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Salesian world, 5 February 2022 -- There are 32 groups within the large Salesian Family of Don Bosco, and 5 of them are 'secular institutes'. The members of these 'Secular Institutes' by nature, with their 'reserve' ...

By Australia-Pacific Province Melbourne, Australia, 3 July 2022 -- Our brother and friend, Fr. Norman Ford SDB, passed away peacefully at Mercy Place in East Melbourne on 25 June, at 8:00 am. Fr. 'Norm' was 87 years of age. He was a...

Gizo, Solomon Islands, 4 August 2023 -- Dear Gizo Diocese collaborators, benefactors, people of God, In my last message, I only remember the most important things; I forget all the rest. What is the most important message I can leave you af...

By Fr. Peter Chính, SDB HCM City, Vietnam, 17 September 2017 -- To serve the youth and foster the charism of Don Bosco, the Salesian community of Ben Cat has various activities and apostolates, one of which is recruiting vocations to the Sa...

ALA_5244 Turin, Italy, 5 November 2019 -- Brother Piero Ramello, 55 years of age, is among the 3 new missionaries sent by the Rector Major to our Region in 2019. Two practical trainees were sent to Mongolia and Br. Piero to the Delegation o...

ALA_5474 Beatification of Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) coming soon By our own correspondent Rome, 24 September 2020 -- The beatification of 15-year-old Italian youngster Carlo Acutis on 10 October 2020 in Assisi is fast approaching. Born in Lo...

By Salesian Family Desk Hong Kong, 9 November 2022 -- Two weeks after the solemn canonization in Rome, the Salesian Family in Hong Kong with their young people gathered to give thank for the gift of Saint Artemide Zatti, Salesian Brother to...

By Bro. Carlo Bacalla Vientiane, Laos, 7 April 2019 -- Since 2004, Don Bosco Youth Vocational Training Centre in Vientiane (DPR Laos) has celebrated the graduation of our Bosconians twice yearly. Already more than 1100 have graduated over t...

ALA_5409 By Bro. Jose Miguel Ramirez, SDB Lawaan, Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines, 27 June 2020 -- On June 24, 2020, the Salesian Society St. Francis de Sales welcomed seven newly professed Salesians on the Solemnity of the Nativity of St....

ALA_5487 Youth Retreat for Graduating students By Regina Wayi INS4 - Bachelor in Instrumentation Technology Boroko, PNG, 19 October 2020 -- 49 graduating Don Bosco Technological Institute students in Instrumentation Technology (INS), Machi...