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Don Bosco's Life

DON BOSCO : LIFE AND WORK

John Melchior Bosco, was born into a family of a poor farmer Francis and Margret Bosco on August 16, 1815 at Becchi, a hamlet near Turin, Italy. He was orphaned of his father at the tender age of two. His mother, Margaret took on the task of bringing up her three children Anthony, Joseph and John with love, discipline and great courage. She taught them to till the soil and to see God’s presence in all things – in the beauty of the sky, in the abundant harvest and in the storm which destroyed their vines.