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The Salesian Congregation in the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The life of Saint John Bosco and the history of the Salesian Society are deeply interwoven with the events of the Church and of nineteenth-century society. Born in a simple and poor rural context, Don Bosco was able to read with evangelical insight the needs of the young people of his time, especially the poorest and most abandoned. His educational work was born from the concrete encounter with boys, from trust in Providence and from an extraordinary capacity to transform difficulties into opportunities for good.<\/p>\n

This timeline gathers the main stages of his human, priestly and educational journey: from his childhood at the Becchi to the founding of the Oratory of Valdocco, from the birth of the Salesian Society to the missionary expansion, up to the later developments of the Salesian Family. The events presented here are not meant to be merely a sequence of dates, but an invitation to grasp the dynamism of a living charism, grown over time and still fruitful today.<\/p>\n

To follow these stages means to enter into the history of a mission born for the young and become, through the Salesians, a spiritual and educational heritage of the universal Church.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1815<\/font><\/td>\n16 agosto<\/font><\/td>\nJohn Bosco is born at the Becchi (Asti). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1817<\/font><\/td>\n11 maggio<\/font><\/td>\nLittle John, at the age of two, loses his father. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1825<\/font><\/td>\nmaggio<\/font><\/td>\nLittle John sees his mission prefigured in a “dream”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1835<\/font><\/td>\n25 ottobre<\/font><\/td>\nHe receives the clerical garb and enters the seminary. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1837<\/font><\/td>\n9 maggio<\/font><\/td>\nSaint Mary Mazzarello, co-foundress of the FMA, is born in Mornese. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1841<\/font><\/td>\n5 giugno<\/font><\/td>\nJohn Bosco is ordained a priest in Turin. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1841<\/font><\/td>\n8 dicembre<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco begins his youth apostolate in Turin with a catechism lesson. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1842<\/font><\/td>\n2 aprile<\/font><\/td>\nSaint Dominic Savio is born. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1844<\/font><\/td>\ndicembre<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco begins evening schools. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1846<\/font><\/td>\n12 aprile<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco settles in Valdocco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1847<\/font><\/td>\n8 dicembre<\/font><\/td>\nHe opens a second oratory in Turin-Porta Nuova. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/font><\/td>\n2 febbraio<\/font><\/td>\nHis first clerics receive the cassock. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1852<\/font><\/td>\n31 marzo<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco is officially recognized by his bishop as head of the three Oratories in Turin. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1853<\/font><\/td>\n
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		Don Bosco opens the internal trade schools <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1853<\/font><\/td>\n
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		Don Bosco founds his first band <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1853<\/font><\/td>\nMarch<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco launches his first popular magazine with the “Letture Cattoliche” (Catholic Readings) <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1854<\/font><\/td>\n26 January<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco calls his helpers “Salesians”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1854<\/font><\/td>\n2 October<\/font><\/td>\nHe meets Dominic Savio. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1855<\/font><\/td>\n25 March<\/font><\/td>\nFirst step of the nascent Salesian Society: the cleric Rua makes his private vows into the hands of Don Bosco.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1855<\/font><\/td>\nDecember<\/font><\/td>\nDon Domenico Pestarino founds an association in Mornese (Alessandria) from which the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians will develop. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1856<\/font><\/td>\n25 November<\/font><\/td>\nMamma Margherita, Don Bosco’s mother, dies. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1857<\/font><\/td>\n9 March<\/font><\/td>\nDominic Savio dies. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1858<\/font><\/td>\n18 February<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco’s first visit to Rome and to the Pope. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1859<\/font><\/td>\n9 December<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco announces the decision to found the Salesian Congregation. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1859<\/font><\/td>\n18 December<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco establishes the first Salesian Superior Chapter. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/font><\/td>\n12 June<\/font><\/td>\n26 Salesians sign the Rules of the Congregation. