P. Natale CERRATO 
Fr Bruno FERRERO 
BSOL Editor 
P. Fabio ATTARD 
Word in the ear:
There is hardly any disorder that does not occur again in the coming year if it has been allowed to happen once before. (Don Bosco)
Saint Basil the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (379, Caesarea in Cappadocia, present-day Kaysery, Turkey) and …
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, bishop and doctor of the Church (390, Nazianzus, present Nemisi, Turkey)
Blessed Titus Zeman, SDB, priest and martyr (1969, Bratislava, Czech - Slovakia)
Blessed Louis Variara, SDB, priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1923, Cùcuta, Colombia)
Saint Anthony, abbot (356, Alexandria, Egypt)
37th Day for the Deepening and Development of Dialogue between Catholics and Jews
Saint Fabian, pope and martyr (250, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Sebastian, soldier and martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
Saint Vincent of Zaragoza, deacon and martyr (304, Valencia, Spain) …
Blessed Laura Vicuña, youth (1904, Junín de los Andes, Argentina)
Saint John Bosco novena begins
Saint Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, Titular and Patron of the Society of St. Francis de Sales and founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary (Visitandines) (1622, Lyons); co-patron of the…
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD
The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (35, Damascus, Syria)
73rd World Leprosy Day
Saint Timothy, bishop (97, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey) and …
Saint Titus, bishop (after 69, Crete, Greece)
Saint Angela Merici, virgin and foundress of the Company of the Daughters of Saint Ursula (Ursulines) (1540, Brescia, Italy)
Saint Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest and doctor of the Church (1274, Priverno, Italy)
Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz, priest and Founder of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel (1912, Miejsce Piastowe, Poland)
SAINT JOHN BOSCO, priest and founder of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and of the Salesian Cooperators (1888, Turin, Italy)
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Commemoration of all deceased Salesian confreres
The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas)
World Day for Consecrated Life (30th)
Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr (316, Sebaste, Armenia, present-day Sivas, Turkey) …
Saint Ansgar, OSB, bishop of Hamburg (865, Bremen, Germany)
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Jerome Emiliani, founder of the Clerici Regolari di Somasca (Somaschi) (1537, Somasca, Italy) …
Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin, FdCC (Canossian Sisters) (1947, Schio, Vicenza, Italy)
Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin, FMA (1933, Valverde del Camino, Spain)
Saint Scholastica, virgin and foundress of the Benedictine Order of Nuns (543, Villa Santa Lucia, Italy)
Saint Cyril, monk (869, Rome, Italy), Apostle of the Slavs, co-patron of Europe and …
Saint Methodius, bishop of Thessalonica (present-day Salonic) (885, Velehrad, Czechia), Apostle to the Slavs, co-patron of Europe
The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Order of the Servants of Mary, 1257-1310, Monte Senario, Florence, Italy)
Saint Peter Damian, bishop of Ostia and doctor of the Church (1072, Faenza, Italy)
Saint Louis Versiglia, SDB, bishop of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China) and …
Saint Callistus Caravario, SDB, priest, protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China)
Saint Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor of the Church (1003, Narek, Greater Armenia, now in Turkey)
Saint Casimir of Kraków, Polish prince (1484, Grodno, present-day Hrodna, Ukraine)
Saint Perpetua, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia) and …
Saint Felicity, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia)
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Saint John of God, founder of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli) (1550, Granada, Spain)
Saint Frances of Rome, religious and founder of the Oblates of Tor de' Specchi (Oblates of Saint Frances Romana) (1440, Rome, Italy)
Saint Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the Church (387, Jerusalem, Israel)
SAINT JOSEPH, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; co-patron of the Salesian Congregation Don Bosco
THURSDAY OF HOLY WEEK (HOLY THURSDAY, THE LORD'S SUPPER)
Saint Francis of Paola, hermit and founder of the Order of Minims (Paulites) (1507, Tours, France)
FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY; Divine Mercy novena begins). Fasting and abstinence
World day for the Works of the Holy Land
HOLY SATURDAY; † EASTER VIGIL
Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church (636, Seville, Spain)
EASTER SUNDAY, THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Saint Vincent Ferrer, OP, priest (1419, Vannes, France)
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallians) (1719, Rouen, France)
Saturday within the Octave of Easter
Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr (1079, Krakow, Poland)
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OR SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) (Second Sunday after Easter)
Saint George, martyr (303, Nicomedia, present-day İzmit, Turkey)
Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague and martyr (997, Tenkitten, Czechia)
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap., priest and martyr (1622, Seewis im Prättigau, Switzerland)
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
World day of prayer for vocations (“Good Shepherd Sunday”) (62th)
Saint Peter Chanel, MS, priest and martyr (1841, Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna) …
Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest, founder of the Company of Mary and the Daughters of Wisdom (Montfortians) (1716, Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France)
Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patroness of Italy and co-patroness of Europe (1380, Rome, Italy)
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint Philip, Apostle (80, Hierapolis, present-day Ören, Turkey) and …
Saint James, Apostle (62, Jerusalem, Israel)
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint John of Ávila, priest and doctor of the Church (1569, Montilla, Spain)
Saint Nereus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …
Saint Achilleus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Pancras, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin, co-foundress of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (1881, Nizza Monferrato, Italy)
Saint Louis Orione, priest and founder of the Little Works of Divine Providence (Orionini) and the Congregation of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity (1940, San Remo, Italy)
Mary Help of Christians novena begins
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
World communications day (59th)
Saint John I, pope and martyr (526, Ravenna, Italy) …
Saint Leonard Murialdo, priest and founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph (Giuseppini del Murialdo) (1900, Turin, Italy)
Saint Christopher Magallánes, priest and 24 companions, martyrs (1927, Colotlán, Mexico)
MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS, principal patron of Society of St Francis de Sales, of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and of the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (1571)
Day of Prayer for the Church in China
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Saint Bede Venerable, OSB, priest and doctor of the Church (735, Jarrow, GB) …
Saint Gregory VII, pope (1085, Salerno, Italy) …
Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCD, virgin (1607, Florence, Italy)
Saint Philip Neri, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory (Oratorians or Filippini) (1595, Rome, Italy)
Saint Paul VI, pope (1978, Rome, Italy) …
Blessed Joseph Kowalski, SDB, priest, martyr (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Marcellinus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …
Saint Peter, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (1886, Namugongo, Uganda)
Ember days: summer
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)]
Saint Boniface, OSB, bishop of Mainz and martyr (754, Dokkum, Netherlands)
Ember days: summer
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Norbert of Magdeburg, bishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Order of Canons Regular Premonstratensians (1134, Magdeburg, Germany)
Ember days: summer
TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)]
Saint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (373, Edessa, present-day Șanlıurfa, Turkey)
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
World day of prayer for the sanctification of priests
Blessed Francis Kesy, SDB aspirant, and fellow martyrs (1942, Dresden, Germany)
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Anthony of Padua, OF, priest and doctor of the Church (1231, Padua, Italy)
Saint Romuald, abbot, founder of the Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Camaldolese) (1027, Fabriano, Italy)
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, SI, prince, religious (1591, Rome, Italy)
Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop (431, Nola, Italy) …
Saint John Fisher, bishop of Rochester and martyr (1535, London, UK) and …
Saint Thomas More, martyr (1535, London, UK)
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church (444, Alexandria, Egypt)
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Pope's world day for charity
Saint Irineus of Lyon, bishop and martyr (202, Lyon, France)
SAINT PETER, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy) and …
SAINT PAUL, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy)
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, queen (1336, Estremoz, Portugal)
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Anthony Mary Zacharias, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1539, Cremona, Italy)
Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and 120 companions, martyrs (1815, Chengdu, China)
