About Us

The Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco work with and for poor youth throughout the world! Through education and formation, we seek to bring Christ closer to the young so they can live a deeper relationship with Him and be empowered to spread the Good News out into the world.

 

Living the Preventive System of our Founder St. John Bosco and Co-Foundress St. Mary Mazzarello, our mission of evangelization aims to form “honest citizens and good Christians” in true Salesian spirituality: centered on the Holy Eucharist, devoted to Mary, and faithful to the Church’s Magisterium. Our apostolates in North America include schools, camps, retreat ministries, oratories, parish education, day care, youth centers, young adult ministry, and more.

 

We also commit ourselves to a community lifestyle which is poor, simple, welcoming, and able to create an educative presence among the young. We are active contemplatives, with a vibrant prayer life that sustains our mission and is central to who we are as Salesian Sisters.

 

We still strive to live by the profile of the FMA as outlined by Don Bosco in the first Constitutions (our rule of life):

1. 1. Patient and zealous charity not only towards children but more especially towards young girls and everyone, without exception, with the aim of doing as much good as possible.
   2. Simplicity and reserve combined with cheerfulness, a spirit of mortification both interior and exterior; strict observance of poverty.
   3. Obedience of will and judgement; and humility in accepting willingly and without comment the advice and corrections given and the work entrusted to them.
   4. A spirit of prayer which helps the Sisters to carry out their works of piety willingly, to remain in the presence of God and to abandon themselves to Diving Providence.