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Bicentennial Year 1815-2015 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:13 AM Page 2

DON BOSCO Mission Office

Dear Friends, was named “Father and Teacher of Youth” by John Paul II. He had one desire – to spend his life working with the young. This was achieved by employing a simple teaching method still practiced today. The Preventive System – based on love and not punishment, with reason, religion, and loving kindness. We call this the Salesian Spirit. Today, many Missioners, Volunteers, and Cooperators practice his philosophy with the continued interest and generosity of people all over the world. May our combined efforts bring hope to those in need. After all, Saint John Bosco is waiting for us in paradise. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:13 AM Page 3

How to help our SALESIAN MISSIONARIES!

■ By praying every day for the missionaries. ■ intentions (living/deceased) for the Missions: – offering of $10.00 for one Mass – offering of $250.00 for 30 “Gregorian Masses”. ■ Scholarships for young seminarians. ■ Leave a Legacy: Leave a gift in your will and continue to help youth in need. ■ Condolences: Make a donation to honour the memory of a loved one. ■ Honorary Donation: Special occasions, birthdays, weddings, and the like. ■ Employer Matching Gifts Program: Encourage your employer to match your donation. ■ Life Insurance and Listed Securities: Designate the Don Bosco Mission Office as the beneficiary of an insurance policy or transfer securities directly. ■ Enroll a living or deceased person in the Association (see last page). ■ No gift is too small – any gift can make a difference.

DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 11991, Pierre-Baillargeon, Montréal, QC H1E 2E5 Tel.: 514-648-4132 • Fax: 514-648-6729 [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:14 AM Page 4

Don Bosco upon receiving instructions in a dream begins to assemble his boys in an open field. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:14 AM Page 5

December 2014 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

NOVEMBER 2014 SMTWT F S Ț 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 2345678 Blessed Philip Rinaldi (†1931) 9101112131415 rd 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Blessed Charles Foucauld 3 Successor of Don Bosco 23 (†1916) Saint Bibiana (†361) Saint (†1552) Saint (†749) Salesian Family Saint Nicholas of Myra (†325) /30 24 25 26 27 28 29 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2nd Sunday of Advent Solemnity of the Immaculate Saint Brian Lacey and of Syracuse (†303), Saint of (†397) Conception of Mary Saint Juan Diego (†1548) Blessed John Mason (†1591) Saint Damasus I, Pope (†384) 14 ु 15 16 17 18 19 20

3rd Sunday of Advent Saint Adelaide, Empress Saint (†1591) Blessed Charles Steeb (†1858) (†999) Saint John of Matha (†1213) Saint Flannan (†600) Blessed Urban V, Pope (†1370) Saint Finian of Iona (†661) 21 22 Ȝ 23 24 25 26 27

Saint John of Kanty (†1473) Solemnity of the 4th Sunday of Advent Thorhallson Birth of the Lord Saint John, Apostle Canisius (†1597) Saint Flavian (†362) of (†1193) Saint Adela of Pfalzel (†735) Day , First Martyr and Evangelist

JANUARY 2015 ୸ SMTWT F S The music of the young 28 29 30 31 123 should be listened to 45678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 with the heart Saint Thomas à Becket Blessed Margaret Colonna 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 and not with the ears Feast of the (†1170) (†1280) Saint Sylvester I, Pope (†335) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Don Bosco tells his boys that there are lots of problems to be solved... He asks them to be patient. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:15 AM Page 7

January 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

DECEMBER 2014 FEBRUARY 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S You need only 123456 1234567 1 2 3 to be young for me 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mary, Mother of 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 to love you. New Year’s Day Saint Basil the Great and Holy Name of 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 World Day of Peace Saint Gregory Nazianzen Saint of 4 5 6 Ț 7 8 9 10 Epiphany of the Lord Saint Elizabeth Anne Bailey Saint John Neumann Saint Brother André (†1937) Saint Raymond of Penyafort Blessed Edward Waterson Blessed Seton (†1821) (†1860) Canadian Family (†1275) (†1593) (†1862) Saint Paul, the Hermit (†341) 11 12 13 ु 14 15 16 17 Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys (†1700) Blessed Blessed Luigi Variara (†1923) of the Lord Canadian Family Saint (†367) (†1887) Salesian Family Blessed Vaz (†1711) Saint Anthony, abbot (†356) 18 19 20 Ȝ 21 22 23 24 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Andrew Chong and Week of Prayer for companions (†1840) Christian Unity Saint Canut King of Denmark, Saint Fabian, Blessed Laura Vicuna (†1904) Saint Marianne Cope of Moloka’i Saint (†1622) Saint (†444) Martyr (†1086) Pope and Saint Sebastian Saint Agnes, Martyr (†306) Salesian Family (†1918) Salesian Family 25 26 27 ୸ 28 29 30 31 Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and , (†1912) Saint John Bosco (†1888) Conversion of St. Paul Saint Angela Merici (†1540) Saint (†1274) Saint Sulpice (†425) Salesian Family Salesian Family

