St. John Bosco: Seminary Years
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Transcript of St. John Bosco: Seminary Years
CHIERI
Seminary and St. Philip Neri’sIl Duomo
1JB: Seminary Years
“St. Joseph Cafasso,
whom Benedict XV
defined as
‘the Pearl of the Clergy,’
from 1830 to 1853
acquired
in this seminary
the knowledge, the piety,
and the charity
which he then poured out
so wonderfully
on the clergy, on
prisoners,
and on the people.”
As a memento of his
Canonization
1947
Plaque on Seminary building
St. Philip Neri Church
The Seminary Courtyard
Our Lady of Grace
Decision and Process to enter
Canon Massimo Burzio
Vestition, October 25, 1835 – Castelnuovo, St. Andrew’s Church
Fr. Pietro Cinzano “Take off the old Man and put on Christ.”
Bardella
New Resolutions
1. For the future I will never take part in public shows duringfairs or at markets. Nor will I attend dances or the theatre,and as far as possible I will not partake of the dinners usualon such occasions.
2. I will no longer play games of dice or do conjuring tricks,acrobatics, sleight of hand, tightrope walking. I will give upmy violin-playing and hunting. These things I hold totallycontrary to ecclesiastical dignity and spirit.
3. I will love and practice a retiring life, temperance in eatingand drinking. I will allow myself only those hours of reststrictly necessary for health.
4. In the past I have served the world by reading secularliterature. Henceforth I will try to serve God by devotingmyself to religious reading.
5. I will combat with all my strength everything, all reading,thoughts, conversations, words, and deeds contrary to thevirtue of chastity. On the contrary, I will practice all thosethings, even the smallest, which contribute to pre-servingthis virtue.
6. 6. Besides the ordinary practices of piety, I will neverneglect to make a little meditation daily and a littlespiritual reading.
Every day I will relate some storyor some maxim advantageousto the souls of others. I willdo this with my companions, friends, relatives, and when I cannot do it with others, I will speak with my mother.
Resolutions
October 30, 1835 Guglielmo Garigliano
Don Guala
Entrance to former
Seminary building,
now a municipal
building
Giuseppe, Giuseppe Febbraro, & la Mamma
Seminary chapel and sacristy
“St. John Bosco
lived
in this seminary
from 1835 - 1841,
learning
here
the sublime art of
the apostolate
among the young
under the
inspiration
of the meek
St. Francis de
Sales”
Don Ternavasio: “Exact fulfillment of your duties.”
Giovanni Giacomelli Luigi Comollo
Philosophy: 1835-1837
Logic, Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy
Summer 1836: Collegio dei Nobili
Sussambrino
Vacations: “Dangerous times for clerical students”
“Idleness isthe Workshop of the Devil.”
“Your sermon is too elevated”
The Imitation of Christ by St. Thomas à Kempis The Imitation of Christ by St. Thomas à Kempis
“A vocation is perfected and preserved, and a real priestly spirit formed, in a climate of recollection and by frequent reception of Holy Communion.”
Don Giovanni Borel
Giuseppe Burzio
Madonna of the
Missionary
Oblates of Mary
Immaculate
and
Founders of the
Order
Meanwhile…
May 9, 1837 – Maria Domenica Mazzarello is born at “theMazzarelli” – frazione di Mornese in Alessandria, Italy, the oldest of10 (7 will survive), to Maddalena and Giuseppe Mazzarello. She isbaptized on the same day.
June 9, 1837 – Michele Rua is born to Giovanni Battista and MariaGiovanna (Ferrero) Rua in Torino, and baptized two days later, theyoungest of 9 siblings and step-siblings (from the first wife ofGiovanni, Maria Angela Teresa Baratelli, who died in 1828), 4 ofwhom were still alive at his birth (he made 5). Two half- and two full-brothers were alive. One half- and one full-sister had died, as well asone half- and one full-sister.
1837-1841 Speculative, Moral, and Dogmatic Theology, and Sacred Scripture
Dormitory Corridor
Jansenistic Influences
Refectory
Death of Luigi Comollo: April 2, 1839
“Bosco, I’m saved!”
Luigi appears to John
John becomes gravely ill
Entrance to the Dormitory
+ April 2, 1839
Luigi’s resting place in the church of S. Filippo N.
The plaque in the church of S. Filippo Neri
IN THIS CHURCH
UNDER THE SANCTUARY
OF THE MAIN ALTAR
AWAITING THE DAY OF GLORY REPOSES
LUIGI COMOLLOTHE GREAT FRIEND AND CLASSMATE
OF CLERIC JOHN BOSCO
HE DIED IN THE SEMINARY OF CHIERI
BELIEVED TO BE A SAINT
APRIL 2, 1839
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HE WAS BORN IN CINZANO
ON APRIL 7, 1817
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THE CITIZENS OF CINZANO
FILLED WITH HOLY PRIDE
PLACED THIS PLAQUE HERE
IN MAY 1934
Giuseppe’s Home at Becchi, 1839 on
1840-1841
3/29/1840 – Tonsure and 4 Minor Orders
9/19/1840 –Subdiaconate
3/19/1841 – Diaconate
Dream repeats again – but in a crowded street
Resolutions from Ordination Retreat
1. No walks except to visit the sick
2. Good and careful use of time
3. No shrinking from suffering – even humiliations if it is a question of saving souls!
4. Love and gentleness of Francis de Sales will be my guide
5. Always will be satisfied with food served (unless harmful to health)
6. No wine unless mixed with water and as health requires
7. No more than 5 hours of sleep per night, as work is a powerful weapon (no nap, except in case of illness)
8. Meditation and spiritual reading every day, plus: visit to the Blessed Sacrament, ¼ hour of prayer to prepare for Mass, ¼ hour after in thanksgiving
9. No conversation with women except in Confession or for the good of their souls
Archbishop Fransoni’s Private Chapel
June 5, 1841
June 5, 1841
Bosco di Nespolo… Bosco di Sales
“To begin to say Mass is to begin to suffer...”
SOURCE READINGS:
BM Vol. I;
Lenti vols. 13-15;
Giraudo chap. II 3.5-3.11
HOMEWORK:
MO 99-111;
SDB 47-67