9 Sanctity No Elder than a Boy and praying the rosary. The boys would remember those Sundays for the rest of their lives. Don Bosco went on to found the Salesians, named after Saint Francis de Sales. The Salesians follow the wisdom of their founder. Kindness, not punishment, was the key; Don Bosco could always obtain from his boys the obedience he wanted by being kind to them, by praising their good works, and by showing them that he loved them and would do anything he could to feed them, house them, teach them, and build their souls. During the life of Don Bosco, the Salesians spread to several countries and ministered to hundreds of thousands of boys. Our needs are just as great now as their need was then. How many boys in our time grow up without a father, to model for them, if only in a distant way, the love of the Father? Mamma and the dog But I will conclude with two more things that should warm the hearts of boys everywhere. One was the mother. Many of the boys were orphans, and whether they were or not, Don Bosco was a man, and a boy needs a mother’s care too, something he could not give them. That was why he begged his mother Margarita to come and join them. It meant a great sacrifice for her to leave her beloved little cottage in the country, and the farm
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