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Don Bosco prays for protection and assistance. He is desperate as he and his boys are barred everywhere. “O Mary, Help of Christians, come to their rescue, and shelter them.” 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:15 AM Page 9

February 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Ț 5 6 7 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Presentation of our Lord Saint (†523) World Day for Consecrated Life (†320) and Commemoration of Blessed (†1908) Blessed Marie Rivier (†1838) Saint Paul Miki and Blessed Pius IX (†1878) deceased Salesians Salesian Tradition Canadian Family Saint John of Britto (†1693) Saint Agatha (†250) Martyr Japanese Martyrs (†1597) Salesian Tradition 8 9 10 11 12 ु 13 14 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Eusebia Palomino Saint Scholastica (†543) Saint Cyril (†869) and Saint Josephine Bakhita (†1935) Blessed Blessed Thomas Hemerford Saint Methodius (†885) (†1947) Salesian Family (†1960) World Day for the Sick (†1584) Saint Catherine Ricci (†1590) Co-Patron of Europe 15 16 17 18 19 Ȝ 20 21 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Joseph Allamano Ash Wednesday Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Saint Claude of Colombiere (†1926) Saint Fintan of Clonenagh Fast and Abstinence Saint Conrad of of Fatima (†1920) (†1682) Salesian Tradition (†603) Blessed Fra Angelico (†1455) (†1351) Abstinence Saint (†1072) 22 23 24 25 ୸ 26 27 28 1st Sunday in Lent Saints & Callistus Saint of Our Lady The Chair of Saint Peter, Saint (†155) Saint Flavian of Carthage Caravario (†1930) Martyrs Saint Isabella of of Sorrows (†1862) Apostle (†167) Martyr (†259) Salesian Family (†1270) Abstinence Saint Hilary, Pope (†468)

JANUARY 2015 MARCH 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S Remember that the Lord 123 1234567 45678910 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 has only one way of looking at you: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 with love. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31

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The boys together with Don Bosco work to make a shed donated to them habitable. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:16 AM Page 11

March 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 Ț 6 7

Saint Colette de Corbia (†1447) 2nd Sunday in Lent Saint Chad of Liechfield Saint Katherine-Marie Drexel Saint Casimir of World Day of Prayer Saint Perpetua and Saint of Wales (†589) (†672) (†1955) (†1484) Saint Colman of Armagh Abstinence Saint Felicity, Martyrs (†203) 8 9 10 11 12 13 ु 14 Blessed John Kearney, Saint Roderick of Cordoba 3rd Sunday in Lent Saint Frances of Martyr (†1653) (†857) Saint John of God (†1550) (†1440) Saint John Ogilvie (†1615) Begins novena to Saint Nicholas Owen (†1606) Abstinence Saint Mathilda (†968) 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ȝ 21 4th Sunday in Lent Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Saint Louise de Marillac Saint Solemnity of Saint Joseph, (†687) Saint Nicolas of (†1660) Blessed Robert Dalby (†1589) of Ireland (†461) (†386) Patron Saint of Canada Abstinence (†1487) 22 23 24 25 26 27 ୸ 28 5th Sunday in Lent Blessed Clemens August Saint Thuribius de Mongrovejo Saint Catherine of Sweden Solemnity of the Saint Margaret Clitherow Saint Rupert of Salzburg (†718) Saint Stephen Harding von Galen (†1946) (†1606) (†1381) of the Lord of York (†1586) Abstinence (†1134)

FEBRUARY 2015 APRIL 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S One can do more 29 30 31 1234567 1234 with a spoonful of honey Monday of Holy Week Tuesday of Holy Week 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 567891011 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Palm Sunday of the Saint Peter de Regalado Blessed John of than with a barrel of vinegar. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Lord’s Passion (†1456) (†1271) 26 27 28 29 30

