Salesian Sisters Mission Appeal

SALESIAN SISTERS MISSION APPEAL

As part of the Diocesan Mission Cooperative Plan, a Salesian Sister of St. John Bosco will speak at our Parish on the weekend of August 17/18, 2024 on behalf of their foreign mission ministries. They will be asking for your help in support of their works throughout the world.

The Salesian Sisters are a worldwide Community counting more than 11,000 Sisters spreading the Gospel on every Continent. Many of their Sisters work strictly in mission areas affected by great poverty, disease, political unrest, violence, war and other difficult conditions, such as, areas of natural disaster and refugee camps.

The Salesian Sisters were founded by St. John Bosco in 1872 and started their missionary work in 1877 when they departed from Italy for the farthest tip of South America called Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Ever since then, they have continued to provide missionaries for Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands and other places not yet evangelized or in need to be re-evangelized.

Their Congregation was specifically founded for the service of poor youth; consequently, most of their ministries will have an educational thrust. They are grateful for the opportunity of sharing their mission work here with you and of benefiting from your generosity.