Salesians of Don Bosco

The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB; also known as the Salesian Society or
Salesians of Don Bosco
Salesian Order; officially named the Society of St Francis de Sales) is a
Catholic religious institute of the Latin Church, founded in the late
nineteenth century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children
during the Industrial Revolution.

The Salesians' charter describes the society's mission as "the Christian

perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal
works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education
of boys to the priesthood".[1] The institute is named after Francis de Sales,
an early-modern bishop from Geneva.
Coat of arms of the Salesians

Contents
History
Salesian Coat of Arms
Logo of the society
Various elements of the new logo
Logo of the Salesians
Relation to the traditional coat of arms
Process of logo selection Abbreviation SDB

Organization Motto Da mihi Animas

cætera tolle ("Give
Works
me souls, take
Controversy and Child Sex Abuse away the rest")
Women's institute Formation 18 December 1859
Notable members Founder St. John Bosco
See also Type Clerical Religious
References Congregation
External links (Clerical religious
institute of pontifical
right)
History Headquarters Direzione Generale
Opere Don Bosco,
In 1845 Don John Bosco ("Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for
Via Marsala,
priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the
Roma
municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several
Membership 15,298 (14,731
more schools, and in 1857 drew up a set of rules for his helpers, which (2014) without novices and
became the Rule of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, which Pope Pius IX
bishops)
approved definitively in 1873. The Society grew rapidly, with houses
established in France and Argentina within a year of the Society's formal Rector Major Fr. Ángel
recognition. Its official print organ, the Salesian Bulletin, was first published Fernández Artime,
in 1877. S.D.B.
Vicar of the Fr. Francesco
Over the next decade the Salesians expanded into Austria, Britain, Spain, Rector Major Cereda
and several countries in South America. The death of Don Bosco in 1888
Main organ Rector Major And
did not slow the Society's growth. By 1911 the Salesians were established
throughout the world, including Colombia, China, India, South Africa, General Council
Tunisia, Venezuela and the United States. Website sdb.org/en (http://s
db.org/en)
The Society continues to operate worldwide; in 2000, it counted more than
Formerly Society of St
17,000 members in 2,711 houses.
called Francis of Sales

Salesian Coat of Arms

The Salesian Coat of Arms was designed by Professor Boidi. It was
published for the first time in a circular letter of Don Bosco on 8 December
1885. It consist of a shining star, the large anchor, and the heart on fire to
symbolize the theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. The figure of
St. Francis de Sales recalls the Patron of the Society. The small wood in the
lower part refers to the Founder of the society; the high mountains signify
the heights of perfection towards which members strive; the interwoven
Statue of Don Bosco at St John
palm and laurel that enfold the shield on either side are emblematic of the
Bosco Parish Church, Taipei, Taiwan
prize reserved for a virtuous and sacrificial life. The motto Da mihi animas,
caetera tolle meaning "Give me souls, Take away the rest" is featured at the
bottom.

Logo of the society

The logo of the Salesians of Don Bosco is made up of two superimposed images: in the background a stylised “S”
(Salesians) in white is formed within a sphere like a globe, marked to the right and left by two cuttings between the
hills/dunes. The second image is in the centre of the globe bridging the “S” road. This is an arrow pointing upwards,
resting on three perpendicular legs on top of which are three closed circles, making a stylised image of three people:
the first of these in the middle and taller than the others is the point of the arrow, and the other two beside it appear
as it were to be embraced by the central figure. The three stylised figures with the arrow pointing upwards can also
be viewed as a simple dwelling with a sloping roof and with pillars holding it up (the bodies of the three people).

The logo contains elements from German and Brazilian provinces. It is designed with the central theme "Don Bosco
and the Salesians walking with the young through the world."