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/font><\/td>\n2 February<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco accepts the first layman among the Salesians, the Salesian Brother Giuseppe Rossi. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/font><\/td>\nDecember<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco opens the first printing press. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/font><\/td>\n14 May<\/font><\/td>\nThe first 22 Salesians make their profession into the hands of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1863<\/font><\/td>\n20 October<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco opens the first house outside Turin (in Mirabello Monferrato). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1864<\/font><\/td>\n23 July<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian Congregation receives its first recognition from the Holy See (Decree of Praise). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1864<\/font><\/td>\nOctober<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco meets Maria Mazzarello in Mornese. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1865<\/font><\/td>\n13 November<\/font><\/td>\nFirst degree earned by a Salesian (Don Giovanni Battista Francesia). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/font><\/td>\n9 June<\/font><\/td>\nThe Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin is consecrated. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1869<\/font><\/td>\n19 February<\/font><\/td>\nApproval of the Salesian Congregation (Society of Saint Francis de Sales) by the Supreme Pontiff Pius IX (Decree of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars of 1 March 1869). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1869<\/font><\/td>\n18 April<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco founds the Association of Mary Help of Christians in Turin. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/font><\/td>\nJune<\/font><\/td>\nThe “Society of the Past Pupils of the Salesian Oratory” is born in Valdocco, from which the Association of Don Bosco Past Pupils will develop. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/font><\/td>\nSeptember<\/font><\/td>\nFirst house opened outside Piedmont (in Alassio, province of Savona). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1872<\/font><\/td>\n5 August<\/font><\/td>\nThe Institute of the FMAs is founded in Mornese. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1874<\/font><\/td>\n3 April<\/font><\/td>\nThe Holy See approves the Salesian Constitutions. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1875<\/font><\/td>\n11 November<\/font><\/td>\nThe first Salesian missionary expedition sets out for America. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1875<\/font><\/td>\n21 November<\/font><\/td>\nThe first Salesian house outside Italy is opened (Nice, France). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1876<\/font><\/td>\n9 May<\/font><\/td>\nThe Holy See approves the Association of Salesian Cooperators. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1877<\/font><\/td>\nAugust<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco publishes the first issue of the Salesian Bulletin. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1877<\/font><\/td>\n1 September<\/font><\/td>\nThe FMAs open the first house outside Italy (in Nice, France). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1877<\/font><\/td>\n5 September<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesians hold their first General Chapter. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1877<\/font><\/td>\n14 November<\/font><\/td>\nThe first six FMAs leave Italy for the missions of America. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1879<\/font><\/td>\nMay<\/font><\/td>\nFirst contact of the Salesian missionaries with the Indios of Patagonia. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1880<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary<\/font><\/td>\nSalesians and FMAs open the first missionary works in Patagonia (Argentina). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/font><\/td>\n14 May<\/font><\/td>\nMother Maria Mazzarello dies. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/font><\/td>\nFebruary<\/font><\/td>\nBeginning of the Salesian work in Spain. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1883<\/font><\/td>\nFebruary-May<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco’s visit to France. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1883<\/font><\/td>\n14 July<\/font><\/td>\nBeginning of the Salesian work in Brazil. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1884<\/font><\/td>\nAugust 11-22<\/font><\/td>\nThe FMAs hold their first General Chapter. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1884<\/font><\/td>\nDecember 7<\/font><\/td>\nThe first Salesian Bishop (Msgr. Giovanni Cagliero). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1886<\/font><\/td>\nApril 8<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco’s visit to Barcelona. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1887<\/font><\/td>\nMarch 19<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian work begins in Chile. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1887<\/font><\/td>\nMay 14<\/font><\/td>\nConsecration of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart – Rome. