Don Bosco

The "Apostle of Joy" saw the face of the Master in the delinquent and abandoned boys of industrial Turin. This mentor’s "Preventive System" was built on the radical idea that love, reason, and religion could transform any life. He used magic tricks, juggling, and music to draw the youth toward the sacraments, proving that holiness and happiness are the same thing. He famously dreamed of a ship (the Church) anchored between two pillars: the Eucharist and the Mother. He represents the eternal truth that education is a work of the heart.