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Don Bosco transforms the renovated shed into a chapel. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:17 AM Page 13

April 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

MARCH 2015 MAY 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S Ț 1234567 12 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3456789 Wednesday of Holy Week Good Friday of the 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Saint Hugh of Grenoble 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Holy Thursday Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday / 24 (†1132) Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper Fast and Abstinence The Easter Vigil 29 30 31 /31 25 26 27 28 29 30 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Sunday: Blessed , Saint John Baptist de La Salle Easter Octave Saint Hedda the Abbot, Saint Magdalen of Canossa Saint Stanislaus of Kracow Resurrection of the Lord Martyr (†1957) (†1719) Saint Julia Billiart (†1816) Martyr (†869) (†1835) (†1079) 12 ु 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ȝ Saint (†1879) 2nd Sunday of Easter Saint Martin I, Saint Damian of Veuster Saint Benedict Labre (†1783) Saint Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin Sunday Pope and Martyr Saint Peter Gonzales (†1246) (†1894) (†1664) (†1680) (†1890) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3rd Sunday of Easter Saint Alphege of Canterbury Easter Sunday: Resurrection Saint Saint Marie Euphrasie Pelletier Saint George, Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen Saint Mark, (†1012) of the Lord (†1109) (†1868) Patron Saint of England (†1622) Apostle and Evangelist 26 ୸ 27 28 29 30 4th Sunday of Easter Saint Marie of the Incarnation Without confidence and love, Saint Saint (†1672) Canadian Family there can be no true education. World Day of Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, (†1962) (†1380) Saint Benedict Cottolengo Prayer for Vocations (†1606) Saint (†1716) Co-patron Saint of Europe Salesian Tradition

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Don Bosco expresses his conviction that he will gather thousands. “My institutions will keep growing to shelter the poorest of the poor throughout the world.” 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:17 AM Page 15

May 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

APRIL 2015 JUNE 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S When you are having hard times, 1234 123456 1 2 567891011 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 turn to Mary. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 She will help you. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Saint Joseph, the Worker 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 Dignity of human work Saint Athanasius (†373) 3 4 Ț 5 6 7 8 9 Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis Savio (†1857) 5th Sunday of Easter (†1912) Canadian Family Salesian Family Blessed Marie-Catherine Saints Philip and James the Saint John Payne (†1582), Saint François de Laval (†1708) Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet of St. Augustine (†1688) Blessed Thomas Pickering Lesser, Apostles and Martyrs Martyr Blessed Edmund Rice (†1844) Canadian Family (†1759) Canadian Family (†1679), Martyr

ु Saint Brendan, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the Navigator (†583) Our Lady of Fatima Saint Louis Orione (†1940) 6th Sunday of Easter Saint Maria Domenica Salesian Family Saint John of Avila (†1569) Blessed John of Rochester Mazzarello (†1881) , Saint Isidore, the Farmer Blessed , Martyr Mother’s Day (†1537) Saint Nereus & Saint Achilleus Salesian Family Apostle and Martyr (†1110) (†1954) 17 18 Ȝ 19 20 21 22 23 Queen Victoria Day Saint Eugene of Mazenod Saint (†1861) Ascension of the Lord Sunday (†1900) Saint Bernadine of Siena Blessed Franz Jägerstätter Saint William of Rochester, Saint Pascal Baylon (†1592) Salesian Family Saint Dunstan (†988) (†1444) (†1943) Saint Rita of Cascia (†1457) Martyr (†1201)

Pentecost Sunday Solemnity of ୸ 24 Blessed Louis-Zephyrin Moreau 25 26 27 28 29 30 (†1901) Canadian Family Blessed Joseph Kowalski 31 Solemnity of the Most Saint Saint Philip Neri (†1595) Saint (†1942) Saint , Holy Trinity (†735)Salesian Tradition (†604) Saint Germanus of Paris (†576) Salesian Family Martyr (†1431)

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Don Bosco is interested in his boys’ work; he visits them and solicits business men to give them work. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:19 AM Page 17