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1888<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary 31<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco dies (leaving 773 Salesians and 393 Daughters of Mary Help of Christians). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1890<\/font><\/td>\nJune 4<\/font><\/td>\nThe canonization process of Don Bosco is opened. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1891<\/font><\/td>\nOctober 8<\/font><\/td>\nSalesians and FMAs, opening works in Palestine, begin their work in Asia. The Salesians enter Africa (Algeria). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/font><\/td>\nDecember 8<\/font><\/td>\nThe FMAs begin their activity in Africa with a work in Algeria. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1897<\/font><\/td>\nSeptember<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian work begins in Central America. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1905<\/font><\/td>\nMay 7<\/font><\/td>\nDon Luigi Variara founds in Colombia the “Daughters of the Sacred Hearts”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1906<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary 14<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian work begins in India, Tanjore, and in China – Macau. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1908<\/font><\/td>\nJuly 31<\/font><\/td>\nDon Rua founds the SEI publishing house in Turin (then the “International Company for the Diffusion of the Good Press”). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1910<\/font><\/td>\nAugust 16<\/font><\/td>\nFr. Paolo Albera is elected the 2nd Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/font><\/td>\nSeptember 7<\/font><\/td>\nThe Holy See approves the FMA Institute. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1915<\/font><\/td>\nDecember 6<\/font><\/td>\nThe first Salesian cardinal is elected (Giovanni Cagliero). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/font><\/td>\nMay 20<\/font><\/td>\nDon Filippo Rinaldi founds a lay association from which the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco will later develop. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/font><\/td>\nApril 24<\/font><\/td>\nFr. Filippo Rinaldi is elected the 3rd successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMsgr. Luigi Versiglia founds in China the “Announcers of the Lord” sisters (now transferred to Hong Kong). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1929<\/font><\/td>\nJune 2<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco is proclaimed Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932<\/font><\/td>\nMay 17<\/font><\/td>\nFr. Pietro Ricaldone is elected the 4th Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/font><\/td>\nDecember 8<\/font><\/td>\nMsgr. Giuseppe Cognata founds in Italy the “Salesian Oblate Sisters”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1934<\/font><\/td>\nApril 1<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco is declared a Saint. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/font><\/td>\nAugust 15<\/font><\/td>\nDon Antonio Cavoli founds in Japan the “Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki”; Msgr. Gaetano Pasotti founds in Thailand the “Handmaids of the Immaculate Heart”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/font><\/td>\nNovember 20<\/font><\/td>\nMother Maria Mazzarello is declared Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/font><\/td>\nJuly<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian Central Catechetical Office is founded (later the Salesian Catechetical Centre). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/font><\/td>\nMay 3<\/font><\/td>\nThe Salesian Athenaeum is founded in Turin (today a Pontifical University in Rome). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/font><\/td>\nOctober 24<\/font><\/td>\nMsgr. Stefano Ferrando founds in India the “Missionary Catechist Sisters”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/font><\/td>\nDecember 8<\/font><\/td>\nThe LDC publishing house is founded. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/font><\/td>\nMay 24<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco declared patron of Catholic publishers. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/font><\/td>\nMarch 5<\/font><\/td>\nDomenico Savio is proclaimed Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/font><\/td>\n
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		The Salesian missionaries expelled from China promote the development of the Salesian work in the neighbouring nations: the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/font><\/td>\nJune 24<\/font><\/td>\nMother Maria Mazzarello is declared a Saint. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/font><\/td>\nAugust 1<\/font><\/td>\nFr. Renato Ziggioti is elected the 5th Successor of Don Bosco at the 17th General Chapter (Turin).<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/font><\/td>\nJune 12<\/font><\/td>\nDomenico Savio is proclaimed a Saint. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary 17<\/font><\/td>\nDon Bosco is named patron of the apprentices of Italy. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/font><\/td>\nApril 27<\/font><\/td>\nFr. Luigi Ricceri is elected the 6th Successor of Don Bosco at the 19th General Chapter (Rome).<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/font><\/td>\nSeptember 20<\/font><\/td>\nThe CNOS (National Centre of Salesian Works) is established, the representative body for Italy. