Life of don bosco pictures

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Life of don bosco pictures

Sign up for free Log in. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. However, only two very similar photos came of that session, but with a slightly different field of framing and a different pose of the hands, in both cases however with Don Bosco portrayed sitting in his room. In the closer version, Don Bosco appears even older and tired, with his mouth pulled tight and lacking a smile and the two large cheekbone folds very pronounced.

In the wider version, Don Bosco's figure can be seen in full, and a table on which a statue of the Virgin and a book rest as choreographic elements additionally emerges. Looking at these selected photos, in spite of the retouches and the more easily handed down images, Don Bosco appears with rather "hard" and marked features and a square face, a typical peasant figure, but with a gaze that, though flushed, is still alive, intelligent and shrewd.

Don Bosco recounts a dream he had. I dreamed that I was near my home, in a very large playing field where a crowd of children were having fun. Some were laughing, others were playing and quite a few were cursing. I was so shocked at their language that I jumped into their midst, swinging wildly and shouting at them to stop. At that moment a man appeared and said 'You will have to win these friends of yours not with blows, but with gentleness and kindness.

Inspired by the challenging teachings of St. Francis de Sales, Bosco set out to create an education system based on charity and love, instead of fear and punishment. This was groundbreaking, and he proved to be ahead of his time. Here are several rare photographs of Don Bosco, a priest with a truly joyful soul, ready to exercise charity in all that he did.

Read more: 7 Saintly tips on how to discipline a child, from Don Bosco. Read more: Are your kids bored? Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you.