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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.
May 7, 2024 · Saint John Bosco, Roman Catholic priest who was a pioneer in educating the poor and founded the Salesian order. He also founded the Daughters of Our Lady Help of Christians, a congregation of nuns, with St. Mary Mazzarello in 1872. Learn about his life and legacy.
Saint John Bosco is the patron saint of apprentices, editors and publishers, schoolchildren, magicians, and juvenile delinquents. His feast day is on January 31. Continue reading about St. John Bosco
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.
Jan 31, 2024 · (August 16, 1815 – January 31, 1888) Saint John Bosco’s Story. John Bosco’s theory of education could well be used in today’s schools. It was a preventive system, rejecting corporal punishment and placing students in surroundings removed from the likelihood of committing sin.
Dec 7, 2006 · This priest St John Bosco was left bereft of a father as an infant. The Lord left an admirable mother to remain at his side for many years, Mamma Margaret, today Venerable. The Lord also granted him an endless intuition of graces as to the presence of Our Lady in the life of the Church.
Jun 28, 2024 · On Jan. 31, the Roman Catholic Church honors St. John Bosco (or “Don Bosco”), a 19th century Italian priest who reached out to young people to remedy their lack of education, opportunities, and...
Jan 31, 2024 · Saint John Bosco, affectionately known as Don Bosco, was the visionary founder of the Salesian Society. Born to impoverished parents in Becchi, near Castelnuovo in Piedmont, Italy, on August 16, 1815, he passed away on January 31, 1888.
St. John Bosco. Share. "In his life the supernatural became the natural and the extraordinary the ordinary." So spoke Pope Pius XI of the beloved Don Bosco, renowned for his educational pioneering and his affectionate care for the fatherless.
Jan 31, 2012 · Founder of the Salesian Society. Born of poor parents in a little cabin at Becchi, a hill-side hamlet near Castelnuovo, Piedmont, Italy, 16 August, 1815; died 31 January 1888; declared Venerable by Pius X, 21 July, 1907. Note: Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1929 and canonized him in 1934.
