Don Bosco kanye nokwandiswa kwezinkwa
Ngo-August 16, 1815 wazalwa John Bosco, indodana kaFrancesca Bosco noMargherita Occhiena. Lapho eneminyaka engu-2 nje ubudala, u-Giovannino wabulawa yinyumoniya, eshiya umkakhe nezingane ezi-3. Leyo kwakuyiminyaka enzima, lapho abantu abaningi babulawa indlala nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe.
UMargaret wakwazi ukusinda kanye nabantwana bakhe ngokuthenga ukolweni ngenani elikhulu kumpristi, obhekwa yibo bonke njengombolekisi.
Ubufakazi bukaFrancesco Dalmazzo
Francis Dalmazzo ungumpristi waseSalesian oneminyaka engama-47 owahlangana noDon Bosco ngo-1860, eneminyaka engu-15 nje kuphela. Kusukela lapho wahlala naye kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe.
A Iminyaka engu-15, isanda kungenaokushiwo ngomlomo, engakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nemikhuba nokudla okunesizotha, wayesecabange ukuhamba. Ngakho, ngolunye usuku ekuseni wanquma ukuya eDon Bosco vuma. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho kwaqhamuka insizwa kuDon Bosco izomtshela ukuthi akukho iphoyinti ezosatshalaliswa kubantu abasha ekupheleni kweMisa eliNgcwele.
UDon Bosco watshela insizwa ukuthi hamba uye ebhikawozi futhi uthenge okwengeziwe. Kodwa le nsizwa yaveza ukuthi yayingeke ikwenze njengoba umbhaki engakakhokhelwa ngakho-ke yayingeke imnike.
Ngaleso sikhathi uFrancesco wayengazihluphi ngesidlo sasekuseni, kwazise wayesenqume ukuhamba aye ekhaya.
Eseqedile ukuvuma, umfana wokugcina uDon Bosco wasukuma waqonda ngasemnyango omncane wethempeli lapho okwakufanele ahambise khona isinkwa. Francis, ecabangela abanye amaqiniso ayisimangaliso wezwa ngaye, wanquma ukuhlala wazibeka endaweni lapho ezobona okwenzekayo.
Ebheka kubhasikidi waqaphela ukuthi kwakuqukethe cishe 15 izinkwa. UDon Bosco uqala ukuwasabalalisa futhi uFrancesco uyabona ukuthi abantu ababemamukele baseduze 300. Ekupheleni kokusabalalisa, ebheka futhi kubhasikidi, umuntu uyaqaphela ukuthi kwakukhona izinkwa ezifanayo ngaphambi kokusabalalisa.
Lapho ebona leso senzo, uFrancesco unquma ukuhlala e-Oratory futhi ajoyina izingane kaDon Bosco ukuze uhlale useduze naye.