June 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 Ț 3 4 5 6 Saint Charles Lwanga and Blessed Mary Elizabeth Martyrs of Uganda (†1886) Hesselblad (†1957) Saint Stephen of Sweden Saint Kevin of Glendalough Saint Filippo Smaldone (†1923) of Germany Saint Justin, Martyr (†166) (†1075) (†618) Salesian Family (†754) Saint Norbert (†1134) ु 7Solemnity of the Body 8 9 10 11 12 13 and Blood of Christ Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Corpus Christi Francis Kesy and Saint Colman of Dromore Blessed Istvan Sandor (†1952) Saint Ephrem (†373) Saint , young Polish martyrs (†1942) Saint Anthony of (†610) Salesian Family Saint Columba of Iona (†597) Blessed (†1924) Apostle, Martyr Salesian Family (†1231) 14 15 16 Ȝ 17 18 19 20

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Germaine Cousin (†1601) Blessed Saint Methodius of Patron Saint of Abandoned Saint Jean-François Régis Blessed Pierre-Joseph Cassant Saint Elizabeth of Schonau (†1794) Saint Margaret Ball (†1584) (†847) and Abused Children (†1640) (†1903) (†1164) Saint Romuald, Abbot (†1027) and Irish Martyrs

୸ Saint Cyril of 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Alexandria (†444) Blessed Nykyta Budka & 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint and Vasyl Velychkowsky Saint (†1591) Saint (†1535), Saint (†1860) Saint Prosper of Aquitaine Saint Josemaria Escriva and Martyrs Father’s Day Martyrs Salesian Family Birth of Saint (†460) (†1975) (†1949, †1973) Canadian family

MAY 2015 JULY 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S 28 29 30 12 1234 Charity and humility 3456789 567891011 Solemnity of Saint Peter (†64) are wings to lift you up to God. th 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 Sunday in Ordinary Time and Saint Paul (†67), 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Saint of Lyon (†200) Martyrs First Martyrs of Rome 24 /31 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Relentless hard work finally takes its toll and Don Bosco falls ill. His boys visit his bedside and crowd the chapel to pray for their father. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:20 AM Page 19

July 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

JUNE 2015 Ț SMTWT F S Your heart will be at peace 1 2 3 4 123456 Saint Elizabeth of Portugal 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 if you lovingly do (†1336) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 what the Lord asks of you. Canada Day Blessed Eugenia Joubert Saint Thomas, Apostle, Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Saint Oliver Plunket (†1681) (†1904) Martyr (†1925) 5 6 7 8 ु 9 10 11 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Anthony Zaccaria Saint (†1902), Blessed Maria Romero (†1977) Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Holy Martyrs of Damascus Saint Benedict of Nursia (†543) (†1539) Martyr Salesian Family Saint Killian (†689) Companions, Martyrs (†1930) (†1860) Patron Saint of Europe 12 13 14 15 16 Ȝ 17 18 Saint Henry II, Emperor 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (†1024) Saint Veronica Blessed Azélie (†1877) & Saint Camillus of Lellis Blessed Carmelite Martyrs Saint Frederick of Utrecht Apostleship of the Sea Sunday Louis Martin (†1894) (†1614) Saint (†1274) Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Compiègne (†1794) (†1838) 19 20 21 22 23 24 ୸ 25 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Bridget of Sweden Saint Saint Margaret of Antioch, Saint (†1373) Saint Sharbel Malkluf Saint , (†1833) Martyr (†1619) Saint Co-patron Saint of Europe (†1898) Apostle Ț AUGUST 2015 26 27 28 29 30 31 SMTWT F S 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 , Patron Saint of Quebec 2345678 9101112131415 and Saint Parents Saint Natalia of Cordoba, Saint Saint Ignatius of Loyola 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 of the Mary Martyr (†852) Saint Samson of York (†565) Saint Martha (†451) (†1556) 23 24 /30 /31 25 26 27 28 29

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Don Bosco returns to Becchi and visits Mamma Margaret to recover his strength. He invites his mother to return with him to the Oratory. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:21 AM Page 21

