A Special Saint for Kids

Hi Everybody!

Well today is the first time in a long time that we were able to go to Mass! As you know, we wait outside and listen to Mass through the window. Our master told us that -20C and -30C is just too cold to do that. We love the cold but she is right!

But today was a great day to get back into the swing of things because today (January 31st) is the feast day of Saint John Bosco, the patron of kids!

When John was alive, he lived in an area that had a lot of poor boys and girls and many were orphans. He loved to work with the boys, teaching them to stay out of trouble and to be good boys. He also helped them to learn useful skills such as shoe making and clothes making (remember he lived 200 years ago!)

(His friend Saint Mary Mazzarello did the same kind of work with the girls.)

Eventually John organized his own order of priests and brothers called the Salesians (they were named after St. Francis de Sales!) He and Mary also organized a similar group for girls.

Hey Cloë, aren't there Salesian sisters who live near our master's office?

You're right Tallulah! In fact they have activities every Friday night for boys and girls ages 8 and up. Everyone is welcome to join them. You just have to go to their house at 300 McConnell Ave in Cornwall and ask for Soeur Françoise.

Click here to read more about John Bosco.

Here is a short video about John Bosco.

(youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf2qJZqwiBs)

On  different note, here is a picture of some of our biggest fans! This is Johnnie and Abby. (We hope we spelled their names correctly.) Our master ran into them the other day at the big Diocesan Dynamic Catholic Event. We are sorry we missed you!

Well that's it for today. Woof!

Cloë and Tallulah