Various elements of the new logo

Don Bosco, the Salesian and young people: Three stylized figures represent St John Bosco reaching
out to the young, and his call for Salesians to continue his work
The Salesian charism and the preventive system: The road represents an educational journey for the
youth, the house represents Bosco's Oratories of Reason, Religion and Kindness (three columns of
house).
The Salesian charism, relevant and worldwide: The background is a stylized heart that is also
reminiscent of a globe.
Color composition of the logo is:[2]
- Foreground: Cyan 6%, magenta 100%, yellow 82%, black 0%.
- Background: Magenta 22%, Yellow 44%

Relation to the traditional coat of arms

 Traditional Coat of Arms Current Salesian logo

Three Virtues (Faith, Hope,

Kindness)
Patron of the Salesians
Founder of the Salesians
Perfection and Aspiration
Virtue and Sacrifice
Salesian Motto
Star, Anchor, Inflamed Heart Three circles
Image of St. Francis de Sales Stylized 'S'
The wood (Bosco) Central figure of three persons
Mountains (height) Road (journey)
Circular stylized heart / open arms of central
Intertwined palm and laurel
figure
Ribbon containing Da Mihi Animas
Saint John Bosco with open arms
Caetera Tolle

Process of logo selection

The new logo is the result of combining two logos already established for years in some parts of the Congregation:
the German logo and the Brazilian logo.

The idea of combining the two came out of suggestions from an enquiry about the new logo conducted throughout
the Congregation and from contributions by the General Council.

The combination, besides profiting from the mutual enrichment of the elements, is intended to be an expression of
communion and of intercultural dialogue.

The artistic work of combining the two was carried out by the designer Fabrizio Emigli, from the Litos Company, in
Rome.

Organization
The Salesians of Don Bosco are headed by the Rector Major and the society's general council; each of the ninety-
four geographical provinces is headed by a Provincial. These officers serve six-year terms; the Rector Major and the
members of the general council are elected by the Chapter General, which meets every six years or upon the death
of the Rector Major. Each local Salesian community is headed by a superior, called a Rector (or more commonly,
"Director"), who is appointed to a three-year term and can be renewed for a second three-year term.

The current Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco is the Very Reverend Father Ángel Fernández Artime.

He has served the congregation as youth ministry delegate, director of the school at Ourense. He was a member of
the provincial council of Leon, later serving as vice provincial, and then provincial from 2000 to 2006. In 2009, he
was appointed Salesian provincial for southern Argentina, a post he held until his election as rector major. It was in
this capacity that he came to know, and worked with, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (now Pope Francis), the archbishop
of Buenos Aires. Prior to his election as Rector Major, Artime was appointed in December 2013 as head of the new
Seville province.[3]
 Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector
Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco
(2014-present)

Map showing the regional organization of the Salesians of Don Bosco, dotted with the location of the
headquarters of Salesian provinces and vice-provinces.
 Salesian provinces and sub-provinces
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Italy -
Inter- America - North West Africa -
Middle South Asia East Asia - Oceania
America Southern Europe Europe Madagascar
East
Cone
Antilles
(ANT) (http Buenos
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Central Australia-Pacific (AUL) (htt
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Africa (AFC) p://www.salesians.org.au/)
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Argentina & Valle d'
North Chennai,
(ABB) (htt France Aosta,
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(BOL) (htt (BEN) (h East Africa (http://www.
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p://www.sale (BSD) ttp://ww (SMA) (htt (http://ww Angola (http://www. 0080908025124/http://ww
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PROVINCE (https://we
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Province Salesians of
Don Bosco in Vietnam
Panjim, (Vie) (http://tgpsaigon.
Porto SUB- India (INP)
Alegre, PROVINCE (https://we net/baiviet-tintuc/2009
Mexico City, Brazil Warsaw, Maputo b.archive.or 1222/3441)
Mexico (BPA) (htt Poland (MOZ) (htt g/web/2008
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district - Ho Chi Minh
City
Telephone: (84-8)
37.240.473
Fax : 08.37240 647
Email : sdbvn@vnn.vn