August 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

JULY 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S If you want to be loved, 1234 12345 1 567891011 6789101112 you must love yourselves and make your children Saint 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 feel that you love them. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (†1787) 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 Saint (†1540) ु 2 3 4 5 Dedication of 6 7 8 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Basilica St. Mary Major Saint Dominic de Guzman Blessed August Saint John Marie Vianney Blessed Frederick Janssoone Saint Sixtus II, Pope & Martyr (†1221) (†1893) of Ars (†1859) (†1916) (†258) Saint Mary Helen MacKillop Salesian Family Saint Nicodemus Patron Saint of Canadian Family Transfiguration of the Lord Saint Cajetan (†1547) (†1909) 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ȝ 15 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Saint () (†1942), Martyr Saint Lawrence (†258), (†1641) Saint Pontian, Pope, Martyr Saint Solemnity of the Assumption Co-Patron Saint of Europe Martyr Saint (†1253) Salesian Family (†236) (†1941), Martyr of Mary 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ୸ 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Stephen of Hungary Saint Pius X, Pope (†1914) (†1038) Saint Helen, Empress (†330) Saint , Our Lady of Knock (Ireland) Saint Roch (†1327) Saint Joan Delanoue (†1736) Saint (†1952) Saint John Eudes (†1680) abbot (†1153) (†1879) Queenship of Mary

21st Sunday in 23 Ordinary Time 24 Saint Bartholomew, Ț Saint (†1617) Apostle, Martyr 25 26 27 28 29 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed FMA Blessed Zephyrin Namuncura Martyrdom of 30 Blessed Margaret Ward (†1588) 31 Saint Aidan of (†1969) (†1905) Saint Saint John the Baptist Blessed Ildefonso Schuster (†1954) Lindisfarne (†651) Salesian FamilySalesian Family Saint Monica (†387) (†430) Saint Joan Jugan (†1879)

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Boys who wish to learn trades are prepared for the future with Don Bosco always in attendance. This is the beginning of the Salesian vocational and technical schools. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:21 AM Page 23

September 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AUGUST 2015 OCTOBER 2015 ु SMTWT F S SMTWT F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 123 Blessed Maria Moreno 2345678 45678910 and Maria Amparo, FMA 9101112131415 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (†1936), Martyrs Blessed André Grasset (†1792) Saint Gregory the Great Blessed Dina Bélanger (†1929) Blessed 23 24 Salesian Family Canadian Family (†604) Canadian Family of Calcutta (†1997) /30 /31 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nativity of the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Labour Day Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Peregrine Laziosi (†1345) Blessed John Maid, Martyr Blessed Frederick Ozanan Saint Saint John Gabriel Perboyre Patron Saint of cancer patients (†1627) (†1853) Saint (†1654) (†1622) (†1840), Martyr The Most Holy Name of Mary 13 Ȝ 14 15 16 17 18 19 Saint (†1621) 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint Cornelius and Saint Saint Joseph of Cupertino Saint (†404) Exaltation of the Holy Cross Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Saint (†258) (†1179) (†1663) Saint Januarius (†305) 20 21 ୸ 22 23 24 25 26 Blessed Joseph Calasanz, Blessed Mother Emilie Gamelin Blessed Paul VI (†1978) 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Henry Saiz and companions (+1851) Canadian Family Holy Saint Andrew Kim, Paul Chong Saint Matthew, (†1936) Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Secondary Patron Saints and (†1846) Apostle and Evangelist Salesian Family (†1968) (†1061) Saint Vincent Strambi (†1824) of Canada Ț 27 28 29 30 Do you wish to do something Saint Wenceslaus of Germany most pleasing to God? (†929) 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint de Manilla Saint , Saint Gabriel and Help in the education of the young. Saint (†1660) (†1637), Martyr Saint , Saint (†420)

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Don Bosco establishes another congregation to work alongside his own. The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians will do for girls what the Salesians are doing for boys. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:22 AM Page 25

October 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 2015 NOVEMBER 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S Think of nothing but souls, 12345 1234567 1 2 3 6789101112 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and make no account Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 of all the rest. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (†1897) Blessed Columba Marmion 27 28 29 30 29 30 Patron Saint of Missions The Holy Guardian Angels (†1923) 4 ु 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blessed Saint (†1101) and Our Lady of the Saint Dennis of Paris (†260), (†1946) Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher Our Lady of Victories (†1571) Martyr 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Salesian Family (†1849) Blessed Blessed Matthew Carreri Blessed John Henry Newman Saint (†1226) Blessed (†1926) Canadian Family (†1918) (†1470) (†1890) Saint Comboni (†1881) 11 12 13 Ȝ 14 15 16 17 Blessed Alexandrina da Costa Saint Marguerite d’Youville (†1955) Salesian Family (†1771) Canadian Family 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Thanksgiving Day Saint Edward, the Confessor Saint Callistus I, Pope (†222), Saint Marguerite-Marie Saint Saint John XXIII, Pope (†1963) Saint Wilfrid of York (†709) (†1068) Martyr Saint Teresa of Avila (†1582) (†1690) (†110) 18 19 20 ୸ 21 22 23 24 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed Charles of Austria (†1922) Saint Luke, the beloved Emperor of Austria, physician, Evangelist Saint Philip Howard, Martyr Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, King of Hungary Saint John Paul II, Pope Saint John of Capistrano Saint (†1915) World Mission Sunday (†1595) Martyr (†1984) Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi (†1993) (†2005) (†1456) Salesian Family 25 26 27 Ț 28 29 30 31 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed Michael Rua (†1910) Saint Richard Gwyn (†1584) 1st Successor of Don Bosco Blessed Charles Gnocchi Saint Sabina of Avila, Martyr Saints Simon and Jude, Salesian Family Blessed Dorothy Swartz (†1956) Saint Alfred the Great (†899) (†303) Apostles, Martyrs Blessed (†1990) of Prussia (†1394) Saint Quentin (†287)