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/font><\/td>\n11 October<\/font><\/td>\nThe FMA transfer the General House from Turin to Rome, and there celebrate the “Special General Chapter” of renewal. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/font><\/td>\n6 October<\/font><\/td>\nThe Special General Chapter for the renewal of the Salesian Congregation opens (Rome). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/font><\/td>\n1 June<\/font><\/td>\nThe salesian General House is transferred to Rome. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/font><\/td>\n29 October<\/font><\/td>\nDon Michele Rua is proclaimed Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/font><\/td>\n13 November<\/font><\/td>\nMons. Luigi Versiglia and Don Callisto Caravario are declared Martyrs. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/font><\/td>\n15 December<\/font><\/td>\nD. Egidio Viganò is elected, 7th Successor of Don Bosco, at the 21st General Chapter (Rome).<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/font><\/td>\n
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		Following GC21, the “Africa Project” is launched. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/font><\/td>\n5 August<\/font><\/td>\nThe Secular Institute of the VDB becomes of pontifical right. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/font><\/td>\n12 January<\/font><\/td>\nDon Dario Superina opens the salesian presence (Africa Project) at Siakago in Kenya, Diocese of Meru, anticipating the first expedition of Indian salesian missionaries to Africa (29 August). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/font><\/td>\n15 May<\/font><\/td>\nMons. Luigi Versiglia and Don Callisto Caravario are proclaimed Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/font><\/td>\n8 December<\/font><\/td>\n22nd General Chapter (Rome), definitive revision of the Constitutions approved by the Holy See. 8 December, Promulgation of the Constitutions approved by the Holy See.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/font><\/td>\n31 January<\/font><\/td>\nFirst centenary of the death of Don Bosco. The “Year of Grace”, enriched with Indulgences by Pope John Paul II, opens on 31 January with a solemn celebration in Turin, attended by the Rector Major with the General Council, four cardinals and 58 salesian bishops. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/font><\/td>\n14 May<\/font><\/td>\nSalesians throughout the world renew their profession in fidelity to the Founder. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/font><\/td>\n2-4 September<\/font><\/td>\nExtraordinary pilgrimage of Pope John Paul II to the places of Don Bosco: Becchi – Chieri – Valdocco. On 3 September, at Colle don Bosco, Laura Vicuña is proclaimed Blessed.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/font><\/td>\n24 January<\/font><\/td>\nPope John Paul II officially proclaims Don Bosco “Father and Teacher of Youth”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/font><\/td>\n31 January<\/font><\/td>\nThe Centenary of Don Bosco closes in Rome with a solemn civic commemoration on the Capitoline Hill and with the concelebration in the great Basilica of the Saint at Cinecittà. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/font><\/td>\n4 March<\/font><\/td>\nThe 23rd General Chapter opens in Rome on the theme: Educating the young to the faith. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/font><\/td>\n29 April<\/font><\/td>\nDon Filippo Rinaldi is proclaimed Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/font><\/td>\n5 November<\/font><\/td>\nSister Maddalena Caterina Morano is declared Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/font><\/td>\n19 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 24th General Chapter opens in Rome on the theme: Salesians and Laity: communion and sharing in the spirit and mission of Don Bosco. D. Juan E. Vecchi is elected, 8th Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/font><\/td>\n24 May<\/font><\/td>\nEcclesial recognition of the “Volunteers with Don Bosco” in the Archdiocese of Caracas. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/font><\/td>\n13 June<\/font><\/td>\nPope John Paul II beatifies in Warsaw 108 Martyrs, among them the Salesian priest Jozef Kowalski and five young men of the salesian oratory of Poznań: CzesƗaw Jówiak, Edward Kazmierski, Franciszek Kęsy, Edward Klinik, Jarogniew Wojciechowski.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/font><\/td>\n30 and 31 January<\/font><\/td>\nFor the feast of Saint John Bosco in the year 2000, the Rector Major with his Council presides – on the hill of Colle don Bosco, on the afternoon of 30 January – over a solemn Concelebration in which, together with the inauguration of the restoration works of the Temple of Don Bosco, he opens the salesian celebrations of the Jubilee Year with a Message to the young. The following day, 31 January, from the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, he sends a Message to the Salesian Family. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/font><\/td>\n1 October<\/font><\/td>\nSolemn canonization in Saint Peter’s Square, together with a host of martyrs of China, of the two Salesian Protomartyrs, Luigi Versiglia, Bishop, and Callisto Caravario, Priest. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/font><\/td>\n11 November<\/font><\/td>\nWithin the framework of the celebration of the great Jubilee of the year 2000 and on the occasion of the 125th <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/font><\/td>\n11 March<\/font><\/td>\nIn Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope John Paul II enrolls 233 Martyrs of Spain in the Almanac of the Blessed, 32 of whom belong to our Salesian Family, from the Provinces of Barcelona and Valencia (29 SDB, of whom 7 Brothers, 6 clerics, 16 priests, 2 FMA, and one lay collaborator). