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A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environment. According to promoters, a Salesian school is a home, church, playground, and school where students find a new way of life, and prepare for their future as good citizens of their country, while being faithful to their own religion.

## Culture

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Salesian school in La Coruña, Galicia (Spain).

The figure at the center of a Salesian school is Saint John Bosco or Don Bosco, who is also known as "Father, teacher, and friend of the youth." Don Bosco was a 19th-century visionary from Italy who created a system of education for boys and girls from marginalized areas of society. For Don Bosco, "Prevention" meant helping a youth before he or she gets into trouble. Don Bosco's system has three aspects: loving kindness; reason, and religion. These three aspects have been the object of studies by scholars throughout the 20th century.[citation needed]

Salesian schools strive for strict discipline and order, while avoiding any kind of physical punishment, however, in his book The Devil's Advocate - Child abuse and the men in black, author and former Salesian pupil Graham Wilmer MBE, describes the levels of violence he and other pupils suffered at the hands of Salesian priests in Salesian schools in the British Salesian Province.[1]

In Latin America, the Salesians have been a key factor in the formation of national curricula, while helping provide street children with an education.[citation needed] The Salesian school system involves the family, as the system holds that family and background are as important as a student's performance in school. Salesian schools give a lot of importance to Parents Associations and other groups where parents are invited to participate.[citation needed]

Operating in 124 countries, the Salesian system could be viewed as a kind of "globalized" education, imposing the same concepts.[citation needed] Although culture was very important to Don Bosco, he respected local and national identities. What can be considered global is the system itself with Don Bosco at its center, however, every Salesian school keeps its own cultural identity. For these reasons, Salesian schools have been welcomed in 124 countries, even in non-Christian nations.[citation needed]

## List of Salesian schools

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Nagle College | Bairnsdale  | Victoria  | Australia
Salesian College (Brooklyn Park) | Adelaide  | South Australia  | Australia
Salesian College (Rupertswood) | Rupertswood  | Victoria  | Australia
Salesian College (Chadstone) | Chadstone  | Victoria  | Australia
Salesian College (Sunbury) | Sunbury  | Victoria  | Australia
Xavier College (South Australia)[2] | Gawler Belt  | South Australia  | Australia
Colegio Salesiano Don Bosco | Zapote, Barrio La Granja  | San Jose  | Costa Rica
Salesiano Valparaíso | Valparaíso  | Valparaíso  | Chile
Instituto Salesiano | Macau  | São Lourenço  | Macau
Salesian English School | Hong Kong  | Shau Kei Wan  | Hong Kong
Salesian Technical School Tainan | Tainan  | East District  | Republic of China
Auxilium ISC School, Kottiyam  | Kollam District  | Kerala  | India
Salesian College | Sonata  | West Bengal  | India
Salesian College | Celbridge  | County Kildare  | Ireland
Salesian Polytechnic  | Tama New Town | Tokyo  | Japan
Salesian High School (South Korea) | Gwangju  | Jeolla-do  | South Korea
Salesian High School  | Eswatini  | Manzini  | Swaziland
Salesian School, Chertsey | Chertsey  | Surrey  | United Kingdom
Salesian College, Farnborough | Farnborough  | Hampshire  | United Kingdom
Salesian College, Battersea | Battersea  | Greater London  | United Kingdom
Thornleigh Salesian College | Bolton  | Greater Manchester  | United Kingdom
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco | Bootle  | Merseyside  | United Kingdom
Salesian College Preparatory | Richmond  | California  | United States
Salesian High School | Los Angeles  | California  | United States
Archbishop Shaw High School | Marrero  | Louisiana  | United States
Don Bosco Technical Institute | Rosemead  | California  | United States
Salesian High School (New York) | New Rochelle  | New York  | United States
Don Bosco Preparatory High School | Ramsey  | New Jersey  | United States
Cristo Rey Tampa Salesian High School[3] | Tampa  | Florida  | United States
Mary Help of Christians Academy  | North Haledon  | New Jersey  | United States
Colégio Salesiano São Gonçalo[4] | Cuiabá | Mato Grosso | Brazil
Colégio Salesiano Santo Antônio[5] | Cuiabá | Mato Grosso | Brazil
Colégio Salesiano Belo Horizonte[6] | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | Brazil
Colegio Salesiano de Leon XIII | La Candelaria  | Bogotá  | Colombia
Don Bosco Vitthaya school  | Udon Thani | Udon Thani | Thailand
Don Bosco Matriculation Hr. Sec. School Egmore | Chennai  | Tamil Nadu  | India
Instituto Tecnico Salesiano Lorenzo Massa  | San Miguel de Tucuman  | Tucuman  | Argentina

