Friday, 31 January 2014 St. John Bosco, Priest (1815-1888) - Memorial
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SAINT JOHN BOSCOPriest (1815-1888)         Born in the diocese of Turin in 1815, and brought up in poverty, John Bosco devoted his life to the education of working youth.         He founded religious congregations -the Salesian Order, and the Congregation of the Helpers of Mary -to carry on his ideals.         He fell asleep in the Lord on January 30, 1888 at the age of seventy-two.