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Don Bosco dreams of faraway mission lands and God reveals a plan for great work. In November 1875, the first group of Salesians leaves for South America. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:22 AM Page 27

November 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 ु 4 5 6 7 Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed Saint (†1639) Saint Charles Borromeo Deceased Benefactors and Blessed Margaret of Lorraine Mary, of Grace Solemnity of All Saints (All Souls’ Day) Saint Malachy (†1148) (†1584) Friends of the Salesian Family (†1521) Saint Willibrod (†739) 8 9 10 11 Ȝ 12 13 14 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Saint Josaphat Kunzewic (†1917) (†1906) Dedication of Saint Leo the Great, Pope Remembrance Day (†1623) Blessed Artemides Zatti (†1951) Saint Lawrence O’Toole Blessed John Duns Scotus (†1308) Saint John Lateran Basilica (†461) Saint Martin de Tours (†397) Patron Saint of Ukraine Salesian Family (†1180) 15 16 17 18 19 ୸ 20 21 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint Albert the Great (†1280) Saint Margaret of Scotland (†1093) Blessed Magdalena Morano (†1908) and Saint Gertrude (†1301) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Dedication of the Basilicas Saint Mechtilde of Helfta Saint Edmund, Martyr (†870) Presentation of the Blessed Salesian Family Blessed (†1927) (†1231) of Saints Peter and Paul (†1299) Universal Children’s Day Virgin Mary Ț 22 23 24 25 Venerable 26 27 28 Marguerite Occhiena Bosco (†1856) Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Solemnity of Christ the King Saint Clement I, Pope For Deceased Parents of Salesian Family (†1751) of Rome, Martyr Saint Columbanus, abbot Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Salesian Family Blessed James Alberione Saint Catherine Laboure Sunday (†615) (†1839) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (†305) (†1971) Saint Fergus (†721) (†1876)

OCTOBER 2015 DECEMBER 2015 SMTWT F S SMTWT F S Do you want the secret of happiness? 29 30 123 12345 45678910 6789101112 Stay close to Jesus by receiving him in the 1st Sunday of Advent 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 and receiving his forgiveness in Confession. Saint Cuthbert Mayne (†1578), Saint Andrew, Apostle, Martyr 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Martyr Patron Saint of Scotland 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31

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Don Bosco dies on January 31, 1888... “A saint has passed away” cry the crowds of people who mourned him. Less than 50 years later, he is declared a saint. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:23 AM Page 29

December 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2015 JANUARY 2016 ु SMTWT F S SMTWT F S 1 2 3 4 5 1234567 12 Blessed Charles Foucauld 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3456789 (†1916) Blessed Raphaël Chylinski Blessed Philip Rinaldi (†1931) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 rd 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Saint Edmund Campion, Martyr (†1741) Saint Francis Xavier (†1552) 3 Successor of Don Bosco 24 (†1581) Our Lady of Liesse (†1857) Patron Saint of Missions Saint John Damascene (†749) Salesian Family 29 30 /31 25 26 27 28 29 30 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ȝ 12 Blessed Brian Lacey and 2nd Sunday of Advent Blessed John Mason, Martyrs Our Lady of Guadalupe Saint Nicholas of Myra (†325) Saint Ambrose of Milan Solemnity of the Immaculate (†1591) National Day of Prayer for Patron Saint of school children (†397) Conception of Mary Saint Juan Diego (†1548) Our Lady of Loreto (†1294) Saint Damasus I, Pope (†384) Aboriginal Peoples 13 14 15 16 17 18 ୸ 19 3rd Sunday of Advent Saint Lucy of Syracuse (†303), Saint John of the Cross Blessed Urban V, Pope Martyr (†1591) Blessed Charles Steeb (†1858) Saint Adelaide, Empress (†999) Saint John of Matha (†1213) Saint Flannan (†600) (†1370) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ț 26

