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 badge of the Salesian Co-operators, to pray fervently for one another, and to contribute toward the maintenance of the Salesian missions by a monthly or yearly offering. Among their works of charity are catechetical instructions to children, the fostering of religious and priestly vocations, and the diffusion of good Catholic literature in homes.

An annual conference of the Co-operators is held in every Salesian center on January 29th, the feast of their holy patron, St. Francis of Sales, and the best sacred orators have felt it an honor to address their distinguished and zealous hearers on that day during the splendid functions of the Solemn Pontifical Mass. Moreover, great Congresses of three days have long been in vogue in Turin, Italy, in Buenos Ayres, S. A., and in other centers, where vital questions are discussed and the ripe experiences of the most capable and influential members of the three Orders are communicated for the betterment and increased succes of their holy enterprises. At these conventions some of the highest dignitaries of the Church preside, and take an active and interested part in the proceedings of the various sessions.

The Salesian Bulletin is the official organ of the Salesian Co-operators; it is edited at the mother-house, Turin, Italy, 32 Via Cottolengo; translated into eight different languages, it has a circulation of more than three hundred thousand copies. The magazine is sent regularly to all the