St John Bosco

[MrJim]

I watched a movie over two nights (finished last night) about a guy named John Bosco. I didn't know anything about him, but in my Ignatius Press catalogs the movie description sounded interesting. In the mid 1800/s this priest chose to minister to the boys running wild in the streets instead of following a more accepted path in the Church. His ministry was successful though a battle every step of the way. Towards the end then it shows him working at forming a "congregation" called the Salesians. That was a word I'd seen around some of the Catholic magazines but never followed up~didn't know it St Bosco that started it.

Then there was the boy in the story (Dominic Savio) that died young~at the end of the movie it said he was sainted. While Catholics watching would have probably recognized the boy as soon as he'd introduced himself to St Bosco, he was simply a unique character in the story that died young and had an effect upon the boys at the home.

Anyhow, just an interesting movie about a man devoted to God and others over himself and what others thought he should do...

http://www.ignatius.com/movienights/bosco.htm got it through netflix..

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

Thanks, Jim! I'd never heard of him before, but it sounds like he had a terrific ministry. I'll add that movie to my list.