Two years before his death, Saint John Bosco was visiting Barcelona, Spain. It was a glorious trip full of incredible events, but that's a story for another time. During the night of April 9th, 1886, he received a new vision pertaining to the Salesian Missionary works abroad. He later related this dream to his Salesians in a voice at times choked by sobs. Here’s what he said…
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Thank you to Salesiana Publishers for their kind permission to use the English translation of The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco by Fr. Giovanni Battista Lemoyne et al. (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana Publishers, Inc., 1964-2003).
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The photographs of Saint John Bosco shown in this video are from the Salesian Central Archives, Rome.