Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: The Apostle of Youth

He cared for their health, and demanded that they be given rest on feast days, and that they be given an annual holiday. But in spite of all the efforts and contracts, the situation of the apprentices of the time remained difficult. He was also training select older boys for the priesthood.

Another supporter of the idea to establish a religious order to carry out Bosco's vision was the reigning pope, Blessed Pius IX. Bosco disliked the ideals that had been exported by revolutionary France , calling Rousseau and Voltaire "two vicious leaders of incredulity. In , when the Kingdom of Sardinia was about to pass a law suppressing monastic orders and confiscating ecclesiastical properties, Bosco reported a series of dreams about "great funerals at court", referring to politicians or members of the Savoy court.

In November , he sent a letter to King Victor Emmanuel II , admonishing him to oppose the confiscation of church property and suppression of the orders, but the King failed to respond. The king's family suffered a number of deaths in a short period. From January to May , the king's mother age 54 , wife 32 , newborn son Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Genoa; nearly four months old , and his only brother 32 all died.

Opposition to Bosco and his work came from various quarters. Traditionalist clergy accused him of stealing the young and old people away from their own parishes. Nationalist politicians including some clergy saw his several hundred young men as a recruiting ground for revolution. The Marquis de Cavour, chief of police in Turin, regarded the open-air catechisms as overtly political and a threat to the State, and was highly suspicious of Bosco's support for the powers of the papacy.

Bosco was interrogated on several occasions, but no charges made. Closure may have been prevented by orders from the king that Bosco was not to be disturbed. Several attempts were also made on Bosco's life, including a near-stabbing, bludgeoning and a shooting. Early biographers put this down to the growing influence of the Waldensians in opposition to Catholic clergy. Some of the boys helped by Don Bosco decided to do what he was doing, that is, to work in the service of abandoned boys. And this was the origin of the Salesian Congregation. In , Bosco selected the experienced priest Vittorio Alasonatti, 15 seminarians and one high school boy and formed them into the "Society of St.

When the group had their next meeting, they voted on the admission of Joseph Rossi as a lay member, the first Salesian brother.

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The Salesian Congregation was divided into priests, seminarians and "coadjutors" the lay brothers. Next, he worked with estarino, Mary Mazzarello and a group of girls in the hill town of Mornese. In , he founded a group of religious sisters to do for girls what the Salesians were doing for boys. They were called the "Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

The first Salesians departed for Argentina in After his ordination, Bosco himself would have become a missionary had not his director, Joseph Cafasso , opposed the idea. He nevertheless eagerly read the Italian edition of the Annals of the Propagation of the Faith and used this magazine to illustrate his Cattolico Provveduto and his Month of May booklets When Bosco founded the Salesian Society, the thought of the missions still obsessed him, though he completely lacked the financial means at that time.

Bosco claimed he had another dream [ citation needed ] where he was on a vast plain, inhabited by primitive peoples, who spent their time hunting or fighting among themselves or against soldiers in European uniforms. Along came a band of missionaries, but they were all massacred. A second group appeared, which Bosco at once recognized as Salesians. Astonished, he witnessed an unexpected change when the fierce savages laid down their arms and listened to the missionaries.

It seems the dream made a great impression on Bosco, because he tried hard to identify the men and the country of the dream — and for three years collected information about different countries. A request from Argentina , turned him towards the Indians of Patagonia , and a study of the people there convinced him that the country and its inhabitants were the ones he had seen in his dream. Towards the end of , John Bosco received letters from the Argentine consult at Savona requesting that he accept an Italian parish in Buenos Aires and a school for boys at San Nicolas de los Arroyos.

Bosco regarded it as a sign of providence and started to prepare a mission. Adopting a way of evangelization that would not expose his missionaries to wild, "uncivilized" tribes, he proposed setting up bases in safe locations which missionary efforts were to be launched. Negotiations started after Archbishop Aneiros of Buenos Aires had indicated that he would be glad to receive the Salesians. In a ceremony held on 29 January , Bosco was able to convey the great news to the oratory. On 5 February he announced the fact in a circular letter to all Salesians asking volunteers to apply in writing.

He proposed that the first missionary departure start in October.

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There were many volunteers. Bosco died on 31 January His funeral was attended by thousands. Soon after there was popular demand to have him canonized. The Salesians, Daughters and Cooperators gave supportive testimonies. But many remembered Bosco's controversies in the s with Archbishop Gastaldi and some others high in the Church hierarchy thought him a loose cannon and a "wheeler-dealer".

In the canonization process, testimony was heard about how he went around Gastaldi to get some of his men ordained and about their lack of academic preparation and ecclesiastical decorum.

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Political cartoons from the s and later showed him shaking money from the pockets of old ladies or going off to America for the same purpose. These cartoons were not forgotten. Opponents of Bosco, including some cardinals , were in a position to block his canonization. Around , many Salesians feared that they would succeed.

Pope Pius XI had known Bosco and pushed the cause forward. While Bosco had been popularly known as the patron saint of illusionists, on 30 January , Silvio Mantelli petitioned Pope John Paul II to formally declare Bosco the patron of stage magicians. Bosco was the subject of the biopic Don Bosco directed by Goffredo Alessandrini. He was played by the actor Gian Paolo Rosmino. The Italian church St. Giovanni Bosco is named after Bosco.

The church is located in Montreal, Canada, in the borough of Ville-Emard. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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This materialistic world that we live in, has infected our minds so much that we discount spiritual realities to some extent due to our lack of faith. Through his dreams, St. John Bosco make these spiritual realities become concrete. The devil is as real as a wild animal and the threat he poses is deadly as a mountain lion is deadly. My favorite dream, the one that stands out the most, was not a The book has some very good moral lessons on confession, temptation, and striving to lead a holy life.

My favorite dream, the one that stands out the most, was not a warning but an invitation to be holy. It involved Dominic Savio in a quasi-heavenly place, but as Savio informs the priest, is not heaven exactly. The imagery in this scene fills you with wonder and is truly awe-inspiring. I breezed through the last half of the book because, at least for my part, I felt the lessons were learned. Overall, I recommend this book to get a taste of what St.

Bosco was all about. This method of lessons involving turning abstract spiritual ideas into concrete imagery, will absolutely help your faith. This book is also a source of inspiration. John Bosco is an important and holy saint to know about and his body is numbered among the incorruptible saints. Oct 03, Catherine T.

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