PHOTO ARCHIVES
Sondrio, Italy - 1920 - A moment of study in the Salesian house in Sondrio. Focus is fostered by the authoritative gaze of the assistant, whose task was to get even the most recalcitrant to study.
Valparaíso, Chile - 1932 - This is what one of the study rooms of the Salesian school in Valparaíso looked like in 1932. The arrival of the first Salesians in Valparaíso was on July 17, 1894. The school was started as a "School of Arts and Crafts", then in 1896 other basic courses were added and in 1901 the economics courses began, which continued until 1931, until the last accountants graduated. Finally, in 1938, scientific and humanistic teaching courses began.
Guadalajara, Spain - 1952 - In December 1952, the Spanish city of Guadalajara welcomed 109 young Salesian seminarians, students of philosophy. Arriving in the city by train, they went to occupy the new house that had just been built, that is the Philosophical Student House which was headed by Fr Emilio Hernández, a Salesian.
Turin, Italy - 1961 - On 11 June 1961 the first stone of the temple at Colle Don Bosco was laid. In the photo we see, in the background, Don Fedele Giraudi, who helped the designer to create the work and, later, Mgr. Fossati, in one of his last public appearances. Further behind, however, we see the little singers and chirichetti of Valdocco.