Childhood Years
When Don Bosco first met this boy, Don Bosco said they would "go halves in everything."
Who is Michael Rua?
Don Bosco learned these tricks to entertain his peers.
What is acrobatics and juggling?
Don Bosco's mother would have asked him to pray this everyday for three times.
What is the Angelus?
After an exhausting day at the Oratory, Don Bosco was so tired that he accidentally ate this substance, thinking it was food.
What is wall paste?
When Don Bosco first met this boy, Don Bosco said they would “go halves in everything.”
Who is Michael Rua?
Don Bosco made a promise he later regretted with this friend, who benefitted from John's more positive spirituality to balance out his own.
Who is Luigi Comollo?
Don Bosco founded this lay association in 1869.
What is ADMA?
In 1847, this dream portrayed Mother Mary walking with Don Bosco on his mission to guiding young people
What is the dream of roses and thorns?
Don Bosco was this old when he founded the Oratory at Valdocco.
What is 30 years old?
Don Bosco made a promise he later regretted with this friend, who benefitted from John’s more positive spirituality to balance out his own.
Who is Luigi Comollo?
This man helped young John Bosco begin his education journey, even taking John to live with him for a short while before suddenly passing away.
Who is Don Calasso?
In 1877, Don Bosco founded this way to communicate his educational and charitable work to the public.
What is the Salesian Bulletin?
The quote, "When did Don Bosco not pray?" is attributed to this man.
Who is Pope Pius Xl?
This feast was being celebrated when Don Bosco first met Bartholomew Garelli.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
This priest was heavily involved in prison ministry and helped young Don Bosco discern what job to take after becoming a priest.
Who is Don Cafasso?
John worked here for 3 years as a boy, after having to leave home due to conflict with his brother.
What is the Moglia farm?
These are some of the working trades that Don Bosco learned.
What is tailoring (1853), shoemaking (1853), carpentry (1856), printing (1861) metalwork (1862) and bookbinding (1854)?
This dream in 1873 united the three white loves and made them a more prominent devotion for Don Bosco.
What is the dream of the Two Pillars?
These two future popes personally visited Don Bosco at Valdocco and actually had dinner with him.
Who were..
St. Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto, who visited the Oratory in 1875,) and
Pius XI (Achille Ratti, who visited Valdocco in 1883 as a young priest and stayed for two days)
Don Bosco worked in this woman’s charity institution while trying to begin his oratory…they parted maybe a little less than amicably.
Who is La Marchese di Barolo?
The sodality/club that John started while at secondary school in Chieri. They were a cheerful group!
What is the Society of Joy?
In 1887, the Pope gave Don Bosco the big task to oversee the construction of this building.
What is the Basilica of the Scared Heart in Rome?
Don Bosco composed this prayer himself to Mary Help of Christians.
What is O Mary Most Powerful Virgin?
This short story by Canon Schmid, about a young hermit, became the first book printed at Don Bosco’s St. Francis de Sales Press in May 1862.
What is Theophile (Teofilo)?
He is considered to be the first Salesian Cooperator, sometimes running the Oratory in Don Bosco’s absence and helping connect him with benefactors.
Who is Giovanni Borel?