## References

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1. ^ "Secrets and lies". 6 September 2007.
2. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
3. ^ "Cristo Rey Tampa | Catholic College Preparatory School". cristoreytampa.org. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
4. ^ "Colégio Salesiano São Gonçalo | Missão Salesiana de Mato Grosso".
5. ^ "Colégio Santo Antônio". cssa.com.br. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
6. ^ "Colégio Salesiano Belo Horizonte". salesianos.br/unidade/colegio-salesiano-de-belo-horizonte. Retrieved 2025-04-23.

## See also

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* Don Bosco School (disambiguation)
* St John Bosco College (disambiguation)

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Salesians of Don Bosco

People|

* St. Francis de Sales (Patron)
* St. John Bosco (Founder)
* Ven. Margherita Occhiena (Mother of John Bosco)
* Fr. Giovanni Melchiorre Calosso (Mentor)
* Luigi Comollo (Friend)
* St. Joseph Cafasso (Spiritual Director)
* St. Callistus Caravario
* St. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (Co-founder of the Salesian Sisters)
* St. Leonardo Murialdo
* St. Dominic Savio
* St. Luigi Versiglia
* St. Artémides Zatti
* Bl. Alexandrina of Balazar
* Bl. Józef Kowalski
* Bl. Pope Pius IX (Called John Bosco's Pope)
* Bl. Ceferino Namuncurá
* Bl. Luigi Variara
* Bl. Laura Vicuña

| Rectors Major|

* Don Bosco
* Michele Rua
* Paolo Albera
* Filippo Rinaldi
* Pietro Ricaldone
* Renato Ziggiotti
* Luis Ricceri
* Egidio Viganò
* Juan Edmundo Vecchi
* Pascual Chávez Villanueva
* Ángel Fernández Artime
* Fabio Attard

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Places|

* Valdocco
* Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians

Groups|

* Salesian Sisters
* Salesian Cooperators
* Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel

Other|

* Sacred Heart Church, Battersea
* Salesian Bulletin
* Salesian Preventive System
* Sexual abuse scandal in the Salesian order

Schools|

* St. Mary's English High School, Maligaon
* Archbishop Shaw High School
* Cristo Rey Tampa High School
* Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School
* Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga
* Don Bosco College, Canlubang
* Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
* Don Bosco Formation Center
* Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah
* Don Bosco High School (Imphal)
* Don Bosco High School, Lagawe
* Don Bosco High School, Tinsukia
* Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur
* Don Bosco Preparatory High School
* Don Bosco School Ernakulam
* Don Bosco School, Manila
* Don Bosco School, Park Circus
* Don Bosco Technical College
* Don Bosco Technical College–Cebu
* Don Bosco Technical High School (Boston)
* Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati
* Don Bosco Technical Institute, Tarlac
* Don Bosco Technical Institute, Victorias
* Don Bosco Technical Institute
* Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong
* Hong Kong Tang King Po College
* Immaculata-LaSalle High School
* Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School
* Salesian College (Chadstone)
* Salesian College (Rupertswood)
* Salesian College Celbridge
* Salesian College Preparatory
* Salesian College, Battersea
* Salesian College, Farnborough
* Salesian English School
* Salesian High School (Los Angeles)
* Salesian High School (New York)
* Salesian High School (South Korea)
* Salesian School, Chertsey
* Salesiano Valparaíso
* Salesianum School
* Savio Preparatory High School
* St John Bosco Arts College
* St John Bosco College, Battersea
* St Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully
* St. Anthony's Higher Secondary School, Shillong
* St. Louis School
* St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School
* St. Petersburg Catholic High School
* Tang King Po School
* The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
* Thornleigh Salesian College

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