| ACS |
Acts of Superior Council (before 1984) |
| ADB |
Friends of Don Bosco |
| AGC |
Acts of General Council |
| BM |
Biographical Memoirs |
| C |
Constiutions n. |
| CEP |
Educative and Pastoral Community |
| DBS |
Don Bosco Secular Institute |
| DBV |
Don Bosco Volunteers |
| FMA |
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians |
| GC |
General Chapter |
| MB |
Memorie Biografiche |
| MO |
Memoirs of the Oratory |
| PP |
Past-pupils |
| RAL |
Regulations of Apostolif Life |
| RM |
Rector Major |
| SDB |
Salesians of Don Bosco |
| SF |
Salesian Family |
| SGC |
Speial General Chapter (GC20) |
| SYM |
Salesian Youth Movement |
| SYS |
Salesian Youth Spirituality |