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Giovanni Melchior Bosco, or John Bosco, (August 16, 1815 - January 31, 1888) was a priest and educator. He is popularly known as Don Bosco (Father Bosco). He was the founder of the Salesian Society (the Salesians of Don Bosco / SDB) and, with Mary Domenica Mazzarello, co-founder of the Salesian Sisters (the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians / FMA). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...
The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ...
The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ...
He was born in Becchi, near Castelnuovo, Piedmont (present-day Italy). His father died when he was only two years old, and so he and two brothers were raised in poverty by their mother, Margaret. Since they were poor, he was not able to attend formal classes, but in between work in the fields, he was able to receive instruction from his parish priest. At the age of twenty he entered the seminary and after six years was ordained a priest. Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ...
He was assigned as an assistant parish priest in Turin, and saw firsthand the condition of the children in the streets and in the prisons, who were resigned to a life of poverty and petty crime. He resolved to help them and started befriending a few boys from the streets, talking to them, taking them on walks around Turin, and instructing them on catechism. He believed that the way to teach the boys was not through punishment but through kindness, and so more and more boys were drawn to him. Among his early pupils was another saint, Dominic Savio. A parish is a subdivision. ...
Location Region Piedmont Province Turin Area – Total – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population – Total (2002) – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 45°04′ N 7°40′ E1. ...
Catechism Lesson, by Jules-Alexis Meunier, 1890 A catechism is a summary of Christian religious doctrine. ...
As the number of his pupils grew, he needed to find a suitable location to conduct his work, and, after moving through various places, finally settled on a rough shed, which he called the Oratory. He moved in nearby and was soon joined by his mother in his work. Once the municipal authorities recognized the value of his work, he was able to find funds to establish a trade school and workshops.
In 1868, the same year that he began building a church in the Valdocco district of Turin, fifty priests and teachers who had been assisting him formed a society under a common rule which Pope Pius IX, provisionally in 1869, and finally in 1874, approved. He called this Salesian Society, after St. Francis de Sales. Four years later, with Mary Domenica Mazzarello, he established an order for women, to care for abandoned girls. He also established an association for lay people who are interested in aiding their work. The Blessed Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), was pope for a record pontificate of over 31 years, from June 16, 1846 until his death. ...
Saint Francis of Sales (in French, St François de Sales), seventeenth-century bishop of Geneva and Roman Catholic saint, was born at Thorens into a Savoyard noble family on 21 August 1567. ...
Exhausted from his never-ending work, including raising funds for a new church in Rome, he died in Turin. He was declared Venerable by Pope Pius X in 1907, beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929, and canonized by Pius XI on April 1, 1934. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
Venerable is a title confered on persons for a number of religious reasons. ...
Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), was Pope from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII. He was the first pope since the Counter-Reformation Pope St. ...
In Catholicism, beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακαÏιος, makarios) is a recognition accorded by the church of a dead persons accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name (intercession of saints). ...
His Holiness Pope Pius XI, born Achille Ratti (May 31, 1857 - February 10, 1939), reigned as Pope and sovereign of Vatican City from February 6, 1922 until February 10, 1939. ...
Canonization is the process of declaring someone a saint and involves proving that a candidate has lived in such a way that he or she is worthy of sainthood. ...
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...
1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He is the patron saint of Christian apprentices, editors, and publishers. In several forms of Christianity, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...
A Christian is a follower and believer in Jesus of Nazareth and the religion of Christianity. ...
If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. ...
Editor has four major senses: Print media There are various levels of editorial positions in publishing. ...
A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...
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