Don Bosco (St. John Bosco) was inspired to create a vast movement of persons to bring the Gospel of Jesus to young people and to work for their benefit. Don Bosco founded: the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters),…
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Ordination to the Diaconate of Five Clerics of the Vietnam Province Don Bosco Xuan Hiep Church, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 30 May 2020 — At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday May 30, the Bishop of Bac Ninh Diocese, Jesuit Bishop Cosma Hoang Van Dat chaired the holy mass and the rite of ordination of five Salesian…
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Anisakan, Myanmar – May 2020 – On May 24, the 50 years of the Salesian religious life of Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, and Fr Edward Ba Si (Sein Myint), were celebrated with a solemn Eucharist. Cardinal Bo, who was unable to attend Mass due to the pandemic restrictions, sent a message to those…
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On Sunday, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, Pope Francis recalled his childhood as a sixth-grader in a Salesian school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By Robin Gomes Perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the Jesuit Pope also has Salesian roots. Pope Francis hinted at this on Sunday, May 24, the feast of…
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