Its Roots From Italy To The PhilippinesThe first trade school began in 1853 in Turin, Italy. The first trade house outside of it was Mirabello. Gradually as years progressed, establishment of schools spread to Genoa in France and at San Nicolas de los Arroyo and Buenos Aires in Argentina.The Salesians of Don Bosco were determined to cross frontiers to spread the founder's apostolate. Seen as a fertile ground for the propagation of St. John Bosco's apostolate was the East - Asia. So in 1918 after crossing the oriental frontiers, they opened the mission in Shiu, the province of Kwang Tung (People's Republic of China). The Salesian mission work went on for almost three decades. But 1949 with Mao-Tse-Tung and the rising of communism in China, it was impossible to keep the mission alive. Those who survived the Maoist purge among the religious, sought new frontiers until some of them came to the Philippines.In 1912, the first two Salesian fathers, Rt. Rev. Msgr. William Piani and Rev. Larry Morrow,set foot on the Philippine soil not as Salesian missionaries but for the direct service of the Church. They ran the Parish of Nuestra de los Remedios in Malate. Ten years later, they were appointed as delegate and secretary, respectively.The Salesian mission in the Philippines was established when Fr. Charles Braga was designated as the first Provincial. He paved the way for the creation of a permanent Salesian Society in the Philippines. The Salesian institutions were constructed consecutively: St. John Bosco Academy - Tarlac in 1951; St. John Bosco Academy - Victorias, Negros Occidental in 1952; Don Bosco Technical College - Mandaluyong in 1953; and Don Bosco Technical Institute - Makati in 1954.