"The statue & painting is St. John Bosco.
St. Jonh bosco was born on Aug. 16, 1815 in Becchi, Italy & died on Jan. 31, 1888 in Turin, Italy. Hence, he lived for almost 73 yrs. which is a relatively-long period of time back then. Anyway, it was during his early years as a priest in Turin when he founded a school & a new religious Order ["the Salesians"] primarily geared at educating poor boys. And since there were lots of poor children not only in Turin but also all-over Italy, it didn't take long for the Salesians to become the 3rd biggest X-tian Order only behind the Jesuits [the biggest] & the Franciscan. But then again, these 2 Orders have been around for several centuries prior to St. John yet the Salesians grew RAPIDLY 'coz they focused on alleviating the plight of the poor boys especially since there were no "child laws" back then & so, a lot of the poor boys were already working on HORRENDOUZ conditions yet for the minimum wage!"
excerpt from : "My Alma Mater: Don Bosco, Mandaluyong.
by Gentle Lugtu [Eltneg] "
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