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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Missionary’
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 »
Road Trip to See the Saints
Posted in Holy Mother Church, tagged African-Americans, God, Jesus, Missionary, Missionary Work, Native Americans, Schools, St. Katherine Drexel on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week we are on the road!
Fr. Bill has taken us novices to the Philly area to visit the shrines of three saints: St. Katherine Drexel, St. John Neumann, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Yesterday we visited St. Katherine’s Shrine and I was moved by her amazing spirit of initiative and openess to grace. St. Katherine’s [...]
Count to Five….and Then Jump!
Posted in Discernment, Spiritual Life, tagged Discernment, Missionary, Salesian Lay Missioners, Salesians, Spiritual Life on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s funny how the Lord speaks to us sometimes.
I was enjoying the beautiful view out my window this afternoon when I noticed one of our school kids ready to make the jump. My window looks down below on our large school jungle-gym with slides, a plastic rock climbing wall and little ins-and-outs to keep the [...]