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Saints Project Essay.KJ

For the saint project, I have chosen St. Don Bosco, one of the founders of the Salesians. I singled out Don Bosco out of all of the saints because I go to a Salesian Church called the Mary Help Of Christians Church which is mainly focuses on Don Bosco and his impact on this world. Don Bosco is very important to me because especially in my age because Don Bosco was a very positive and persistant about helping young children in trouble or in general. He was also given a dream about Jesus and Mary to send him a message about to help others and children. Now the life of this Italian saint is a very interesting adventure because of the numbers of boys that Don Bosco helped during his life.

In the beginning, when Don Bosco was only 2, his father died leaving his mother with three boys to take care of. When Don Bosco was a little boy, he dreamed of Mary and Jesus who promised him a teacher for Don : Mary. When Don was 12, he ran away from home because of his brother was too unbearable for him to live in the same house. Soon he found a job in a Wine farm owned by Louise Monglia and worked there for several years and received no educational studies while he worked on the farm. After 2 years on working in the farm, Don Bosco finally when to a Catholic school and met Joseph Cafasso, and elderly priest who supported Don's first years of school. In the next 6 years, he followed his vocation and studied to be a priest and was ordained on the eve Trinity Sunday by the Archbishop Franzoini of Turin. Later in his life, he was approached by many boys to ask him to help them during their hardships. One of these situations was when a poor group of boys came into Bosco's Church because it was warm. Bosco talking to them and he set up an Oratory which was set up by February, 1842 and had about 20 boys. By 1846, Bosco had about 500 kids that was part of his Oratory and went to his masses every Sunday. By the end of his life, he had his last words as being together with God and Mary when he goes up to heaven. As his final request, he asked to Devote to the Blessed Sacrament, Devotion to the Mary Help of Christians, and to Devote to the Father. When Don Bosco died, with his last words being with Mary and God and the people of Turin wept for their beloved Don Bosco left a legacy. His ideals, spirit, and constant activity are what the Salesian Community what they are. On April 1, 1934, Pope Pius XI canonized Don Bosco as a saint and styled him as a giant of sanctity. As a result, St. Don Bosco is recognized as a savior and helper of children after his religious and holy life with children. He is also known as the patron Saint of magicians, apprentices, boys, editors, laborers, schoolchildren, students, and young people.

I would think that Don Bosco would especially demonstate the catholic part of the Church. Catholic means universal and Bosco demonstrated many examples of it in his life. Don Bosco never turned down a helpless child to help them during the times of hardship and trouble. No matter how hard or how troubling the child was, he would always take care of everyone and very universal of everybody. Another Mark of the Church I would contribute to Don Bosco is the Mark Apostolic. Being Apostolic, Don Bosco always followed the Apostle's teachings and educated young children about the Catholic religion. Don Bosco used the writings of the Apostles to spread the the Catholic Faith through young children.

Don Bosco is a very important person in the lives of children and in the lives of the Salesians. The Salesians of Don Bosco was created by him and is an important part of the church. Don Bosco, a great person of the church is greatly remembered for his life and purpose to help children in need. For that we thank him for his helpfulness and his contributions to the church and is rewarded by being a very famous saint. We can learn to be helpful to everybody especially to children and you can be rewarded in a great cost. Don Bosco was a great example and leader to the helpers of children. He was a friend to kids who were poor, kids abandoned, kids at risk, and to be a friend to Christ. Bosco left a legacy of love that is spread through the Salesian community when he said" It is enough that you are young for me to love you."

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