Spreading the works

On December 7, 1867, Don Bosco went from Turin to Mornese, to bless the nearly completed 3-storey building which housed a school and a chapel. There was a gret assembly of people, headed by Fr. Pestarino, the parish priest of the locality. They offered gifts of their harvest to Don Bosco as they thanked God for their safety from death from the Cholera attack, and from bad weather. BM 84

Keep in mind that Don Bosco did not stop the work of God just because he was tired. He worked zealously to spread this in as many lands as possible, and here, to support the work of the budding FMA congregation. He was able to do this not of his own power, but in his trust in God and in the young people around him.

Article 40: Don Bosco’s Oratory, a Permanent Criterion “Don Bosco lived a pastoral experience in his first Oratory which serves as a model; it was for the youngsters a home that welcomed, a parish that evangelized, as school that prepared them for life and a playground where friends could meet and enjoy themselves...”