Don Bosco kunye nokuphindaphindwa kwezonka
Ngo-Agasti 16, 1815 wazalwa UJohn Bosco, unyana kaFrancesca Bosco kunye noMargherita Occhiena. Xa wayeneminyaka emi-2 ubudala uGiovannino wabulawa yinyumoniya, eshiya umfazi wakhe enabantwana abathathu. Leyo yayiyiminyaka enzima, apho abantu abaninzi babulawa yindlala nangubhubhani.
UMargaret wakwazi ukusinda kunye nabantwana bakhe ngokuthenga ingqolowa ngexabiso eliphakamileyo kumbingeleli, egqalwa njengomboleki-mali.
Ubungqina bukaFrancesco Dalmazzo
Francis Dalmazzo ngumfundisi waseSalesian oneminyaka engama-47 owadibana noDon Bosco ngo-1860, xa wayeneminyaka eli-15 kuphela ubudala. Ukususela ngoko wahlala naye de kwasekufeni kwakhe.
A 15 iminyaka, ndisanda kungena kwiisincoko, bengakwazi ukuziqhelanisa nemikhwa nokutya okundilisekileyo, babecinga ukuhamba. Ngoko ngenye intsasa wagqiba kwelokuba aye eDon Bosco zivume. Kwakungelo xesha kanye xa kwafika umfana othile kuDon Bosco emxelela ukuba akukho ikhefu isasazwe kubantu abatsha ekupheleni kweMisa eNgcwele.
UDon Bosco waxelela lo mfana ukuba enze njalo yiya kwindawo yokubhaka kwaye uthenge ngakumbi. Kodwa lo mfana wabonisa ukuba akanakuyenza loo nto njengoko umbhaki engekahlawulwa ngoko ke ngengazange amnike.
Ngelo xesha uFrancesco wayengazikhathazi ngesidlo sakusasa, kuba wayesele egqibe kwelokuba aphume agoduke.
Akuba egqibile ukuvuma izono, oyena mfana wokugqibela uDon Bosco waphakama waya kumnyango omncinci wendlu engcwele apho wayefanele ukuhambisa isonka. Francis, ucingela abanye izibakala ezingummangaliso weva ngaye, wagqiba kwelokuba makahlale aze azibeke kwindawo anokubukela kuyo okwenzekayo.
Wathi xa ejonga ebhaskithini waqaphela ukuba iqulethe malunga 15 izonka. UDon Bosco uqala ukuwasasaza kwaye uFrancesco uyaqonda ukuba abantu ababemamkele malunga nabo 300. Ekupheleni kokusasazwa, ukujonga kwakhona kwibhasikithi, umntu uyaqonda ukuba kwakukho kanye izonka ezifanayo phambi kokusasazwa.
Ekuboneni kweso senzo, uFrancesco unquma ukuhlala kwi-Oratory kunye ne-joyina abantwana kaDon Bosco ukuze uhlale usondele kuye.