MODULE 3-A Be humble, strong, and robust...

When John entered the seminary in Chieri, God

provided for his needs and made sure that people

would help him with his finances.

• True

• False

On October 30, 1835, John, already twenty,

            entered the gates of the seminary. This was one big

           step toward his dream of becoming a priest.

• True

• False

As he was being vested with the black cassock,

            Nanay Margarita felt very sad because it would take

            another six years before she could call him “Father.”

• True

• False

John was highly intelligent; because of his

            powerful memory, he spent time in the library

            learning facts that he would use later in his books.

• True

• False

While the students went for breakfast, John and

            other devout students would run to the nearby

            church of St. Philip and receive Holy Communion.

• True

• False

Everyone was happy because on the night after

            he died, the voice of Louis Comollo was heard in the

            dormitory: “Bosco, Bosco, I am saved!”

• True

• False

On June 5, 1841, Fr. Bosco was ordained by

            Archbishop Louis Franzoni in the cathedral of Turin.

• True

• False

After his First Mass in his town, Nanay Margarita

            told her son: “All you must do now has to be for the

            people—their salvation.  Do not worry about me.”

• True

• False

On December 8, 1841, Fr. Bosco met the poor boy Bartholomew Garelli.

This was the humble beginning of his ministry to young people.

• True

• False

Fr. Bosco began to whistle a different tune and

            chose to serve poor youth, because he was afraid

            to work in the prisons as Fr. Cafasso suggested

• True

• False