Salesian Family

A movement of people working for the salvation of youth. Founded by Don at the end of the 1850s. An ecclesial reality that bears witness to the common will of its members to continue the Founder’s charism. A movement of religious men/women and lay men/women with a clear:

Salesian Vocation: a drive that comes from the Holy Spirit. Those who join know they are responding to a specific vocation.
Participation in the Salesian youth and popular mission, directly or through indirect forms of support.
Sharing in the Salesian educational-pastoral spirit and method: the Salesian spirit that "shapes" all the groups is unique and finds its original model in the lifestyle of Valdocco, where Don Bosco worked.
Evangelical life, according to the Salesian spirit which commits each one to live, in their own situation (as religious or lay), the evangelical counsels, in pastoral charity and zeal for souls.
Active fraternity in the spirit of family, a clear and indispensable feature of every Salesian work.

SALESIAN FAMILY

The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)

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Religious founded by Don Bosco, engaged worldwide in youth education and formation.

The Salesian Cooperators

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Laypeople committed to living the Salesian charism in daily life, at the service of the Church and society.

Past Pupils

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Those who have experienced Salesian education and continue to spread its values in adult life.

Volunteers of Don Bosco

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Lay consecrated women who live the Salesian spirituality fully immersed among people and in ordinary occupations.

Past Pupils

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The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious family born from the heart of Saint John Bosco and the creative fidelity of Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, consecrated to God to serve Jesus Christ in community, dedicate their lives to the human, Christian, and Salesian education of young people.

The Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA)

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A group devoted to Mary Help of Christians that promotes prayer, the family, and the Salesian mission.

Other lay groups

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Various forms of lay vocation that share the Salesian charism with commitment and dedication.

The Salesian Cooperators

The Salesian Cooperator is a Catholic who lives his faith, inspired, starting from his secular reality, by Don Bosco’s apostolic project, to contribute to the salvation of youth, the most delicate and precious part of human society. He puts his commitment into practice and lives the Salesian spirit in the daily situations of his life and work.

Association of Salesian Cooperators

WORLDWIDE

Association of Salesian Cooperators

Region Italy – Middle East – Malta

Salesian Cooperators PROVINCE OF SICILY

The Salesian Cooperators

FROM THE ALÌ TERME - SCALETTA CENTRE

Past Pupils (Female/Male)

L’Exallieva ed Exallievo è associata/o alla The Past Pupil (female or male) is affiliated with the World Confederation, committed to personal growth according to the threefold principle of Don Bosco’s Preventive System: REASON – RELIGION – LOVING-KINDNESS, which can be translated into the human values of DIGNITY, FAITH, and SOLIDARITY, with the sensitivity and care typical of the Mornese charism of Maria Domenica Mazzarello, co-founder of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

Each Past Pupil contributes responsibly to the affirmation of the values upon which the dignity of the human person is founded, working in a variety of fields:

► in the family;

► in the workplace and academic environment;

► in the political and social world;

► in the areas of education, leisure, and social communication.

Each associate:
► Participates in the educational mission of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians;
► Is involved in the environments where she/he operates with the lay Salesian style that characterises her/him;
► Commits to the promotion of women, the defence of life and the family;
► Supports the defence of human rights and peace;
► Encourages youth initiatives by promoting activities for young people, especially those experiencing hardship;
► Is open to intercultural and interreligious dialogue;
► Actively collaborates locally with civil and ecclesial organisations;
► Is continually enriched by the charismatic elements of Don Bosco’s and Mother Mazzarello’s Preventive System, which today is proposed as a program of integral education that responds to the most authentic aspirations of the person: the search for truth, the need for God, and openness to relationships.