St. John Bosco and His Educational Philosophy

St. John Bosco dedicated his life to young people, proposing a new educational system: The Preventive System: This system sums up Don Bosco's educational philosophy in three words: Reason, Religion and Loving-kindness. For him it was impossible to educate a young person through reason without someone who loved him and understood his problems and supported him to solve them. This unique system forms a person in body, heart, mind and spirit. He strongly emphasised that young people should be educated through patience and loving empathy rather than intimidation or punishment. (Taken from Saletian Website: https://ius-sdb.com)

On his feast day today we can ask ourselves: How can we accompany our young brothers in the order and how can we prepare ourselves to reach the hearts of the youth of today? Let us pray that the youth of today be blessed with good environment to grow in love, wisdom and spirituality.