John Bosco was born in 1815 in Italy. He had a difficult childhood but showed great intelligence. At age 9, he had a dream where the Virgin Mary told him his mission was to help boys. He began gathering boys to teach them and prevent them from living sinful lives. He started the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales to educate youth. He later founded the Salesians, a religious order dedicated to education. He worked tirelessly to establish schools and oratories. He is known as a model educator and helped many youth. He was canonized in 1934 and is the patron saint of editors and publishers.

1. SAINT JOHN BOSCO

2. John Bosco was born into a
peasant family in the Becchi, a
fraction of Castelnuovo d’Asti
(now Castelnuovo Don Bosco)
on August 16, 1815.

3. His father, Francesco, when widowed, remarried to Margherita
Occhiena, but he died when John was two years old.

4. there was certainly no lack of difficulties at home, also because his half-brother Antonio
was against letting the boy study, even though he showed an uncommon intelligence.

5. At the age of nine, John
had a dream that revealed
to him the mission to which
the Lord called him:
he found himself in the
midst of some boys who
were cursing, screaming
and arguing and while he
threw himself at them
thumping and kicking to
make them desist, he saw
in front of him a man with
a very bright face who
introduced himself saying:
«I am the Son of She,
that your mother taught
you to say hello to,
three times
every day"

6. «Not with the blows, but with the meekness and charity
you will have to win over these your companions. First teach
them the ugliness of sin and the preciousness of virtue ".

7. the Virgin Mary appeared who, showed him his field to work full of "kids, dogs and many
other animals" – and she said to him: "Make yourself humble, strong and robust" and,
placing her hand on his head, concluded: " In its time you will understand everything ».

8. John used to gather his peers on the lawn on Sunday after Vespers,
in front of the house, and would entertain them with various games
and gymnastics that he had learned from acrobats at the fair.

9. Then he would repeat to them the
sermon he had heard in church.

10. After his first communion
(March 26, 1826) to escape
the bullying of his
stepbrother, he had to
leave home, working as a
boy at the Moglia farm.

12. There, in November 1829, returning from a mission preached in Buttigliera d'Asti, he ran into
Don Giovanni Calosso, chaplain of Morialdo who, knowing where he came from, asked him to
say something about the sermon he had heard and the boy. he repeated entirely. The priest,
astonished, undertook to help him in his studies by giving him his first Latin lessons.
Unfortunately the good priest died suddenly a year later

13. and John was only able to resume studying in 1831, finishing elementary school and
gymnasium in record time in four years. He paid for school by doing all sorts of jobs:
tailor, bartender, carpenter, shoemaker, blacksmith's apprentice.

14. in 1834, he thought of joining the Franciscan Minors, but for one of those dreams,
which were always the guidelines of his future, he opted for the diocesan clergy,
entering the Seminary of Chieri. His affection for saint Francis of Assisi
continued and he became a Franciscan tertiary .

15. On 25 October 1835, at the age of twenty
he entered the seminary of Chieri

16. and remained there for six years

17. on 5 June 1841 he was ordained a priest.

18. Immediately afterwards, on the
advice of Saint Joseph Cafasso, he
went to the Ecclesiastical Boarding
School of Turin to specialize in
moral theology and prepare for
the ministry - at the school by
the theologian Luigi Guala
and of the holy Cafasso

19. Perhaps not
surprisingly,
his work began,
on December 8,
1841, in the
church of Saint
Francis of Assisi,
in Turin.
He gathered
young people, in
search of a place
to meet and in
need of
education.

20. thanks to three providential factors:
1-the meeting with an exceptional educator who
understood his gifts and stimulated his potential,
2-the impact with the Turin social situation
3-and his extraordinary genius, aimed at
finding ever new answers to the numerous
social and educational problems always emerging.

21. Don Bosco studied the society of Turin
to discover what it most needed.

22. on 8 December 1841, the young Don Bosco began to gather boys
and young people at the Convitto di San Francesco for catechism.

23. Turin was at that time a city in strong expansion on various aspects, due
to the strong immigration from the Piedmontese countryside, and the
youth world was prey to serious problems: illiteracy, unemployment,
moral degradation and lack of religious assistance.

24. Thus was born the oratory. Initially, the
meetings took place in the Ospedaletto di
Santa Filomena for disabled girls, which was
being built in Valdocco on the initiative of the
Servant of God Giulia Colbert, Marquise of
Barolo, because Don Bosco had been hired by
the Marquise as the second chaplain of the
"Refuge", a structure created by her to
encourage the reintegration of former
prisoners into society and to save girls
at risk from the streets.

25. Don Bosco named his first oratory after San Francesco
di Sales, guest of the Ospedaletto and of the Refuge
of the Servant of God Giulia Colbert, Marquise of
Barolo, where since 1841 he collaborated with
the theologian Giovanni Battista Borel.
venerable Giulia Colbert and Servant of the Lord
Charles Tancredi Falletti di Barolo (married couple)

26. Four years later
he moved the
oratory to the
nearby Casa
Pinardi, from
which the
grandiose
structure of
Valdocco was
later developed.

