PHOTO ARCHIVES

Treviglio, Italy - 1960 - Visit of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, (future Pope Paul VI) to the Salesian house of Treviglio. After celebrating Mass, the then archbishop of Milan greeted the altar boys.

Patagonia, Argentina - 1886 - Salesian missions in Argentina began in 1875. Fr Giovanni Cagliero, who was later appointed apostolic vicar, bishop, archbishop and cardinal, was the first to lead the missionary expedition. In the photo: the Apostolic Vicar with Salesian missionaries and the indigenous Caciques

Turin, Italy - September 1911 - From 8 to 10 September 1911, in Turin, the 1st International Congress of Salesian Past Pupils of the Don Bosco Institutes took place. Representatives of various associations from Italy, France, Spain and South America took part in the meeting.

Patagonia, Argentina - 1949 - He came from Italy to Bahía Blanca, Argentina, professed as a Salesian Brother and became a nurse. It was said of him: "Br Zatti was not only a very skilled nurse, but he himself was a medicine. He healed with his presence, his voice, his words."

In the photo: Br Zatti in his pharmacy, where he took care of the poor.

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