The saints who inspire and sustain our Salesian mission
Italian priest, educator, and father of the Salesian Family. Founder of the FMA Institute. Canonized 1934.
Co-foundress of the FMA Institute. With Don Bosco she established the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in 1872. Canonized 1951.
The living model of the FMA mission — tenderness, care, and educative love for the young.
Guardian and protector, model of humble and faithful service. Patron of workers and families.
Spanish mystic, Carmelite reformer, and first woman Doctor of the Church. Model of contemplative action.
His spirit of gentleness, optimism and pastoral charity gives the Salesian Family its characteristic spirit.
