome, which he built with great effort in the last years of his life, is its most obvious symbol; but he expressed it in many forms. For example, in the publications of the Salesian Bulletin in 1886, he spent a series of 11 articles … Continuar leyendo Don Bosco’s Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The SB Articles from 1886

For the Young and with the Young, Don Bosco Founder

By Fr. Pascual Chávez, SDB – Excerpt from ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SALESIAN CONGREGATION “With a religious society eventually in mind, Don Bosco was not able and did not want to bring a significant nucleus of adult collaborators together choosing them from among those who were already working in the three oratories.” [17]He realized that rather than have a group of … Continuar leyendo For the Young and with the Young, Don Bosco Founder

Father Ernest Coppo and the Founding of the Salesian New Rochelle Province

(New Rochelle, New York) – What developed into the New Rochelle Province of the Salesians of Don Bosco, an international congregation of priests and brothers present now in more than 130 countries, began when three Salesian missionaries arrived in New York City in November 1898. Canonically established in January 1902, the province at first included all the works in the United States. In 1926, another … Continuar leyendo Father Ernest Coppo and the Founding of the Salesian New Rochelle Province

A Pergola of Roses (1847)

Written by St. John Bosco | August 6, 2024 – Salesian Bulletin Online Don Bosco’s dreams are gifts from on high to guide, warn, correct, encourage. Some of them were set down in writing and have been preserved. One of these – made at the beginning of the saint’s mission – is the dream about the pergola of roses, which he had in 1847. We … Continuar leyendo A Pergola of Roses (1847)