• live in communities that are actively engaged in the world of youth.
• We are members of the Church and work in harmony with its teachings.
• Prayer and obedience to the Spirit of God are the foundation of our service.
• We strive to make Don Bosco’s dream a reality and to inculcate his unique style and charism.
• We live out our consecration to God through the three vows: poverty, chastity and obedience.
• Our pledge to young people is to deepen our credibility as ‘signs and bearers of God’s love’ to each of them.
• Our preferential option is to work among the poor and abandoned youth of society.
• Becoming ‘signs and bearers of God’s love’ is our path to holiness - a journey each of us has chosen to make with the young!
• Don Bosco, drawing his inspiration from the zeal and goodness of St. Francis de Sales, gave us the name ‘Salesians’.
• We are recognized in the Catholic Church, since 1st March 1869, as a clerical religious institute of pontifical right, dedicated to apostolic works.
• We are recognized since 2nd September 1971 by the Italian State, as a juridical person for civil purposes under the title ‘Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco’, situated in Rome, Via della Pisana n. 1111

(Fonte: Const. Art. 2, 4)