Jan-31: Feast of St Don Bosco
Jan-31: Feast of St Don Bosco St. John Bosco also known as Don Bosco (Don being the familiar name for a priest in Italy), was born on August 16th, 1815 in a farm located in the hills of Becchi,near Castlenuovo d’Asti (today Castelnuovo Don Bosco) at the bottom of the Italian Alps. At a very young age, the future saint knew God called him to serve youth. When he was just nine years old, he was inspired by a dream that would change his life forever. He saw a multitude of very poor boys who were fighting and cursing amongst each other. Suddenly a man of majestic appearance emerged and told him: “With meekness and charity, you will conquer these your friends.” The boys then turned into the wild animals that they had been acting like. Once again the man then told John that the field was John’s life’s work and that once John changed and grew in humility and faithfulness, he would see a change in the children as demonstrated in the dream. The wild animals suddenly changed into gent...