St. John Melchoir Bosco - Don Bosco The ‘Salesians’ being the second largest Catholic order in the world exists for only one reason, ‘for the youth.’ Its sole purpose is to continue practicing Don Bosco’s living practices and teachings; to continue to teach and treat the youth of the world with love, kindness and goodness rather than with curse and anger. Don Bosco was an educational practitioner rather than an educational theorist, and so his way of teaching the young was completely different
a non-tragc death. Mary’s beloved apostle in the 1800s was St. John Bosco, or Don Bosco as he is familiarly called. Throughout his life, John was the Blessed Mother’s instrument, he brought thousands upon thousands to his Mother’s service, repaying them with the loving knowledge of Christ and his Church. After dying his aura lives on in the hundreds of Salesian Institutions throughout the world. Born John Michael Bosco on August 16, 18151, he came into a poor family. From birth he was endeared
John Bosco was born in Turin, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His parents were poor farmers, but his father died when he was two years old, but John was too young to know what happened, and it forced his mother, Margaret, to raise him along with 3 other children and taught them the importance of their faith. It was very hard for his mother so John went out and got a few little jobs to help his mother. He had many jobs like a carpenter, shoe-maker, a cook, a pastry maker, and a farmer. While growing up