Saint Benedict of Norcia, abbot, patron of Europe, founder of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) (560, Monte Cassino, Italy)
Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians) (1614, Rome, Italy)
Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, OF, bishop of Albano, doctor of the Church (1274, Lyon, France)
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, OFM Cap., priest and doctor of the Church (1619, Lisbon, Portugal)
Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious, co-patroness of Europe, foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (1373, Rome, Italy)
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day for grandparents and the elderly (5th)
Saint Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel) and …
Saint Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel)
Saint Martha (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …
Saint Mary (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …
Saint Lazarus (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus)
Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravena and doctor of the Church (450, Imola, Italy)
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1556, Rome, Italy)
Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti and doctor of the Church, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) (1787, Nocera de' Pagani, Italy)
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, SDB, priest (1893, Alassio, Italy) …
Saint Eusebius, bishop (371, Vercelli, Italy) …
Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentines) and the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament (1868, La Mure d'Isère, France) …
Forgiveness of St Francis of Assisi (1216, Portiuncula, Italy)
Saint John Mary Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest, patron of priests and parish priests (1859, Ars-sur-Formans, France)
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snow) (432, Rome, Italy)
Saint Sixtus II, pope, and fellow martyrs (258, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Cajetan of Thiene, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Theatines (1547, Naples, Italy)
Saint Dominic, priest and founder of the Order of Preaching Friars (Dominicans) (1221, Bologna, Italy)
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), OCD, virgin and martyr, co-patroness of Europe (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)
Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin and foundress of the Order of Poor Clares (1253, Assisi, Italy)
Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, religious and co-founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary (Visitandine) (1641, Moulins, France)
Saint Pontian, pope and martyr (235 Sardinia, Italy) …
Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr (235, Sardinia, Italy)
Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, OFM, priest and martyr (1941, Auschwitz, Poland)
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Stephen of Hungary, king (1038, Budapest, Hungary)
Saint John Eudes, priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) and the Order of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge (1680, Caen, France)
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., abbot and doctor of the Church (1153, Ville-sous-la-Ferté - Aube, France)
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Rose of Lima, TOD, virgin (1617, Lima, Peru)
Saint Maria Troncatti, FMA (1969, Sucúa, Ecuador)
Saint Louis (Louis) IX, king of France (1270, Tunis, Tunisia) …
Saint Joseph of Calasanz, priest, founder of the Poor Regular Clerics of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Scolopi or Piarists) (1648, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church (430, Hippo, present-day Annaba, Algeria)
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist (30, Macheronte, present-day Qal'atu l-Mishnāqá, Jordan)
Saint Gregory I, the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (604, Rome, Italy)
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople and doctor of the Church (407, Comana Pontica, next to present-day Tokat, Turkey)
Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr (253, Civitavecchia, Italy) and …
Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr (258, Carthage, Tunisia)
Saint Robert Bellarmine, SJ, bishop of Capua and doctor of the Church (1621, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, OSB, virgin and doctor of the Church (1179, Bingen, Germany)
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Januarius, bishop of Naples and martyr (305, Pozzuoli, Italy)
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest, Paul Chŏng Hasang and 103 companions, martyrs (1846, Sanemanteo - Seoul, South Korea)
Blessed José Calasanz, SDB, martyr (1936, Valencia, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrs and …
Blessed Enrico Saiz, SDB, (1936, Madrid, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrs
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), OFM.Cap., priest (1968, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy)
Ember days: Autumn
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Cosmas, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria) and …
