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Don Bosco

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do we celebrate the feast of St. John Bosco?

a)

August 16  

b)

January 31

c)

December 8

2.

When do we celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Sales?

a)

January 24  

b)

January 31

c)

December 8

3.

How many brothers did Don Bosco have and what are their names?

a)

2, Joseph and Anthony

b)

3, Joseph, Anthony and Francis

c)

2, Joseph and Luigi

4.

Who is the Assistant Principal for Pastoral Affairs of the Junior High School? 

a)

Fr. Dindo Vitug

b)

Fr. Favie Faldas

c)

Fr. Juvelan Paul Samia

5.

What was the name of the city that Don Bosco was ordained in?   

a)

Turin

b)

Valdocco

c)

Chieri

6.

Run, jump, shout, play but do not ____________.         

a)

Steal

b)

Sin

c)

Lie

7.

What did Don Bosco call his place and program of learning, games, music, and prayer that he provided for the young?

a)

Workshop

b)

Oratory

c)

Sacristy

8.

At what age did Don Bosco dream about his mission?  

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

9.

The educational method which Don Bosco developed is called  ______.

a)

Preventive

b)

Redemptive

c)

Salesian

10.

Who was the founder of the first sodality in the oratory?

a)

Michael Rua

b)

John Cagliero

c)

Dominic Savio

11.

Who canonized St. Francis of Sales?

a)

Pope Pius XI

b)

Pope Alexander VII

c)

Pope St. John Paul II

12.

Who is the patron saint of Don Bosco Makati?  

a)

St. Dominic Savio

b)

St. Francis of Sales

c)

St. John Bosco

13.

What is the full name of Don Bosco?

a)

John Occhiena Bosco

b)

Giovanni Bosco

c)

John Melchor Bosco

14.

Who was Don Bosco’s mother? 

a)

Margaret Chavez

b)

Margaret Occhiena

c)

Margaret Myers

15.

Who was Don Bosco’s confessor?

a)

Father Calosso

b)

Father Cafasso

c)

Cardinal Fassati

16.

Who was the first successor of Don Bosco?

a)

Giovanni Cagliero

b)

Blessed Philip Rinaldi

c)

Blessed Michael Rua

17.

Who was the leader of the Salesian’s first missionary expedition?

a)

Philip Rinaldi

b)

Callisto Caravario

c)

John Cagliero

18.

What did John love to do when he was young who irritated most his brother Antonio?  

a)

Plowing the farm

b)

Reading books

c)

Juggling

19.

Who beatified St. Francis of Sales?

a)

Pope Benedict XVI

b)

Pope Alexander VII

c)

Pope Pius IX

20.

Who did Don Bosco bring to the oratory to give the boys a sense of family?

a)

Fr. Cafasso

b)

Dominic Savio

c)

Margaret Occhiena

21.

After whom are the Salesians named? 

a)

St. Francis of Assisi

b)

St. John Bosco

c)

St. Francis of Sales

22.

What did Don Bosco promise his children?

a)

bread, work and heaven

b)

Everything will be fine

c)

Pray the rosary and miracles will happen

23.

How long does Don Bosco Makati exist by now?

a)

66

b)

67

c)

68

24.

What did Don Calosso give to Johnny when he was dying?

b)

Rosary

c)

Key

25.

Who was the priest who offered to teach John in his rectory? 

a)

Fr. Calosso

b)

Fr. Cafasso

c)

Fr. Borel

26.

Where did Johnny finish his seminary studies? 

a)

Turin

b)

Chieri

c)

Rome

27.

Who was the first oratorian?

a)

Dominic Savio

b)

Bartholomew Garelli

c)

Michael Rua 

28.

The pope who ordered Don Bosco to write an autobiography was ____.

a)

Pius IX

b)

Leo XIII

c)

John Paul II

29.

Do your ordinary duties ___________ well.

a)

Ordinary

b)

Ordinarily

c)

Extraordinarily  

30.

When was Don Bosco canonized?

a)

April 1, 1939

b)

April 2, 1934

c)

April 1, 1934

31.

Give me ________ take away the rest.

a)

Souls

b)

Graces

c)

Saints

32.

What was Don Bosco’s work at the orphanage for girls?

a)

Administrator

b)

Confessor

c)

Rector

33.

It means a place of prayer_____.

a)

Oratory

b)

Chapel

c)

Sacristy

34.

In the dream of Don Bosco about the two columns, who was navigating/driving the ship?

a)

Mary

b)

Jesus

c)

The Pope

35.

Who was Don Bosco’s  father?

a)

Francis Bosco

b)

Francisco Occhiena

c)

Giovanni Bosco

36.

Don Bosco’s special devotion to Mary, which he passed down to the Salesians was under the title of _____.

a)

Immaculate Conception

b)

Mary Help of Christians

c)

The Madonna

37.

Who was the spiritual director of Don Bosco in Turin?

a)

Don Cafasso

b)

Don Calosso

c)

Don Borel

38.

When was St. Francis of Sales canonized?

a)

April 1, 1663

b)

April 2, 1934

c)

April 19, 1665

39.

The first permanent oratory was located at ______.

a)

Valdocco

b)

Castelnuovo

c)

Turin

40.

Who was the intimate friend of Don Bosco in the seminary?

a)

Luigi Comollo

b)

Dominic Savio

c)

Don Calosso

41.

Those who receive _________devoutly as though it were for the last time will not find it hard to die happily on their death bed.

a)

Confession

b)

Holy communion

c)

Baptism

42.

St. Francis de Sales was born in Thorens of the Savoy region of ______? 

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Castelnuovo, Italy

43.

Who was the Majestic person who appeared to Don Bosco in his dream at the age of nine?

a)

Jesus

b)

Mary

c)

St. Joseph

44.

Don Bosco’s teaching method is based on reason, religion and _____.

a)

The Playground

b)

Cheerfulness

c)

Loving kindness

45.

The formal name of the Salesian Sisters, whom Don Bosco founded in 1872 is the __________.

a)

Daughters of Charity

b)

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

c)

Daughters of Mary Immaculate

46.

Who is the other love of Don Bosco aside from Jesus and Mary?

a)

Mama Margaret

b)

The Bosconians

c)

The Pope

47.

Don Bosco was very devoted to Our Lady of ________. Her image hung in the Turin basilica.

a)

Peace

b)

Consolation

c)

Guadalupe

48.

Who beatified Don Bosco?

a)

John Paul II

b)

Pius XI

c)

Pius XII

49.

Pope Leo XIII asked Don Bosco to help build the Basilica of _________ in Rome.

a)

Sacred Heart

b)

Mary Major

c)

St. Peter

50.

What year was Don Bosco Makati founded?

a)

1952

b)

1954

c)

1967

51.

What is the name of the place where Don Bosco started his oratory for the youth of Turin?

a)

Sacristy

b)

Pinardi shed

c)

Valdocco oratory

52.

Francis de Sales was ordained bishop on ___ 1602 and became the good shepherd amongst his people?

a)

April 1

b)

December 8

c)

September 8

53.

Francis de Sales is the patron saint of adult education, the deaf, and ____?

a)

Journalists

b)

Doctors

c)

Teachers

54.

In 1602, Francis de Sales became Bishop of  ___?

a)

Geneva

b)

Rome