Saint John of Kanty (†1473) Solemnity of the 4th Sunday of Advent Saint Thorlak Thorhallson of Birth of the Lord Saint Finnian of Iona (†661) Saint (†1597) Saint Flavian (†362) Iceland (†1193) Saint Adela of Pfalzel (†735) Christmas Day Saint Stephen, First Martyr

27 28 29 30 31 Let us serve the Lord Saint John, Holy Innocents, Martyrs with holy cheerfulness. Apostle and Evangelist Saint Caterina Volpicelli Saint Thomas à Becket, Martyr Blessed Margaret Colonna Saint Sylvester I, Pope Feast of the Holy Family (†1894) (†1170) (†1280) (†335)

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The SALESIAN Family From the beginning of his work, Don Bosco Salesian way, particularly by serving the young, needed help. Thus he called upon numerous in their work environ ments and in the local people of good will. Little by little the Sale sian Church. They are more than 100 in Canada. family took shape: a tree with many branches. The Past Pupils of Don Bosco, founded around Each has its specific characteristics, but all 1870. They are grouped into local associations share the same objective: to live the Gospel and and united on the national and international to proclaim it to the young. levels. To be a Past Pupil means to live, in the , founded in 1859. style of Don Bosco, in simplicity, cheefulness Religious priests and lay brothers, who want and family spirit. to carry out in the Church the project of their The Don Bosco Volunteers were founded in founder: to be signs and bearers of the love 1917 from the generosity of three young women of God for youth, especially the poorest. Today gathered around Don Philip Rinaldi, 3rd succes - they are 16,000 in about 130 countries. sor of Don Bosco. The Salesians Sisters of Don Bosco (or the The Volunteers are women, organized in a Daughters of Mary Help of Christians); founded Secular Institute, who commit themselves to in 1872 by Don Bosco and St. Mary Domenica work in the spirit of Don Bosco while remaining Mazzarello, are active religious Sisters who inserted into their regular daily life. Since 1994, follow the same pastoral and educative project there exists as well a mas culine branch. as the Salesians. Today, they are 15,700 in 89 countries. In the footsteps of Don Bosco More than twenty religious congregations, mas - The Salesians Cooperators. After the Society of cu line and feminine, Secular Institutes and St. Francis de Sales, Don Bosco founded, in Associations of lay people were at their request 1876, the Union of Cooperators. This union officially recognized as part of the Salesian constitutes a vast international movement of Family. All of them follow the Salesian Spi - persons who commit themselves to live in a rituality of Don Bosco. 26724 Cal_Don Bosco ang 2015_ep1 10/24/14 10:23 AM Page 31

THE SACRED HEART ASSOCIATION An Everlasting Gift Anyone, living or dead, may be enrolled in the ment. A small part of this is sent to Rome for Salesians of Saint John Bosco, serving the Sacred Heart Association. the upkeep of the Sacred Heart Basilica. This people of God, especially the young. The membership certificate, issued in an 8” x 6” basilica was built by Saint John Bosco at the leatherette album (photo), is an excellent gift explicit request of Pope Leo XIII. It was For more informations and to order: consecrated in May 1887. for a family in mourning as well as for a wedding, DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE anniversary or any other special occasion. We The remainder makes up a fund used mainly for 11991, Pierre-Baillargeon, Montréal, QC H1E 2E5 offer a choice of colours (white, gold, navy blue the promotion and education of priestly and Tel.: 514-648-4132 Fax: 514-648-6729 and burgundy) and holy images. religious vocations. E-mail: [email protected] The suggested offering is $15.00 for each These offerings will help young men to follow (Sorry, no income tax receipts for Everlasting Gifts) person enrolled or $25.00 for a family enroll - their calling to the priestly or religious life as

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Peace and Love May God bring You His love, joy and peace this Christmas Season and throughout the New Year.

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Strenna 2015 of the 10th Successor of Don Bosco “Like Don Bosco, with the young, for the young”.