Saint Damian, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria)
Ember days: Autumn
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of migrants and refugees (112th)
Saint Vincent de Paul, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) of the Ladies of Charity and the Daughters of Charity (1660, Paris, France)
Saint Wenceslas duke of Bohemia, martyr (935, Stará Boleslav, Czechia) …
Saint Lawrence Ruiz, priest of Manila, and 15 companions martyrs (1637, Nagasaki, Japan)
Saint Michael, archangel and …
Saint Gabriel, archangel and …
Saint Raphael, archangel
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, OCD, virgin and doctor of the Church (1897, Lisieux, France)
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of Italy and founder of the Franciscan Order (Franciscans) (1226, Assisi, Italy)
Saint Faustina Kowalska, ZMBM, virgin (1938, Krakow, Poland) …
Blessed Alberto Marvelli, layman (1946, Rimini, Italy)
Saint Bruno of Cologne, priest and founder of the Carthusian Order (1101, Serra San Bruno, Italy)
Saint Dionysius bishop and companions martyrs (270, Lutetia, present-day Paris) …
Saint John Leonardi, priest, founder of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God (Leonardini) and promoter of the Missionary College of Propaganda Fide (1609, Rome, Italy)
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint John XXIII, pope (1963, Rome, Italy)
Saint Teresa of Jesus (de Avila), OCD, virgin and doctor of the Church, foundress of the Discalced Carmelites and Discalced Carmelites (1582, Alba de Tormes, Spain)
Saint Hedwig of Andechs, O.Cist., religious and duchess of Silesia and Poland (1243, Trzebnica, Poland) …
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, VSM, virgin (1690, Paray-le-Monial, France)
Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch of Syria, present-day Antakya, Turkey, and martyr (107, Rome, Italy)
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World mission Sunday
Saint Luke the Evangelist (93, Thebes, present-day Thebes, Greece)
Saint John de Brebeuf, SI, Canadian priest and martyr (1649, present-day Ontario, Canada) and …
Saint Isaac Jogues, SI, priest, Canadian martyr (1646, Ossernenon, present-day Auriesville, USA) …
Saint Paul of the Cross, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists) and the Passionist Cloistered Nuns (1775, Rome, Italy)
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop of Santiago de Cuba and founder of the Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) and Religious of Mary Immaculate (1870, Fontfroide, France) …
Saint Louis Guanella, priest and founder of the Catholic congregations of the Servants of Charity and the Daughters of Saint Mary of Divine Providence (1915, Como, Italy)
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
[in consecrated churches where the proper day is unknown: † DEDICATION OF OWN CHURCH]
Saint Simon the Apostle (107, Pella, Armenia, next to present-day Tabaqat Fahl, Jordan, or Suanir, Persia, present-day Silauri, Georgia) and …
Saint Jude Tadeus the Apostle (70, Persia, present-day Iran)
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of the poor
Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (1280, Cologne, Germany) ….
Blessed Magdalene Morano, virgin, FMA (1908, Catania, Italy)
Saint Margaret of Scotland, queen (1093, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) …
Saint Gertrude the Great (of Helfta), O. Cist., virgin (1302, Helfta, Germany)
The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy) /
The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy)
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Temple of Jerusalem, Israel)
World day of the cloistered
THIRTY-FOURTH SUNDAY. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Global celebration of youth and young Adults - World Youth Day (diocesan level)
Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr (230, Rome, Italy)
Saint Clement I Roman, pope and martyr (97, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Columba, abbot (615, Bobbio, Italy)
Saint Andrew Dung - Lac, priest and 116 companions, martyrs (1839, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr (305, Alexandria, Egypt) …
Holy Mass for deceased SDB parents
Saint John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church (749, Mar Saba, Israel)
Blessed Philip Rinaldi, priest and Founder of the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (1931, Turin, Italy)
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra (of Bari) (343, Myra, present-day Demre, Turkey)
Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, seer of Guadalupe (1548, Guadalupe, Mexico)
Saint John of the Cross, OCD, priest and doctor of the Church, co-founder of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1591, Ubeda, Spain)
Saint Peter Canisius, SJ, priest and doctor of the Church (1597, Fribourg, Switzerland)
FIRST SUNDAY after Christmas. The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (1895)
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (98, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey)
P. Wirth MORAND 
Fr Pierluigi CAMERONI 
St John Bosco