A Poor Teacher....

SAINTLY INFLUENCES ON DON BOSCO

                                 (Predominately of his Loving Mother)

            I am glad to be captured by the idea that in life wheatear we like it or not everybody is influenced by the contemporary, cultural and linguistic expressions by responding to them accordingly. Besides there will be some personages who make an impact in our life through their life or ideologies. Be it be positive or not pessimistic this process is inevitable in our life. None of us can evade this inherent process of growth.

            Now I am trying my best to examine the way Don Bosco has incorporated and appropriated the ideologies and methodology of his admirable saints and sages of his contemporary and old. Likewise there are few who contributed in his life for his way of work and method of pedagogy. To mention few, his mother Mamma Margaret, Don Cafasso, Archbishop Fransoni Francis De Sales and Teresa have influenced him extensively. There are many maxims that he has appropriated from the others into his life. The tradition of goodnight, ‘God sees you’ etc are some of the famous ones.

            I am captivated by the role played by his mother in his life, is very outstanding. The reason, religion and loving kindness are though not his original but he made very radical and relevant for his charism very dynamically. Thus many have instilled in his life all virtues and attributes of life and spirituality. Though they have not directly influenced him but he made his life such a way that they have a special role and impact in his life.