The aim of this article is to examine, first of all, what connections there were between the Oratory and England, and to try to provide some explanation for Dominic Savio’s keen interest in that far off land. Secondly, it is hoped to examine the actual circumstances which led thirty years later, to the foundation of the first Salesian mission at Battersea in London in November 1887. Continue reading “John Dickson – “The origins of the Salesian work in London. A Centenary Lecture” in “Ricerche storiche salesiane””
