Homily:

• Centennial Celebration of the Salesian Presence in the United States of America (San Francisco, February 2, 1997)     –Very Rev. Juan Edmundo Vecchi, SDB

Lecture:

• Bringing Don Bosco Into the Mainstream (San Francisco, February 24, 1997)     –Very Rev. Luc Van Looy, SDB

Articles:

• The Founding and Early Expansion of the Salesian Work in the San Francisco Area from Archival Documents, Part 2     –Arthur  Lenti, SDB
• Writing the History of a Religious Teaching Institute: Guidelines for Research, Sources and Methods (19th and 20th Centuries)     –Paul Wynants   translated by Michael Mendl, SDB
  

Book Reviews:

• Don Bosco en son temps ( 1815-1888), by Francis Desramaut     –Reviewed by Arthur Lenti
• Don Bosco, Vol. 2: Religious Outlook and Spirituality, by Pietro Stella     –Reviewed by Joseph Boenzi