St
John Bosco was born on August 16, 1815 and died on January 31, 1888. He was an
Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer who put into practice the
convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education
of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and
employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that
is known as the preventive system. A follower of the spirituality and
philosophy of Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he
founded the Society of St. Francis de Sales (more commonly known as the
Salesians of Don Bosco). Together with St Maria Domenica Mazzarello, he founded
the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious
congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education of poor girls, and
popularly known as Salesian Sisters. In 1875 he published Bollettino Salesiano Mensuale (A Salesian Monthly Bulletin) and it has remained in
continuous publication, and is currently published in 50 different editions and
30 languages. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. Among the students that
he helped was St. Dominic Savio.
Tuesday 31 January 2023
Saint John Bosco
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