Zgharta, Lebanon – February 2020 – Like every year, Don Bosco’s family in Zgharta celebrated the Mass in honor of Don Bosco in the church of “Our Lady of Zgharta” in which the youth of the “Don Bosco Association” participated. The Mass was presided by Fr Jean Moura, mentor of the association that has been […]
It has been written, and it is absolute truth, that Don Bosco never stopped confessing, even when he was sick, and still a few months before he died he continued to do so. His great joy was that his children were “in the grace of God”. All the boys wanted to confess to Don Bosco […]
The Salesian family is an ecclesial reality spread throughout the world, based on the charism of its founder Don Bosco. Currently it comprises 31 officially recognized groups with a total of 402,500 members living in mutual communion and continuing their mission. A vast movement of people who, in diverse ways, work for the benefit of […]
21 Salesians has met at the Monastery of St. Macarius in Egypt, who came from all the Salesian houses in Egypt and the Holy Land, with the presence ofr Father Jean Antonio Bonato, and the provencial Father Alejandro Leon. To carry out the annual spiritual meditations of the, in an atmosphere of prayers, contemplation and […]
Over the years the Don Bosco Industrial Technical Institute in Cairo has been a centre of excellence. Every year it trains many young people as industrial experts, prepares them to enter the world of work and in this way helps Egypt to a high level of industrial development. In recent months, a number of innovative projects […]
What is the meaning of ‘SDB’? ‘SDB’ is the acronym for ‘Salesians of Don Bosco’. What does it mean to be a ‘Salesian of Don Bosco’? To be a ‘Salesian of Don Bosco’ means to belong to a Catholic organization of men who dedicate their entire lives to God through a generous service to young […]
The Don Bosco Confederation of Salesian Youth Centres, together with the National Commission of Salesian Oratories and Youth Centres in Spain, has launched a project called “Suriya” (phonetic transcription of the Arabic word “Syria”). Given the complexity of any project to welcome Syrian refugees, those responsible for the Don Bosco Confederation wondered if they could […]
