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WELCOME TO VALDOCCO, CRADLE OF THE SALESIAN CHARISM. HERE, THE SALESIAN MISSION WAS BORN. HERE, THE SALESIAN CHARISM WAS BORN.

Here, Don Bosco and his mother, Margaret, welcomed hundreds of homeless children and orphans. Here is where the Salesians of Don Bosco were born. This house tells the story of Don Bosco, and the great gift he is for young people and the Salesian Family around the world.

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 THE BASILICA.

The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians is the jewel of Valdocco. For the world-wide Salesian family, it is the heartbeat of Don Bosco’s unique charism.

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VALDOCCOSHOP.

Valdocco Shop is your convenient shop for religious and spiritual books and articles right in the courtyard of the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. Shop in person or online.

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CASA DON BOSCO: 4,000 SQUARE METRES AND 27 EXHIBITIONS TELL THE STORY OF ST. JOHN BOSCO

Fr. Cristian Besso, SDB, oversaw the delicate process of selection, preservation and presentation of the artifacts which tell Don Bosco’s story. Fr. Cristian describes the criteria and methods he used to realize this labour of love.

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DON BOSCO’S ROOM FROM 1861 TO 1887

One of the most cherished treasures of the Museum is Don Bosco’s personal bedroom. This is where the Saint lived and worked for 27 years. It has been fully restored to the way Don Bosco had it.

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ORIGINS.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to discover the original living spaces at the first Oratory: the kitchens, dining halls and workshops where the young who first met Don Bosco lived, learned and worked.

HOLINESS.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to experience a saintly man through his humanity, his message and his manner of accompanying the youth on their own path of holiness

RELIGION.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to experience firsthand the religious and theological sensitivities which shaped the Salesian Family and which unites those who encounter it.

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EDUCATION.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to be guided by the Salesian passion for education, and to go back with mind and heart to a vibrant season of social, artistic and religious development.

WISDOM.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to enter an open dialogue with the past for a richer conversation with the future. It is an invitation to review one’s life in the company of spiritual giants who have preceded us on the quest for wisdom.

DEVOTION.

To visit Casa Don Bosco is to walk with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who is honoured here as the inspiration, teacher and guide of the Valdocco experience.

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