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ALA_5347 Sign of gratitude to all 66,000 Salesian parents - statue of Mamma Margaret The world, March 2020 -- One of the memorable moments of GC28 was the blessing of the Mamma Margaret statue in front of 'Casa Don Bosco' (Don Bosco House) ...

ALA_5271 An attractive Oratory model By our own correspondent Chieri, Piedmont, Italy, 11 December 2019 -- On 8 December (Sunday) the whole Salesian Family around the world remembered and celebrated the 178th anniversary of the Salesian Fam...

ALA_5381 Don Bosco Green Alliance at the heart of LAUDATO SI YEAR By Vatican Dicastery World, 20 May 2020 -- One year after the publication of Laudato Si' (2015), at the end of 2016 the Vatican Dicastery For Promoting Integral Human Develo...

Missionary vocation journey from India to Ukraine By Cl. Ngouning John Kala, SDB Kiev, Ukraine, 13 December 2018 -- At the age of 30, Cl. John Ngouning Kala, is among the first fruits of the Sirajuli (ING) Salesian Missionary Aspirantate an...

San Tarcisio in Rome By Fr. Joseph Phuoc, SDB San Tarcisio, Rome, 7 September 2019 -- Last Sunday, 1st September 2019, the 36 new missionaries began their preparation for the 150th Salesian Missionary Expedition (Valdocco, 29 September). Th...

By Fr Vaclav Klement, SDB General House, Rome, 23 June 2016 -- On the Feast-day of Don Bosco, Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) is traditionally celebrated a thanksgiving day of our Rector Major. After the GC27 it became a family g...

Pope Francis November Prayer Intentions for Christians in Asia By Our Own Correspondent Vatican, 2 November 2017 -- “Let us pray that Christians in Asia, bearing witness to the Gospel in word and deed, may promote dialogue, peace, and...

By Fr. Anthony Paul Bicomong, SDB Turin, Italy, 29 September 2016 -- Three years of service have passed for this group of Provincials: we find ourselves once again in the places dear to our hearts, the places where Don Bosco lived and moved...

ALA_5434 By our own correspondent Slovakia, 30 July 2020 -- The small country of Slovakia with 5.3 million people has about an 8-9% Gypsy (Roma) minority, in 4th place in Europe where a significant portion of about 10 million Roma-Sinti et...

The mission of the VDB today By Our Own Correspondent Frascati, Italy, 18 July 2019 -- The 8th General Assembly (=GA, every 6 years) of the VDB (Volunteers of Don Bosco) Secular Institute (World Moderator Ms. Olga Krizova) opens today at Fr...