Recent General Chapters highlight that Salesian Spirituality is not only personal but also communal and mission-oriented. It calls Salesians and their collaborators to live in communion, to walk together in synodality, and to embody Don Bosco’s preventive system of reason, religion, and loving-kindness.
In South Asia, this spirituality is expressed through education, youth ministry, and social outreach, where Salesians strive to be signs and bearers of God’s love. By integrating prayer, pastoral work, and everyday relationships, Salesian Spirituality becomes a lifestyle of joy and service—forming educators and youth alike to live with hope, resilience, and a commitment to building a more humane and faith-filled society.
Born: August 16, 1815 Castelnuovo d’Asti (now Castelnuovo Don Bosco), Italy
Ordained: June 5, 1841 Turin
Died: January 31, 1888 Turin
Canonized: April 1, 1934
Feast day: January 31
Born: May 9, 1837 Mornese, Italy
Religious profession: August 5, 1872
Died: May 14, 1881 Nizza Monferrato, Italy
Canonized: June 24, 1951
Feast day: May 13
Born: April 2, 1842 Riva di Chieri (Turin), Italy
Died: March 9, 1857 Mondonio, Italy
Canonized: June 12, 1954
Feast day: May 6
Born: April 5, 1891 Santiago, Chile
Died: January 22, 1904 Junín de los Andes, Argentina
Beatified: September 3, 1988
Liturgical memorial: January 22
Nurse and Salesian brother.
For fifty years devoted himself to the care of the poor and sick in Viedma, Río Negro. There he directed one of the first hospitals in Argentina Patagonia
A saint for the entire Salesian Family.
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.
The Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco),
The Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters),
The Association of Salesian Cooperators and
The Association Devoted to Mary Help (ADMA)
In 1859 Don Bosco founded the Salesian Society in Turin (Italy). This Society was to be made up of Salesian brothers and Salesian priests, all of whom, walking in the Founder’s footsteps, would dedicate their lives to God in the service of the young, especially the poorest among them.
