Good to know
What was happening in the world in the year of the foundation of the Pious Society of St Francis of Sales?
1859
In April, the construction of the Suez Canal begins in Egypt;
The second Italian war of independence is fought between April and July;
At the end of April, the first part of "Tale of Two Cities" is published, one of the only two historical novels by Charles Dickens;
Fr Jorge Mario Bergoglio: 50 years of priesthood
1934: Mario Giuseppe Francesco and Regina María Sívori, who met at the Salesian Oratory in San Antonio, get married.
1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio receives the first Catholic sacrament in the parish of San Carlo Borromeo and Basilica of Mary Help of Christians.
The Church of Don Bosco in Rome: historical notes
On 8 December, the church of Don Bosco in Rome celebrated the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the temple.
The church was built by the famous Sicilian architect Gaetano Rapisardi, who won the competition organized by the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art on behalf of the Salesians.
On 12 September 1952 the first stone of the new building was laid by the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara.
What were the first 10 Salesian missionary works?
The first 10 Salesian missionary works were:
San Nicolás de Los Arroyos, Argentina (1876), boarding school;
Almagro Buenos Aires, Argentina (1877), boarding school, feat. arts and crafts/trade school;
Boca Buenos Aires, Argentina (1877), St John boarding school;
Villa Colón, Uruguay (1877), boarding school - FMA;