In order to be recognized as an Official Group of St. John Bosco’s Salesian Family, a Religious Congregation, an Association of the Lay Faithful, an Institute of Secular Life must request and receive the acceptance of the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, acting in his capacity as Don Bosco’s successor as Head of the Family. To qualify, the Group and its Members must meet the following criteria: 1. be bound by a life-long Promise or Vow, 2. have a spirituality that is based on the Christian Humanism of St. Francis de Sales, and 3. carry forward a mission which is in keeping with that of St. John Bosco’s charism. The first four Groups were founded directly by Don Bosco himself and serve as the point of reference for all the other Groups, as pertains to fidelity to Salesian charism, spirituality, and apostolate.
March 2, 2020, complete listing of the 32 officially-recognized Salesian Family Groups worldwide
SALESIAN COOPERATORS (SSCC)
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ASSOCIATION OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS (ADMA)
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DAMAS SALESIANAS (ADS)
ALL THE OFFICIAL GROUPS
- Salesians of Don Bosco: (with novices and bishops)
- Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
- Salesian Cooperators
- The Association of Mary Help of Christians
- Past Pupils of Don Bosco
- Past Pupils of the FMA
- Women Volunteers of Don Bosco
- Daughters of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart
- Apostles of the Holy Family
- The Sisters of Charity of Jesus
- The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians
- The Daughters of the Divine Saviour
- The Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- The Sisters of Jesus the Adolescent
- The Association of the Damas Salesianas
- Volunteers with Don Bosco
- The Catechists Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians
- The Daughters of the Queenship of Mary Immaculate
- Witnesses of the Risen Lord TR
- The Congregation of St. Michael the Archangel
- The Congregation of Sisters of the Resurrection
- The Congregation of the Sisters Announcers of the Lord
- The Disciples – Secular Institute
- The Comunity of “Canção Nova”
- The Sisters of St Michael the Archangel (Michaelites)
- The Sisters of Maria Auxiliatrix
- The Community of the Mission of Don Bosco (CMB)
- The Sisters of the Queenship of Mary Immaculate
- Visitation Sisters of Don Bosco (VSDB)
- Fraternidad comtemplativa maria de nazaret (FCMN)
- The Sisters Mediators of Peace (MP)
- Source
- * Statistical data, Rome 2019
- ** Annuario Pontificio 2019; other figures are updated by individual institutes from time to time
Family Groups in Canada and the eastern USA
- Salesian Cooperators
- Salesians of Don Bosco
- Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
- Association of Mary Help of Christians
- SDB Past Pupils
- FMA Past Pupils
- Don Bosco Volunteers
- Volunteers with Don Bosco
- Michaelites
- Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians
- Canção nova
- All the Other Official Groups