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THE OCTOBER 2026 SALESIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT!!I am continually in awe of the Lord and how He makes Himself so known to u...
10/09/2026

THE OCTOBER 2026 SALESIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT!!

I am continually in awe of the Lord and how He makes Himself so known to us here.

Participants, keep trying to pray, participate, and serve!
Young Team, we love you!!
Core Team, THANK YOU!!
Adult Chaperones, we couldn’t do this without you!!
Salesian Family, welcome them HOME!!

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!
St. John Bosco, pray for us!
St. Mary Mazzarello, pray for us!
St. Francis De Sales, pray for us!
Live Jesus in our hearts, forever!

Let’s go to heaven!

10/05/2026

MEET YOUR 2026 OCTOBER YOUNG TEAM!!

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!
St. John Bosco, pray for us!
St. Mary Mazzarello, pray for us!
St. Francis DeSales, pray for us!
Live Jesus in our hearts, forever!

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!!Please let us know how we can pray for you! Don’t forget to send your spiritual bo...
10/04/2026

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!!

Please let us know how we can pray for you!

Don’t forget to send your spiritual bouquet to [email protected]

Today is the Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and for some time now I’ve felt like she was my first friend in heaven, pr...
10/01/2026

Today is the Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and for some time now I’ve felt like she was my first friend in heaven, praying for me. Her great love has always attracted me, her simplicity, her authenticity, and the practical way in which she pursued holiness.
It feels right that on our last day of preparation for the 2026 October Salesian Leadership Retreat, we would celebrate this Doctor of the Church.
Here are glimpses of October 2025 that I found on my phone. Little moments of great love, grace, and the pursuit of holiness through this mission given to us by God.
These days serving our young in this direct way are always some of my favorites. It feels like a tidal wave of everything we work for and imagine sits right before us. Names come to life with laughter; team members give their all in service of the young, Heaven and earth touch, and adults sacrifice so much so they can walk a few more steps with the young entrusted to them.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patroness of missionaries, lived a cloistered life as a Carmelite. Imagine that, never leaving your home, and yet you’re named the patron saint of missionaries. It’s a story of radical love and generosity, of letting the Lord expand your heart to its infinite capacity.
Lord, this week, help me to love each person you place in front of me, when it’s just me in the mirror, when it’s the one I love the most or struggle with; help me to find you there so that I can love you. Amen.

Please pray for us this week!
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, pray for us!

Here’s a look at our summer with YOU!!This summer began with our annual Young Adult Retreat. In July and August we had S...
09/21/2026

Here’s a look at our summer with YOU!!

This summer began with our annual Young Adult Retreat. In July and August we had Salesian Gospel Roads in New Orleans and Stony Point. We also got to celebrate the ordination of Fr. Tom in Chicago.

A new school year means new beginnings. Maybe you’ll join a new club or team. Maybe you’ll make a new friendship or grow an existing one.

Now that you are starting to get back into a routine how are you able to incorporate faith into it? Go to the chapel between classes, attend adoration nights, or get involved in campus ministry. If there was something last year that you wished you had participated in, you have a whole new school year to do it. Don’t wait for the “right time” listen to God and see what He has planned for you.

Say “yes” and show up

We are praying for you!

Let us know what you are excited for this school year, or a favorite memory from the summer.

I am truly blessed to have become a newly professed Salesian of Don Bosco! From being a Salesian student to now becoming...
09/18/2026

I am truly blessed to have become a newly professed Salesian of Don Bosco! From being a Salesian student to now becoming a Salesian Brother has been an amazing journey—one filled with countless blessings & growth.
Yet at its heart, this vocation one along the same path we are all called to: to love God more deeply & to serve those He places in our lives. This “yes” is not simply a choice I have made, but a gift entrusted to me by God—not something meant for me alone, but something meant to be given in service of His Kingdom, accompanying young people especially the marginalized, & helping one another grow closer to Christ.
I begin this journey knowing that I would not be here without the many people who have guided and shaped me: my family & friends, Salesian fam, those I have yet to meet, & especially the countless young people who continue to draw me closer to Christ. I would not be the Salesian I am - & strive to be - without you.
As I continue on this new step forward, please continue to keep me in your prayers as we journey together toward Christ, the Good Shepherd, following in the footsteps of Don Bosco!
— Brother Franky, S.D.B. :)

This morning, while listening to the first reading, which was 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13, I heard an examination of consc...
09/16/2026

This morning, while listening to the first reading, which was 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13, I heard an examination of conscience, and that’s what you’ll see in red.

I have a tendency, and maybe you do too, of becoming so familiar with something that, without meaning to, I ignore the invitation underneath.
You start hearing the litany of what Love is or isn’t, and you tune it out because, again, it’s familiar. We live in a world that LOVES the word LOVE but doesn’t want to actually work on being LOVE. Guilty...

Sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough when we want to use it because we just loved something someone said in a text message, or said LOVE THIS on someone’s post (guilty again...)

I went to confession this weekend, and as I sat there making my examination of conscience, I saw the pattern again. At the root of my sin, I fail to love people as God asks me to love. Loving as God has invited me to asks me to put myself aside, and that’s hard.

We heard this week, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” Our God, who loves us deeply and radically, has shown us how to love.

You don’t sacrifice like this for someone you just tolerate, secretly hate, resent, gossip about, are rude to, ignore, etc.

God actually loves us the way we are meant to be loved.
I want to love like Him.
I want to choose this way of Love.
I want to, and I know it will be choosing the harder way, but I believe that this is the way to Him, to peace, to a fullness of life that nothing else can offer.

Lord, help me to love like you; give me the grace to chip away, little by little, at the walls that keep me from you. Amen.

In the week leading up to my first profession, the reality began to sink in, the enormity of it, which brought a bevy of...
09/15/2026

In the week leading up to my first profession, the reality began to sink in, the enormity of it, which brought a bevy of anxious questions: ‘What does this mean? Who is “Brother” Tim? Will I still be “Tim”?’
Although I knew in faith this was God’s will for me, I still struggled to comprehend what was happening. However, as I approached it— the day before, the morning of, and the moment of my profession— a solemn yet gentle answer arrived: this wasn’t really about me; this wasn’t even something I was really doing for God: this was something God was doing for me.
I could only offer myself to God because God had first offered Himself to me. Once I realized that, I was filled with a tender, loving gratitude to God my Father Who called me. Then, making my first profession became something natural, even with a sense of ease. Friends asked me afterwards, ‘How do you feel?’ and I honestly didn’t have a grand response for them. I think what I felt was just a profound love for my Father Who loved me first.
Now, after my profession, I can’t think of any more beautiful words than those I was blessed to utter: ‘With complete freedom, I offer myself totally to you.’ Those are the words of my newfound freedom, my ‘I love you too’ to Jesus, my Lord. I wish I could make it again. I suppose I will make it again: every morning I pray to God that alongside my brother Salesians He may ‘keep my faithful day by day.

Vive Jesu,
Br. Tim

September 11 is not just a date in history to me. It is the foundation of what it means to wear the FDNY uniform.As a fi...
09/11/2026

September 11 is not just a date in history to me. It is the foundation of what it means to wear the FDNY uniform.

As a firefighter at Engine 76, I feel the heroism of that day in everything we do. It’s in the stories passed down from senior firemen, the traditions we uphold as a company, and the standard we are expected to meet every single tour. The legacy of the 343 lives right at our firehouse, in the way we train, operate, and look out for one another. As I journey in my career, I understand that this job is bigger than me. It’s about legacy, brotherhood, and responsibility. It’s about honoring those who came before me by the way I train, the way I show up, and the way I serve others. Every alarm, every drill, every moment in the firehouse is an opportunity to live up to that standard.

My faith plays a big role in how I carry that responsibility. I believe God calls each of us to serve in different ways, and for me, that calling is to be a firefighter. In moments of uncertainty, fear, or danger, I rely on my faith for strength. I pray not only for my own safety, but for the safety of my brothers and sisters, and for the people we protect. “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”  John 15:13–14. To me these words define what it means to be a New York City Firemen. It reflects the ultimate sacrifice made by those on September 11 and the commitment we carry forward today.

As I continue my journey as a firefighter, I carry the memory of that day with me. I strive to be worthy of the badge and the legacy left behind. And I pray that in doing so, I honor both the fallen and the calling God has placed in my life.

Thomas Siefring

Salesian Gospel Roads: NEW YORK!My first SGR was in 2014. I was 18; we were in DC, and I loved every second of it. The w...
09/09/2026

Salesian Gospel Roads: NEW YORK!

My first SGR was in 2014. I was 18; we were in DC, and I loved every second of it. The week was full of hard work; we had these simple moments of prayer; we learned so much about how the Church asks us to care for each other; and we grew in friendship.

Now, I’m 30; the serving, working, praying, playing, and teaching look so different, but the excitement of another summer doesn’t go away.

This week together at the Marian Shrine was simple. This group really served with such joyful hearts; they supported each other, they took care of those they were serving, and worked with a beautiful care in whatever was asked of them. They PLAYED, and watching them pray really was just stunning. The team was so good, full of adults that come together around the mission because they love it, they love the kids, and I think SGR keeps teaching each of us something and keeps deepening something in us.

I’m reminded with Salesian Gospel Roads that living simply isn’t as difficult as we make it. It’s not hard to look up from our own lives when we are surrounded by people who are doing it too.

To the blueberries and Lorax(i?), we miss you!!!!!

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us!
St. John Bosco, pray for us!
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!
St. Jean Frances de Chantal, pray for us!
St. Lawrence, pray for us!
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!

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