Peru (PER)
Pila,
(https://web.
Poland Mission
archive.org/ Porto DELEGATION
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Recife,
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States (BRE) (htt Wroclaw, PROVINCE
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West United Sao Krakow, Silchar,
States Paulo, Poland India (INS)
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Ukraine
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Latin
Italy -
Inter- America - North West Africa -
Middle South Asia East Asia - Oceania
America Southern Europe Europe Madagascar
East
Cone

Works
Salesian communities primarily operate shelters for homeless or at-risk youths; schools; technical, vocational, and
language instruction centers for youths and adults; and boys' clubs and community centers. In some areas they run
parish churches. Salesians are also active in publishing and other public communication activities, as well as
mission work, especially in Asia (Siberia - in the Yakutsk area), Africa, and South America (Yanomami). The
Salesian Bulletin is now published in fifty-two editions, in thirty languages.

In the 1990s Salesians launched new works in the area of tertiary education, and today have a network of over 58
colleges and universities. The official university of the Salesian Society is the Salesian Pontifical University in
Rome.

Controversy and Child Sex Abuse

A number of schools and churches established under the Salesian order, founded by John Bosco, have been at the
center of child sex abuse scandals. Including Mary Help of Christians in Tampa, Florida.[4] Several of the all boys
boarding school were closed due to the ongoing sexual assault law suits and burdensome settlements[5].

Women's institute
The women's institute is known as the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco or, more officially, the Daughters of Mary
Help of Christians (FMA).

Visitationist sisters, members of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, are also sometimes called Salesian
Sisters, in honor of one of their founders, Saint Francis de Sales. However, the two societies are not the same and
their membership does not overlap.

Notable members
 Cardinal Angelo Amato
Bl. Alexandrina of Balazar
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Chuck Harding
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
St. Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco
S.D. Carlo Braga
Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero
Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara
Sean Devereux
Cardinal Raffaele Farina
Ven. August Hlond
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga
Javier de Nicoló
Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo Lucas Van Looy, Bishop of Ghent
Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas
Massimo Palombella
Bl. Michele Rua
S.D. Vincenzo Savio
Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez
Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler
Cardinal Štěpán Trochta
Cardinal Ignacio Velasco
Bl. Titus Zeman
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun

See also
Don Bosco School
List of Salesian schools
Rector Major of the Salesians
Croatian Salesian Province of Saint Don Bosco
Salesian Pastoral Youth Service, a Maltese Salesian developmental team of religious and lay youth
leaders
Salesians in Hungary
Salesians in the Philippines
Sexual abuse scandal in the Salesian order
Bartolome Blanco Marquez, martyr of the religious persecutions of the Spanish Civil War
Giuseppe Moja
Jan Tyranowski, mentor of the young Karol Wojtyla, later to be Pope John Paul II

References
1. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "The Salesian Society" (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13398
b.htm). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
2. "The Logo Of The Salesian Headquarters" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150429113737/http://www.
sdb.org/en/About_Us/Logo). Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco. Archived from the original (http://
www.sdb.org/en/About_Us/Logo) on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
3. "Salesians' new leader worked with Bergoglio in Argentina" (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new
s/salesians-new-leader-worked-with-bergoglio-in-argentina/).
 4. "Lawsuit filed in Tampa documents child sex abuse case at defunct Catholic school" (https://tampaba
y.com/news/religion/lawsuit-filed-in-tampa-documents-child-sex-abuse-case-at-defunct-catholic/22684
51/). Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
5. "Lawsuit filed in Tampa documents child sex abuse case at defunct Catholic school" (https://tampaba
y.com/news/religion/lawsuit-filed-in-tampa-documents-child-sex-abuse-case-at-defunct-catholic/22684
51/). Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2019-12-22.

External links
Official website (http://www.sdb.org/) (multilingual)
Salesian Missions (http://www.salesianmissions.org)

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