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John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century.
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St. John Bosco (born August 16, 1815, Becchi, near Turin, Piedmont, kingdom of Sardinia [Italy]—died January 31, 1888, Turin; canonized April 1, 1934; feast day January 31) was a Roman Catholic priest who was a pioneer in educating the poor and founded the Salesian order.
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution.
The Salesians of Don Bosco in the Philippines is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right working in the Philippines under two jurisdictions: for Luzon, the Philippine North Province (FIN); for Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine South Province (FIS).
Don Bosco's liturgical feast day is January 31st. St. John Bosco, pray for us and for all the young people in the world! The original title of this brief story about Don Bosco is "A Man Sent by God." It was written by Fr. Paul Aronica, SDB in 1988 and published by Salesiana Publishers.
Don Bosco formed generations of saints because he called his young people to the love of God, the reality of death,God's judgement, the existence of Heaven and Hell, the need to pray, avoid sin and the occasions of sin, and to approach the Sacraments frequently.
We are the the Salesians of Don Bosco, officially known as the Salesian Society of St. Francis of Sales, a clerical religious institute of pontifical right dedicated to apostolic works especially for the needy and underprivileged youth.
The Saint of Youth People. The significant events in the life of St. John Bosco in Valdocco are inseparable from the historical places of the first Oratory where they occurred. 1846 On Sunday April 12, 1846 Don Bosco arrives in Valdocco with his band of young
