Biography of st john bosco

St John Bosco

Feast Day – January 31

St John Bosco, considered one of the greatest saints of modern times, was born in a Piedmontese village in 1815.

When he was 2 years old he lost his father, a humble peasant farmer, and he was brought up by his saintly Tertiary mother, Margaret. It was no doubt due to her example and influence that John too joined the Third Order of St. Francis.

Even as a youngster, John recognized that it was his vocation in life to help poor boys; and he began to teach catechism to the boys of his own village and bring them to church.

Biography of st john bosco

Acrobatic stunts and conjuring tricks were the means he used to get them together.

At 16 he entered the seminary at Chieri. He was so poor at the time, that the mayor contributed a hat, the parish priest a cloak, one parishioner a cassock, and another a pair of shoes.

After he was ordained a deacon he passed on to the seminary in Turin; and there, with the approbation of his superiors, he began to gath