Don Bosco Philippines: It's Impact on Nation Building

After his ordination to the priest hood, Don Bosco vowed to dedicate his whole life to the welfare of poor and abandoned boys. It was the period of the pre-indurstial revolution in italy and there were lots of them in those day in turin, the capital of piedmont in north italy.

Don Bosco realized that it was not enough to teach the young Religion and Good Morals. They have to be equipped with the necessary skills for like. Thus he organized evening classes for his beloved boys, teaching them the many trades he had learned in his youth. As other people came to help him, what had began with no capital at all, grew unger God’s providence into different and diversified shops and classrooms where the abandoned youth or Turin found education thaat would enable them to live in dignity. These are the origins of the salesian professional schoolswhich is from turin immediately spread to south America, spain and other countries.

The abandoned and poor boys that don bosco have gathered in the streets of Turin were soon transformed into honest citizens and good Christians. Instead of posing a problem to society, they would contribute to its well being. Even the most anti-clerical of government ministers Umberto Ratazzi was so impressed by Don Bosco’s system of education that he helped Don Bosco in the founding of his religious congreçation at a time when religious congregations were suppressed by that same government.

The first request from the Philippines was made in 1891 three years after Don Bosco’s death. The request was made by Governor-Gen eral Eulogio Despujol himself as he well appreciated the good the Salesians were doing for the young in their professional school in Sarria, Barcelona, Spain.

Don Bosco arrived on Philippine soil in 1951. The first Salesian school opened in the Philippines in Tarlac (1951). Initially an Academy, it soon adopted the standard curriculum of all Don Bosco schools which combines acadenic and technical courses.
Victorias soon opened (1952) then Mandaluyong (1953) Cebu Boys Town (1954), Makati (1954), Bacolor (1958) Canlubang (1963), Tondo (1967), Cebu Pasil (1977), Cebu Boys’ Home (1988), Mati (1989), San Jose City (1993) and Borongan (1993).More recent works include Don Bosco School of Printing, Tuloy sa Don Bosco,Naga, Dumangas and Legazpi City.

Don Bosco schools are equated with state-of-the- art quality technical education. The commitmentof Don Bosco to technical education makes the Salesian schools a very relevant partner in the education of the Philippine youth. For the last fiftyyears, Don Bosco schools in this country have been teaching the Filipino youth skills in mechanics, electronics, automotive, industrial drafting welding, wood-work and oth ers, particularly through the training centers. In addition, Don Bosco offers courses in Mechanical, Elect-onics, Instrumentation, Computer and Electrical technology;construction, furniture-mak ing and agro-mechanics as well as college courses in Engineering.

In Don Bosco schools, development of moral and Christian values goes hand in hand with training in the manual and technical skills. Religion will teach the young how to live and their technical education will teach them how to earn their daily bread.

Thus, Don Bosco’s Oratory became a school, a church, a playground, where the youngsters grew to be come good Christians and upright citizens. This is what the Salesians have tried to do in the Philippines these past fifty years.
Salesians working hand in hand with their direct collaborators in the education of the young, have concretized the ideal of Don Bosco in making of every boy a good Christian and an up right citizen thus laying the foundations that turn every young person into a servant- leader.



Don Bosco Philippines: It's Impact on Nation Building After his ordination to the priest hood, Don Bosco vowed to dedicate his whole life to the welfare of poor and abandoned boys. It was the period of the pre-indurstial revolution in italy and there were lots of them in those day in turin, the capital of piedmont in north italy. Don Bosco realized that it was not enough to teach the young Religion and Good Morals. They have to be equipped with the necessary skills for like. Thus he organized evening classes for his beloved boys, teaching them the many trades he had learned in his youth. As other people came to help him, what had began with no capital at all, grew unger God’s providence into different and diversified shops and classrooms where the abandoned youth or Turin found education thaat would enable them to live in dignity. These are the origins of the salesian professional schoolswhich is from turin immediately spread to south America, spain and other countries. The abandoned and poor boys that don bosco have gathered in the streets of Turin were soon transformed into honest citizens and good Christians. Instead of posing a problem to society, they would contribute to its well being. Even the most anti-clerical of government ministers Umberto Ratazzi was so impressed by Don Bosco’s system of education that he helped Don Bosco in the founding of his religious congreçation at a time when religious congregations were suppressed by that same government. The first request from the Philippines was made in 1891 three years after Don Bosco’s death. The request was made by Governor-Gen eral Eulogio Despujol himself as he well appreciated the good the Salesians were doing for the young in their professional school in Sarria, Barcelona, Spain. Don Bosco arrived on Philippine soil in 1951. The first Salesian school opened in the Philippines in Tarlac (1951). Initially an Academy, it soon adopted the standard curriculum of all Don Bosco schools which combines acadenic and technical courses. Victorias soon opened (1952) then Mandaluyong (1953) Cebu Boys Town (1954), Makati (1954), Bacolor (1958) Canlubang (1963), Tondo (1967), Cebu Pasil (1977), Cebu Boys’ Home (1988), Mati (1989), San Jose City (1993) and Borongan (1993).More recent works include Don Bosco School of Printing, Tuloy sa Don Bosco,Naga, Dumangas and Legazpi City. Don Bosco schools are equated with state-of-the- art quality technical education. The commitmentof Don Bosco to technical education makes the Salesian schools a very relevant partner in the education of the Philippine youth. For the last fiftyyears, Don Bosco schools in this country have been teaching the Filipino youth skills in mechanics, electronics, automotive, industrial drafting welding, wood-work and oth ers, particularly through the training centers. In addition, Don Bosco offers courses in Mechanical, Elect-onics, Instrumentation, Computer and Electrical technology;construction, furniture-mak ing and agro-mechanics as well as college courses in Engineering. In Don Bosco schools, development of moral and Christian values goes hand in hand with training in the manual and technical skills. Religion will teach the young how to live and their technical education will teach them how to earn their daily bread. Thus, Don Bosco’s Oratory became a school, a church, a playground, where the youngsters grew to be come good Christians and upright citizens. This is what the Salesians have tried to do in the Philippines these past fifty years. Salesians working hand in hand with their direct collaborators in the education of the young, have concretized the ideal of Don Bosco in making of every boy a good Christian and an up right citizen thus laying the foundations that turn every young person into a servant- leader.