Don Bosco was a man on a mission entrusted to him by God. He knew his mission to help the poor and abandoned young people would include far more youth than merely those in Northern Italy, this was a mission of grand proportions. What was it that drove him to send missionaries out to distant [...]
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Don Bosco’s Missionary Spirit
Posted in Don Bosco, Uncategorized, tagged Cagliero, Don Bosco, Missionary, Missionary Work, Missions, St. John Bosco on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obama and Mary Help of Christians
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mary, Mary Help of Christians, obama, pockets, President, president obama on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I could not believe this when I saw this…
It looks to me that President Obama may carry around a medal of Mary Help of Christians,
I wonder if there is a picture of Don Bosco on the other side.
Mary the Help of all Christians pray for him!
More info on this can be found here
Don Bosco’s Devotion to Our Lady
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Don Bosco, Mary, Our Lady on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fr. Javier shares his thoughts on Don Bosco and Mary…
You don’t have to know much about Don Bosco to know that his devotion to Mary played an enormous role in his life and work. He received from his mother the basic examples and instructions to awaken in his young heart this devotion. Divine Providence had [...]
My Brother From Another Mother
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blessed Brother Artemides Zatti, Brother, Coadjutor Brother, Don Bosco, Lay Brother, religious life, Salesians, Salesians of Don Bosco, St. John Bosco, Venerable Simon Srugi, Vocation on June 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever heard of a religious brother?
Many people know what a priest or a nun or sister is, but few understand what a brother is. Right now there are about 60,000 religious brothers in the world, why is it that they are so unknown?
Although I am studying to be a religious priest, my friend [...]
Welcome to LIFE!
Posted in Young, tagged God, Gospel, Jesus, Life, Pro Life, Rally, Youth on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes life can be hard!
We held a huge Pro-life youth rally at Seton Hall University for about 1,000 high school students in New Jersey today. It was a good event on a beautiful day.
One of the highlights of the rally was a talk by a wonderful woman named Gianna who was actually aborted by her [...]
God Leads the Young to Happiness? Really? Seriously? No Way!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Don Bosco, Eucharist, Happiness, Holiness, Jesus, Mary, Salesians on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not that it’s really even news but I thought it was cool that some scientists did a study on happiness and spirituality. The University of British Columbia produced a study that found “spirituality is a major contributor to a child’s overall happiness — even more so than for adults.” (Read the NCR [...]
Why Don Bosco is My Hero
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Don Bosco, Mary, Saint, St. John Bosco on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Well there are many reasons of course! Reflecting on some of my reading from today two stand out
The first is that Don Bosco was wise and also hilarious!
During the time that Don Bosco was taking care of youth from the streets of Turin and before the Salesian Congregation was founded (late 1840s), Don [...]
Soul Mates, Finding the One…Religious Order
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Choosing, Congregation, Discernment, Religious Order, Vocation on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So you may be thinking about trying out religious life. You may have worked up enough courage to finally say to yourself and the Lord, yeah I guess I would be willing to try it out…but how do you choose, there are so many religious orders and congregations which one is for you?
I think of [...]
Caught up in Myth of Experiencing Everything
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Discernment, fear, JPII, Vocation on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently had the chance to go to a great engagement party for my brother and his new fiancee and meeting many of his and her friends really made me think.
One of our mutual friends said something to me that was really interesting. After asking me many questions on how formation and seminary was [...]
Our Holy Father (part 2)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benedict XVI, General Chapter, Holy Father, Salesians on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This a great video put together by the Salesian news agency (ANS) on the last couple of days’ happenings at the General Chapter 26 (which is basically a huge Salesian meeting in Rome where the Salesian directors from all over the world gather and discern the movement of the Holy Spirit within our congregation and [...]
