Giving hope to millions of youth around the globe.
Welcome!
“If we are one in heart, we can do ten times as much.”
St. John Bosco
Quick Facts About
Salesian Missions
- The Salesians are comprised of nearly 30,000 priests, brothers and sisters who serve as Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.), the second largest order in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Salesians operate more than:
- 5,500 primary and secondary schools
- 80 colleges and institutions of higher learning
- 40 professional degree programs
- 150 clinics, hospitals and dispensaries
- 330 orphanages and shelters for homeless youth
- 950 vocational, pre-professional and training programs
- And nearly 90 adult education centers
- Funds received by Salesian Missions are strictly assigned and directly sent to the global missions working for the poor.
Learn more about our work to help the poor and needy
Salesian Missions is headquartered in New Rochelle, NY. The mission of the U.S.-based, nonprofit, Catholic organization is to raise funds for international programs that serve youth and families in poor communities around the globe.
These programs are run by Salesian missionaries — priests, brothers and sisters, as well as lay people — all dedicated to caring for poor children throughout the world in more than 130 countries and specialize in helping young people become self-sufficient by learning a trade that will help them gain employment.
The Salesians are regarded as the single largest provider of vocational and technical training in the world. Each year, more than 3 million youth receive services funded by Salesian Missions. These services and programs are provided to children regardless of race or religion. More than 5 million Americans have contributed financially to support these efforts.
When disaster strikes—as it did in Haiti, Nepal and the Philippines, for example—the Salesians were among the first on the scene with relief supplies, temporary housing and medical care.
The Salesians work in big cities with thousands of homeless and runaway children, as well as in remote corners of the globe that have been forgotten and neglected by society.
Our History
In 1859, a young priest named John Bosco and eighteen young men — who were once poor street children he cared for — began a new society. John Bosco called them the “Salesians” after St. Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, whom he had always admired for his kindness and religious zeal. The men and women who have followed in our founder’s footsteps have dedicated their lives to be friends, counselors, and educators of poor, young people.
Types of Work
The Salesians have made their mark throughout the globe in the following areas:
- Youth Education and Trade Schools
- Infrastructure and Capacity Building
- Health Services
- Emergency Relief
- Family Assistance and Women Development
- Homeless Youth
- Refugee Camps and Displaced Populations
- Youth Clubs
- Food Security Programs
Children are the Future of the World...
Today’s children are tomorrow’s adult society. That is why it is so important that young people are given the love and guidance they need to become healthy adults…in body, mind and spirit.
They also need the power of prayer. We should encourage prayer in the lives of everyone, especially children… and together as one almighty force, work and pray for the well-being of all children.
The children of the world are too important to be ignored!
For over 125 years, the Salesians of St. John Bosco have been reinforcing this message by reaching out to poor and needy children worldwide. For more information about our work, please visit our website: www.salesianmissions.og
Our Mission Statement
Salesian Missions collaborates with Salesian missionaries in over 130 countries throughout the world and helps provide for the material and spiritual needs of poor and abandoned individuals, especially the young.
We inform the public in the United States of the global work carried out by the missionaries and of the needs they encounter while serving the young and needy. We receive donations from private citizens, corporations, government agencies and foundations to support development projects which not only advance individuals, but also communities. We encourage and promote a prayer apostolate for the needs of our donors, their families and those working in the educative pastoral works in the missions.
We seek not only to assist poor youth but to protect them and teach them how to help themselves through technical training and education. We seek to form the whole person stressing the need for the integration of the physical, psychological, moral and spiritual dimensions of individuals.
Accountability and Good Stewardship
Salesian Missions is committed to the highest standards of good stewardship and accountability. Salesian Missions is separately incorporated according to the not-for-profit laws of New York State with its own active Board of Trustees. An independent public accounting firm, reviewed by the Board of Trustees, conducts an annual audit of Salesian Missions’ finances. Funds received by Salesian Missions are carefully monitored to ensure their use complies with donor intent. Funds are maintained in separate accounts and not commingled with those of any other Salesian entity. Salesian Missions is a member of several fundraising organizations, whose members must adhere to strict codes of ethics. Salesian Missions complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding discrimination.
2 Lefevre Lane · New Rochelle, NY 10801-5710
Phone: 914.633.8344 · Fax: 914.633.7404