27. in 1852 the archbishop Msgr. Luigi
Fransoni appointed him responsible
for the Opera degli Oratori, and
entrusting also to his care
Don Cocchi's Guardian Angels.
DON GIOVANNI COCCHI

28. then he found
a definitive
site nearby,
also in
Valdocco, in
April 1846:

29. Later an internship
for students
and craftsmen
was added

31. His mother
Mamma Margherita
helped out in the
work for the boys.
Don Bosco called a
hound, the “Grey
One” (il grigio)
his angel
mascot

32. Mons. Gastaldi, offered a work for young aristocrats. D. Bosco
refused several times. In the end he had to accept, but 15 years
later he turned it into a "seminary for the missions".

33. in 1852 the church dedicated to
St. Francis de Sales was blessed

34. In 1868 the
basilica of
Mary Help of
Christians was
consecrated in
Valdocco, the
result of the
extraordinary
graces of Our
Lady and faith

35. He conceived the oratories as meeting places,
for recreation, evangelization, catechesis and social
promotion. He also established vocational schools

36. it was not enough,
however, to love young
people. They must
perceive that they
are loved.
But a great fruit of his
pedagogy was the so-
called "preventive
method", as well as the
invitation to true
happiness inherent in the
saying: "Be happy, but
do not commit sins"

37. Don Bosco calls Filippo Rinaldi

38. in 1849 they were regulated by appropriate
legislation: it was thus that in1863 a small
seminary was opened at Mirabello,
in the diocese of Casale Monferrato

40. he founded the Society
of St. Francis de Sales
(called “Salesians”),
a congregation of
priests in Turin

41. Don Bosco was a great admirer of the
life and spirituality of Francis de Sales

42. They dedicated themselves above all to education
of young people in schools and oratories

43. in 1872 in Mornese with Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello he founded the
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians for the education of female youth

44. Don Bosco meets the Daughters of Mary Immaculate in 1864

45. in 1874 the first general superior was
elected, María Domínica Mazzarello

46. DON BOSCO’S WRITINGS
In 1853, the publication of
the Catholic Readings for
the Preservation of Faith in
the People began, which were
an immediate success.
Then followed hagiographic
works such as the Life of St.
Joseph and the Lives of the Popes
of the first centuries.
His works include the "History of
Italy", "The metric system" and
the“Catholic Readings” series.
There were some biographies,
like, Saint Dominic Savio.

47. he also found time to write numerous books
for youth. - Sacred History, Ecclesiastical History,
the Life of Luigi Comollo, a young seminarian
who died, the Crown of the Seven Sorrows,
the Devotion to the Guardian Angel etc.

48. In 1877 the Salesian
Bulletin began, which
is still distributed
throughout the world
in 56 editions and
in 26 languages,
reaching 135
countries.
Don Bosco also
created the first
typography as a
graphic school

49. Don Bosco helps patients
during the cholera epidemic

50. the fame he had
earned for his
educational work
among young people
allowed him to
mediate in the
conflicts between
the Italian State and
the Holy See

51. In 1880 Leo XIII entrusted the construction of the temple of the Sacred Heart,
in Rome, to the saint, and for this Don Bosco went as a beggar to Paris,
arousing expectation of miracles and exceptional graces.

52. in 1886 he went to Spain, and was
triumphantly welcomed by the population

53. He was just in time to arrive at Rome for the inauguration of
the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. His health conditions
worsened. He died on January 31, 1888

54. Don Bosco’s Dreams

56. The missions
He was encouraged by the
new missionary sensitivity
advocated by the Vatican I
Ecumenical Council and,
supported by Pope Pius IX
and various bishops.
In 1875 he sent his first
Salesians to Argentina,
headed by Cardinal
Giovanni Cagliero, with the
main task of apostolate
among the Italian
emigrants

57. the indian tribes Don Bosco dreamed of, Onas and Fueguinos

58. The dream of
the pope
leading the
church through
the storm of
her enemies.

59. Don Bosco had repeated
clashes with two Turin
archbishops: Ottaviano
Riccardi di Netro and above
all Lorenzo Gastaldi.

60. Pope Pius IX, on the other hand, constantly and unreservedly
appreciated and supported him, who with his powerful intercession
allowed the Salesian work to expand beyond the local level

61. Pope Pius XI, his
great admirer,
beatified Don
Bosco June 2,
1929 and
canonized him
on 1 April 1934.

62. Don Bosco and Mary Auxiliatrix

63. Famiglia Salesiana può contare molti santi, beati, e venerabili ed servi di Dio
The Salesian Family can count many saints, blessed, and venerable and servants of God
HOLINESS
IN THE
SALESIAN
FAMILY

69. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 30-9-2021
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John Bosco
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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70. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 30-9-2021
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
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Vocación a evangelizar
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