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John was born in 1815 in Recchi, Italy. When John was two, his father died

prematurely. As a boy, John lived on a farm with his family doing the only thing

they knew how, farming. Poverty and a lack of formal education in the home did

not stop the growth of John Bosco as a person. His mother was for real, realizing

the importance of God in life (http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/rel/cath-

boscocamp/about.html).

Getting a formal education was a constant struggle for John. The family

finances being what they were, his brothers felt that he was wasting time, energy,

and money and that it would be better for all if he stopped going to school and

worked on the farm, earning money (http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/rel/cath-

boscocamp/about.html).

At age nine John had a dream in which he saw himself changing children
from beasts into lambs. He decided immediately to become a priest and devote his
life to children, and began......

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