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150th anniversary of Don Bosco Past Pupils By Mr Michael Hort, EXDB President of the World Confederation of Don Bosco Past Pupils Rome, Italy, 22 April 2019 -- Dear President and members of the National Presidency of Past Pupils, I am writi...

Missionaries ad gentes, ad exteros, ad vitam FROM EAO and TO EAO By Fr. Alfred Maravilla, SDB Generalate, Rome, 2 October 2016 -- On the Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Patroness of all Missionaries and the Missions, we would like ...

By Bro. Ephrem Santos, SDB Rome-Turin, Italy – During last week (October 3-9) was celebrated the Fifth Statutory Assembly of the World Confederation of Past Pupils of Don Bosco (DBPP), including the election of the new president and the Cou...

By Bro. Jomar Castillo, SDB Turin, Italy, 24 September 2016 -- I am Bro. Jomar, a Salesian Coadjutor, from Philippines North (FIN) bound to Manaus, Brazil (BMA). I had a chance to interview Fr. Alfred about the Orientation Course for New Mi...

By Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB Dear Confreres This morning (Dec 7) we received the sad news about the passing away of Felicita Cattaneo, the mother of Fr. Francesco Cereda (fcereda@sdb.org), the Vicar of the Rector Major. She was 93 years old. ...

Europe Provincials meeting focus By Our Own Correspondent Turin, Italy, 30 November 2018 -- SDB Provincials of Europe have been meeting regularly since 2004. After the launching of Project Europe, these meetings have been regularly schedule...

Two Vietnamese missionaries ordained priest in Peru By PER Social Communications Lima, Peru, 8 December 2018 -- Two Salesian Vietnamese missionaries were ordained to the priesthood on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December) in t...

Interview with Br. Efren Umandal, SDB By Our Own Correspondent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 July 2018 -- "I have encounter many model Salesian Brothers". Br. Efren is a Filipino missionary in Ethiopia - Addis Ababa, Mekanissa Don Bosco (AET) s...

By Our Own Correspondent Vatican, 6 February 2017 -- The 'Junkyo Kesshi Nihon Nijuroku seijin' (26 Holy Martyrs of Japan) movie directed in 1931 by Tomiyasu Ikeda in Japan, was shown with Italian subtitles in the Vatican Cinema Hall (Sala C...

Joint winter general council meeting SDB and FMA 2016 By Our Own Correspondent Rome, Italy, 11 January 2016 - As every mid January, also last Monday, January 11 the two full General Councils of SDB and FMA spent their half a day together in...