Welcome to the parish of St. Aloysius & St. John Bosco administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco. We are an inner city parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, South Australia.
Fr. Joseph Lee SDB is the parish priest, assisted by Fr. Michael Jackson SDB, Fr. Michael Keogh SDB and Fr. Stephen Dubovsky SDB.
Three Masses are celebrated at St. John Bosco Church, two Masses at St. Aloysius and one Mass at Flora MacDonald Lodge on the weekends. See Mass Times for further details.
Blessings!
Born in the castle of Castiglione, 9 March, 1568; died 21 June, 1591. At eight he was placed in the court of Francesco de'Medici in Florence where he remained for two years, going then to Mantua. At Brescia, when he was twelve, he came under the spiritual guidance of St Charles Borromeo and from him received First Communion. In 1581 he went with his father to Spain, and he and his brother were made pages of James, the son of Philip II. While there he formed the resolution of becoming a Jesuit, though he first thought of joining the Discalced Carmelites, He returned to Italy in 1584 after the death of the Infanta, and after much difficulty in securing his father's consent, renounced his heritage in favour of his brother, 2 November, 1585, a proceeding which required the approval of the emperor, as Castiglione was a fief of the empire.
Young John Bosco was born on 16 August 1815 in a small collection of farmhouses near the village Castelnuovo d'Asti, in Piedmont (northern Italy), popularly called "Becchi".
While still a child, his father's death made him feel the sorrow of so many orphans for whom he would become a loving father. He found, however, in his mother Margaret an example of Christian life which made a deep impression on his soul.
When he was nine years old, he had a dream that was prophetic. He seemed to be in the middle of a crowd of children at play, some of whom were however cursing. Suddenly, the young John threw himself at these, cursing, hitting and kicking them to make them be quiet. But a man appeared before him who said: "Don't hit them, but with kindness and love you must win over these your friends. ...I shall give you a Teacher under whose guidance you will be able to become wise, and without whom, all wisdom becomes nonsense".