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5 unusual facts about Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco


Chris Zurawsky

He is also a board member of Home of Hope – U.S., a non-profit that works with the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, in southern India, to care for poor orphaned children.

Salesian Sisters

Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, also known as Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, founded in 1872

Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco

On October 8, 1874, the Salesian Sisters were able to open their first house in Borgo San Martino.

Their first house outside of Italy was opened in 1877 in Nice, France.

On August 5, 1872 in Mornese, Alessandria, Italy, the first Daughters of Mary Help of Christians gathered with Don Bosco and Msgr.



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