About Us
We are a movement that purely started because of our love and gratitude for Don Bosco and his Salesians. We are an integral part of the Salesian Family. We are Worldwide movement in over 133 Countries but more over in the hearts of a million Past Pupils
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Who are we
Don Bosco Past Pupils Association is a worldwide organization of the Past Pupils of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The movement springs from the interest and affection which binds the Past Pupils to Don Bosco and to the Salesian family. Through the association, the members wish to maintain and develop the insights and inspiration received at the Salesian Institution.
Don Bosco. Past pupils are part of the Salesian family by reason of that special bond forged by their being educated and nurtured in a Don Bosco institution.
Our History
(World, National and Provinces)
It all began in 1870 when Don Bosco was celebrating his feast day and a group of his former students from Valdocco wanted to mark this special day by thanking him and presenting him with a coffee set as a gift. Due to the significance of this day, the Past Pupils celebrate their feast on the 24th June, as a way to show their gratitude to Don Bosco and to remember their foundation.
The Indian National Federation was registered and made affiliated to the World Confederation on 30th June 1968 later on the 5th January 1969 it enrolled the then existing provinces and thus formed the Provincial Federation of Kolkata (1926), Chennai (1933) and Guwahati (1959). The Provincial Federations of Mumbai (1972), Bangalore (1979), Dimapur (1981), Hyderabad (1992), New Delhi (1997), Tiruchy (1999), Panjim (2007), Shillong (2012) followed respectively.
The first National office of the Indian National Federation was at Mumbai
AIMs of Past PUPILS
- To keep in touch with, unite and animate all former beneficiaries of Salesian education so as to help them to preserve, develop and live the values of Don Bosco’s educational system.
- To spread the spirit of Don Bosco and to involve themselves in Don Bosco’s mission to the youth of today.
- To uphold and promote the value and the rights of the human person and the family.
- To work towards building up a social and political order based on justice, peace and harmony.
Note: Every unit of the past pupils aims at serving all former pupils, irrespective of whether they are registered or not. Every past pupil tries to keep alive the ties of fraternal friendship initiated by Don Bosco and continued through his Salesians.
The Salesian Family
A global community inspired by the teachings of St. John Bosco, commonly known as Don Bosco. Founded in the 19th century, it encompasses religious orders, lay groups, and individuals who share a commitment to serving the young and the marginalized.
Don Bosco inspired the start of a vast movement of people who in different ways work for the benefit of the young. He himself founded not only the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco) but also the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the Association of Salesian Cooperators.
Including these and others that originated in different parts of the world, the Salesian Family today consists of 32 officially recognized groups that have a total of 402,500 members.
These groups live in communion with each other, share the same spirit and, with specifically distinct vocations, continue the mission he began.
Don Bosco’s charism continues to inspire people of good will. There are currently 23 more groups that are seeking membership within the Salesian Family.
Salesians of Don Bosco
- Official title: Society of Saint Francis de Sales
- Alternative title: Salesians of Don Bosco
- Date founded: 18 December 1859
- Founder: Saint John Bosco
- Salesians: 14,486 (14,056 without novices and bishops)
- Nations: 133
- Regions: 7
- Provinces: 90
- Groups in the Salesian Family: 32
Albert Marvelli (Became a Saint)
Vision & Mission
- Spreading the charism and mission of Don Bosco Past Pupils
- Providing meaningful and relevant opportunities to foster the holistic formation and ongoing education of the Past Pupils.
- To reach out to the young especially those who are financially weak and abandoned.
- To build our individual, organizational and institutional capacity by using all the available resources which complement our values, our aims, our priorities and our strategic plan.
Don Bosco’s message to Past Pupils
May each one be a missionary in their own homes or among their companions, giving good examples, good advice and doing good.
We must help each other. Then help the young men of good conduct to come out of the Salesian houses. Try to honor the name you bear, the house where you were educated, the religion that keeps you within it, and the association to which you belong.
If you do so, there will always be in you, as long as you live, a true joy. At the Salesian family feasts we will be able to form a beautiful, compact, large family, all together in Paradise.
Do we give each other word, from now on, that no one will break this pact?
Don Bosco August 4, 1878