Own celebrations of the Don Bosco family
The celebrations of the Don Bosco family in contrast to the general Roman calendar or the regional calendar for the German-speaking area are as follows:
| date | Status / color | Name / celebration | Relevant date | was standing | Year of beatification / canonization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.01. | Remembrance day | Sel. Aloisius Variara (1875-1923) | * January 15, 1875 | priest | 2002 beatification |
| 22.01. | Remembrance day | Sel. Laura Vicuna (1891-1904) | † January 22, 1904 | Teenagers | 1988 beatification |
| 24.01. | Firmly | St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) | January 24, 1623, the day of his solemn burial | Bishop, Doctor of the Church , namesake and patron saint of the Salesian family | 1665 canonization |
| 01/30 | Remembrance day | Sel. Bronisław Markiewicz (1842-1912) | † January 29, 1912 | Priest, founder of the Michaelites | 2005 beatification |
| 31/01 | high Strength | St. John Bosco (1815-1888) | † January 31, 1888 | Priest, founder of the Society of St. Francis de Sales (SDB), the Congregation of the Don Bosco Sisters and the Association of Salesian Co-workers | 1934 canonization |
| 01.02. | Memory of all deceased confreres of the Society of St. Francis de Sales (SDB) | ||||
| 07.02. | Remembrance day | Sel. Pius IX (1792–1878) | † February 7, 1878 | Pope | 2000 beatification |
| 02/09 | Remembrance day | Sel. Eusebia Palomino Yenes (1899–1935) | † February 10, 1935 | Virgin, religious (FMA) | 2004 beatification |
| 25.02. | Firmly | St. Aloisius Versiglia (1873–1930) and St. Callistus Caravario (1903–1930) | † February 25, 1930 | Missionary, Salesian bishop and missionary, priest, the first two Salesian martyrs | 2000 canonization |
| 06.05. | Firmly | St. Dominic Savio (1842-1857) | Relocated to a festival due to Lent, the universal church commemorates him on the day of his death, March 9, 1857 | Adolescent, Don Bosco's student, patron of the Cath. Young crowd and altar boys from Austria | 1954 canonization |
| 13.05. | Firmly | St. Maria Mazzarello (1837-1881) | † May 14, 1881, brought forward by one day due to the feast of the Apostle Matthias (general calendar) | Virgin, religious (FMA), co-founder of the Congregation of the Don Bosco Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christians) | 1951 canonization |
| 14.05. | Memory of the late parents of the Don Bosco sisters | ||||
| 16.05. | Remembrance day | St. Aloisius Orione (1872–1940) | May 16, 2004, the day of his canonization | Priest, Founder of the Sons of Divine Providence and the Little Missionary Sisters of Caritas | Beatification in 1980, canonization in 2004 |
| May 18 | Remembrance day | St. Leonhard Murialdo (1828–1900) | Salesian only, the universal Church commemorates him on the day of his death, March 30, 1900 | priest | 1970 canonization |
| May 24th | high Strength | Holy Mary, Help of Christians | Patron saint of the Congregation of the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Don Bosco Sisters and the whole Salesian Family - main feast of the Salesian Family | ||
| 25.05. | Memory of all deceased Don Bosco sisters , their relatives and benefactors | ||||
| 05/29 | Remembrance day | Sel. Josef Kowalski (1911–1942) | Salesian, the universal church commemorates him on the day of his death, July 4, 1942 in Auschwitz | martyr | 1999 Beatification (together with 107 martyrs) |
| 08.06. | Remembrance day | Sel. Stefan Sándor (1914–1953) | † June 8, 1953 | martyr | 2013 beatification |
| 12.06. | Remembrance day | Sel. Franz Kęsy (* 1920), Sel. Ceslaus Jóźwiak (* 1919), Bl. Edward Kaźmierski (* 1919), Sel. Jarogniew Wojciechowski (* 1922), Sel. Eduard Klinik (* 1919), all murdered on August 24, 1942 in Dresden | Relocated because of the feast of the Apostle Bartholomew (general calendar), the universal church commemorates her on the day of her death, August 24, 1942 | Martyrs ("Young Martyrs of Dresden") | 1999 beatification |
| June 23 | Remembrance day | St. Josef Cafasso (1811–1860) | † June 23, 1860 | Priest, cardinal, Don Bosco's confessor | 1947 canonization |
| 04.07. | Remembrance day | Sel. Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925) | † July 4, 1925 | Layperson, benefactor ("fruit of the preventive system") | 1990 Beatification |
| 07.07. | Remembrance day | Sel. Maria Romero Meneses (1902–1977) | † July 7, 1977 | Virgin, religious (FMA) | 2002 beatification |
| 08/02 | Remembrance day | Sel. August Czartoryski (1858-1893) | * August 2, 1858 | Priest, religious | 2004 beatification |
| 08/25 | Remembrance day | Sel. Maria Troncatti | † August 25, 1969 | Virgin, religious (FMA) | 2012 beatification |
| 08/26 | Remembrance day | Sel. Zefyrinus Namuncurà (1886–1905) | * August 26, 1886 | Teenager | 2007 beatification |
| 22.09. | Remembrance day | Sel. Joseph Calasanz Margués (1872–1936) and Enrico Saiz Aparicio (1889–1936) | Priests, religious, martyrs together with 93 companions in Valencia | 2001 beatification of Calasanz with 31 companions, 2007 beatification of Saiz with 62 companions. | |
| 05.10. | Remembrance day | Sel. Albert Marvelli (1918-1946) | † October 5, 1946 | Layman (former) | 2004 beatification |
| 13.10. | Remembrance day | Sel. Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904–1955) | † October 13, 1955 | Salesian employee of Don Bosco | 2004 beatification |
| October 24 | Remembrance day | St. Aloisius Guanella (1842–1915) | † October 24, 1915 | priest | Beatification in 1964, canonization in 2011 |
| 29.10. | Remembrance day | Sel. Michael Rua (1837-1910) | Salesian because of Lent and Easter, because the universal Church commemorates him on the day of his death, April 6, 1910 | Priest, Don Bosco's successor, second Superior General | 1972 beatification |
| 05.11. | In memory of all deceased members of the Salesian family and all deceased benefactors, friends and supporters of the Don Bosco Work | ||||
| 11/13 | Remembrance day | Sel. Artemide Zatti (1880–1951) | Salesian, relocated because of Lent, the universal Church commemorates him on the day of his death, March 15, 1951 | Religious | 2002 beatification |
| 11/15 | Remembrance day | Sel. Magdalena Morano (1847–1908) | * November 15, 1847 | Virgin, religious (FMA) | 1994 beatification |
| 25.11. | Memory of the deceased parents of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) | Anniversary of the death of Don Bosco's mother Margareta Occhiena | |||
| 05.12. | Remembrance day | Sel. Philipp Rinaldi (1856-1931) | † December 5, 1931 | Priest, fourth superior general, founder of the secular institute "Volontarie Don Boscos" (hence solemn festival there) | 1990 Beatification |
The own calendar is subject to the order of precedence in the Directory with regard to solemn festivals and celebrations throughout the Church . In the table above, no distinction was made between mandatory and optional days of remembrance. This status also differs very often within the various member communities of the Don Bosco family.