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/font><\/td>\n24 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 25th General Chapter opens in Rome on the theme: The salesian community today: fraternal life, gospel witness, animating presence among the young. D. Pascual Chávez Villanueva is elected, 9th successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/font><\/td>\n14April<\/font><\/td>\nIn Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope John Paul II proclaims Blessed Bro. Artemide Zatti, Don Luigi Variara, and Sister Maria Romero Meneses FMA. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/font><\/td>\n25 April<\/font><\/td>\nIn Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope John Paul II proclaims Blessed Don Augusto Czartoryski, Sister Eusebia Palomino FMA, and Alessandrina M. da Costa, a Salesian Cooperator. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/font><\/td>\n5 September<\/font><\/td>\nIn the plain of Santorso, near Loreto, Pope John Paul II proclaims Blessed Alberto Marvelli, a former pupil of the Salesian Oratory of Rimini. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/font><\/td>\n19 June<\/font><\/td>\nIn Warsaw, the Primate Card. Józef Glemp, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, proclaims Blessed Don BronisƗaw Markiewicz, a former Salesian, Founder of the Congregations of Saint Michael the Archangel. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/font><\/td>\n28 October<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, Card. José Saraiva Martins, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, proclaims Blessed the Salesian priest Enrique Saíz Aparicio and 62 companions, martyrs of Spain (Madrid and Seville). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/font><\/td>\n11 November<\/font><\/td>\nIn Chimpay, Argentina, Card. Tarcisio Bertone, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, proclaims Blessed Zeffirino (Ceferino) Namuncurá, a young student of the Salesians (son of the Cacique of the Pampas, who died in Rome in 1905). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/font><\/td>\n24 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 26th General Chapter opens in Rome on the theme: Da mihi animas cetera tolle. Starting afresh from Don Bosco to awaken the heart of the Salesians. Charismatic identity and apostolic passion. D. Pascual Chávez Villanueva is confirmed as the 9th successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/font><\/td>\n18 December<\/font><\/td>\n150th anniversary of the Foundation of the Salesian Congregation. Salesians from all over the world renew their profession in fidelity to the Founder. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/font><\/td>\n29-31 October<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome the International Congress is held for the 100th anniversary of the death of the Blessed Michele Rua. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/font><\/td>\n31 January<\/font><\/td>\nLetter of the Rector Major to the Salesians for the beginning of the triennium of preparation for the Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/font><\/td>\n24 November<\/font><\/td>\nSister Maria Troncatti is declared Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/font><\/td>\n19 October<\/font><\/td>\nIn Budapest, Hungary, Cardinal Angelo Amato, on behalf of Pope Francis, proclaims the Salesian Brother István Sándor Blessed. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/font><\/td>\n22 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 27th General Chapter begins (Rome) on the theme: Witnesses to the radical approach of the Gospel. Called to live in fidelity the apostolic project of Don Bosco. “Work and temperance”. Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime is elected, 10th Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/font><\/td>\n16 August<\/font><\/td>\nSecond centenary of the birth of Don Bosco. The “Year of Grace” officially opened on 16 August with a solemn concelebration at Colle Don Bosco, attended by the Rector Major with some General Councillors, some bishops, the young people and the representatives of the Salesian Family. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/font><\/td>\n19-23 November<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, Bicentenary International Historical Congress on the Development of the charism of Don Bosco up to the mid-twentieth century.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n24 January<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, a solemn concelebration presided over by the Rector Major, with the presence of all the councils of the Salesian Family of Italy. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n19-21 March<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, International Pedagogical Congress With Don Bosco, educators of the young in our time, organized by the Salesian Pontifical University.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n21-25 May<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, Meeting of Salesian Bishops. