THE VENERABLE DON BOSCO
ly the "Drexmor"; but the owners, the Honorable and Mrs. Edward Morrell, prominent in the Catholic life of Philadelphia for their charities, generously bestowed it upon the Salesian Fathers for their social work, in which they follow the broad lines so wisely laid down by Don Bosco for winning and training the young. A printing school has been in progress for over a year and from its presses The Don Bosco Messenger is issued monthly, a chronicle of events of interest in the Salesian world and many others of import in the larger world, at the small sum of fifty cents a year, a delightful charitable offering, since it helps to feed and clothe the poor little ones of Christ. The Rev. Peter Cattori, formerly identified with the Don Bosco Institute in Italy, and later director of Columbus Institute, Hawthorne, N. Y., is the guiding spirit of the Salesian works in Philadelphia. Early in 1915 another Don Bosco Institute was inaugurated at Ramsey, N. J., for Polish boys; a high school also has been established especially for those desiring to study for the priesthood.
The Salesian Missions in the United States have advanced with the years through the indefatigable labors of the Fathers, hampered though they have been in their zealous efforts to carry out to the full the noble projects of Don Bosco, by the lack of pecuniary resources. Our people have not yet learned the advantages, spiritual and temporal, to be derived from union with the Society of St.
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