Testimonials
St. John Bosco, fondly known as Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, a simple hamlet in Castelnuovo d'Asti in Turin, Italy. Founder of a great big Salesian Family, consisting of the Society of St. Francis de Sales or the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians or the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, the Salesian Cooperators and many other institutes and associations, John Bosco was from a poor and humble household.

ST. JOHN BOSCO
Founder
Maria Domenica Mazzarello, the eldest of the ten children of Joseph and Maddalena, was born on May 9, 1837, at Mornese in Alessandria, Italy. The Mazzarellis were a peasant family working in the vineyard and of the children the eldest was the best too for work. She was a strong built girl both physically and spiritually and that is why she sought the help of her Parish Priest to find expression for her inner Spiritual thirst.
