San giovanni bosco

Despite the implementation of the Common Core, it remains the common conclusion that American education is in a state of free fall. Students graduate from high school with little ability to read…

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St. John Bosco brought the young Charles back from the dead. Charles said he would have gone to hell because he withheld a sin during Confession.

What’s the greatest part about being friends with the saints? It reminds us that the saints were normal people just like us.

Introduction: At the beginning of Holy Week in 1868, haunting dreams began to trouble Don Bosco, and they “went on for several miserable nights.” “These dreams so exhausted me,” he stated, “that in the morning I felt more done in … Continue reading →

(Prayer of St. John Bosco to Our Lady Help of Christians) Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help. If earthly mothers cease not…

Leon Bloy once wrote: “The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” Indeed, coming closer to God is the whole reason for our existence! Yet, it can seem so hard. But Jesus has paid the price, and God’s grace is available to us gratuitously. All we have to do is cooperate. While many of us adults are still works in progress, there are examples of young children who lived such holy lives that, even though they didn’t made it to adul

Saint of the Day – 31 January – St John Bosco/Don Bosco (1815-1888) Founder of the Salesians, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the Association of Salesian Cooperators. Pr…

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