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n21 June<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, visit of Pope Francis and meeting with the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n6-9 August<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, VII International Congress of Mary Help of Christians Hic Domus mea inde gloria mea. From Mary’s house to our houses, organized by ADMA, with the presence of the Rector Major and of the Salesian Family from all over the world.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n10-15 August<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, gathering of the Salesian Youth Movement from all over the world on the theme Like Don Bosco, With the young, For the young.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n16 August<\/font><\/td>\nAt Colle Don Bosco the Rector Major concludes the official celebrations of the Bicentenary with a solemn concelebration attended by the young people of the Salesian Youth Movement from all over the world, the Salesians, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the members of the Salesian Family. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/font><\/td>\n28 October-1 November<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, VI ACSSA International Conference on the Perception of the figure of Don Bosco outside the Salesian work from 1879 to 1965.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/font><\/td>\n6-10 April<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, at the General House, the 1st Seminar for the promotion of canonization causes in the Salesian Family is held. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/font><\/td>\nJuly<\/font><\/td>\nThe Rector Major with the General Council decides on the temporary transfer of the General House to the “Sacro Cuore” Hospice in Rome, the place where the Basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart stands, which Pope Leo XIII had built for Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/font><\/td>\n30 September<\/font><\/td>\nAt Bratislava-Petr\u017ealka (Slovakia) Cardinal Angelo Amato presides over the solemn concelebration at which Titus Zeman is declared Blessed, “martyr of vocations”. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/font><\/td>\n27 November-1 December<\/font><\/td>\nIn Madrid the International Congress “Youth Ministry and Family” is held. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/font><\/td>\n10-14 April<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, at the General House of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the 2nd Seminar for the promotion of canonization causes in the Salesian Family is held. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/font><\/td>\n24 May<\/font><\/td>\nThe Rector Major convenes the 28th General Chapter entitled What kind of Salesians for the young people of today? which will be held at Turin Valdocco from 16 February to 4 April 2020.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/font><\/td>\n9 June<\/font><\/td>\nIn Turin, with a solemn concelebration presided over by Msgr. Renato Boccardo, Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians is commemorated. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/font><\/td>\n20-23 September<\/font><\/td>\nAt the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome the Congress entitled Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment is held, in preparation for the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary<\/font><\/td>\nThe Rector Major with the General Council resolves the definitive location of the Salesian Central Headquarters at the “Sacro Cuore” Hospice in Rome. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/font><\/td>\n16 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 28th General Chapter begins (Turin-Valdocco) on the theme: What kind of Salesians for the young people of today? Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime is confirmed, 10th Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/font><\/td>\n3 October<\/font><\/td>\nAt Turin-Valdocco the Rector Major inaugurates the Don Bosco House Museum. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary<\/font><\/td>\nBeginning of the centenary of the death of Don Paolo Albera, second Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/font><\/td>\nJanuary<\/font><\/td>\nBeginning of the IV centenary of the death of St. Francis de Sales. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/font><\/td>\nAugust<\/font><\/td>\n150th anniversary of the Foundation of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA). <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/font><\/td>\n9 October<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis declares the Blessed Artemide Zatti a Saint. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/font><\/td>\n30 September<\/font><\/td>\nIn Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis creates Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime Rector Major. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/font><\/td>\n20 April<\/font><\/td>\nThe Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, is consecrated Bishop, with the titular see of Ursona, by Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/font><\/td>\n16 February<\/font><\/td>\nThe 29th General Chapter begins (Turin): Fr. Fabio Attard is elected, the 11th Successor of Don Bosco. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/font><\/td>\nNovember<\/font><\/td>\nCelebrations for the 150° anniversary of the first Don Bosco missionary expedition to Argentina.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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