Don Bosco ndi kuchuluka kwa mikate
Pa August 16, 1815 iye anabadwa John Bosco, mwana wa Francesca Bosco ndi Margherita Occhiena. Ali ndi zaka 2 zokha, Giovannino anamwalira ndi chibayo, kusiya mkazi wake ndi ana atatu. Zaka zimenezo zinali zovuta, mmene anthu ambiri anafa ndi njala ndi miliri.
Margaret anakwanitsa kupulumuka pamodzi ndi ana ake pogula tirigu pamtengo wokwera kwa wansembe, amene onse amamuona ngati wobwereketsa.
Umboni wa Francesco Dalmazzo
Francis Dalmazzo ndi wansembe wazaka 47 wa ku Salesian amene anakumana ndi Don Bosco mu 1860, ali ndi zaka 15 zokha. Kuyambira pamenepo anakhala naye mpaka imfa yake.
A Zaka 15, ndangolowa muolankhula, wosakhoza kuzoloŵera zizoloŵezi ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi, anaganiza zochoka. Kotero mmawa wina anaganiza zopita ku Don Bosco vomereza. Nthawi yomweyo mnyamata wina anafika kwa Don Bosco kumuuza kuti palibe pane kuti igawidwe kwa achinyamata pakutha kwa Misa yopatulika.
Don Bosco anauza mnyamatayo kuti kupita kophika buledi ndi kugula zambiri. Koma mnyamatayo ananena kuti sakanatha kutero chifukwa wophika mkateyo sanalipidwe choncho sakanamupatsa.
Pa nthawiyi Francesco sanade nkhawa ndi chakudya cham'mawa chifukwa anaganiza zonyamuka kupita kwawo.
Atamaliza kuulula, Don Bosco wamng'ono womaliza ananyamuka ndi kupita ku khomo laling'ono la sacrist kumene ankayenera kugawira mkate. Francis, woganizira ena zozizwitsa zenizeni atamva za iye, anaganiza zokhala ndi kudziika pamalo oti aone zimene zikuchitika.
Atayang'ana mubasiketiyo adawona kuti muli pafupifupi 15 mikate. Don Bosco anayamba kuwagawira ndipo Francesco anazindikira kuti anthu omwe anamulandira anali pafupi 300. Pamapeto pa kugawa, kuyang'ana kachiwiri mudengu, wina amazindikira kuti panali mikate yofanana ndendende yomwe inalipo asanagawidwe.
Ataona izi, Francesco asankha kukhala mu Oratory ndikujowina ana a Don Bosco kuti akhale pafupi naye nthawi zonse.