GENERAL INFORMATION
Schools of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco
Run by
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA)
Founded by
St. John Bosco & St. Mary Mazzarello
In the year
1872
In
Italy
Numbering
More than 11000 Sisters
Working in
97 Nations in 5 Continents
Guided by an Educational and Spiritual method known as “PREVENTIVE SYSTEM”
PREVENTIVE SYSTEM which means :
• A constant search for values which promotes one’s personal growth and contributes to the development of one’s human and civil culture;
• The authentic experience of God, lived with simplicity and translated into a communal rapport with one’s brethren;
• The kindness that strengthens the bond of friendship, builds up the family spirit and creates solidarity;
• Accepting Mary the Model Woman as teacher and mother, who helps, guides, protects and teaches self-giving for the service of others.
The Sisters involve themselves in various forms of apostolic presences such as the oratory youth centers, catechetical apostolate, schools, street children, boarding houses, students centers and technology centers, and in many other various forms of human- social promotion such as medical-dental and livelihood programs.
