by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB

Subjects:

• Introductory Note
• The Boscos and Their Social Status
• Francis Louis Bosco and Family
• Death of Francis Louis Bosco
• Sources for the Biographical Material Included by Lemoyne in the Biographical Memoirs
• Margaret Bosco’s Situation after Her Husband’s Death
• Margaret, Christian Mother and Educator
• Margaret Bosco and John’s Religious Education
• Faith and Devotion
• Margaret and John’s Sacramental Life
• Margaret’s Educational Style
• Margaret Fosters John’s Vocation
• John Bosco at Father Lacqua’s Primary School in Capriglio (1824-25; [1825-26?]) – Vocational Significance
• Text of the Vocation Dream in Translation
• A Dream
• Brief Comment the Vocation Dream
• The Trouble with Anthony
• Margaret’s Options
• John’s Two Years of Service away from Home
• John’s Return from Moglia’s after the Feast of All Saints (November 3, 1829)
• John Bosco’s Meeting with Father John Calosso
• John Bosco at the Primary School of Castelnuovo
• Significance of the Year at Castelnuovo
• John Bosco’s Summer Vacation at the Cascina Matta of Sussambrino
• John Bosco at the Public Secondary School of Chieri (1831- 1835): Significance of Margaret’s Decision
• Margaret Bosco in a Supporting Role
• Margaret Bosco’s Last Years (1846-1856) as Mother of Don Bosco’s “Orphans”
• Mamma Margaret’s Decade (1846-1856)
• Testimonies
• Mama Margaret’s Death and Parting Words
• The Church Looks at Margaret Bosco