Don Bosco relics in Maharashtra

Relics of St Don Bosco to arrive in state next month

CAMIL PARKHE

Monday, July 18, 2011 AT 11:53 AM (IST)

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PUNE: The relics of Saint Don Bosco, which had left Turin in Italy in 2009 for a world tour as part of the second birth centenary celebrations of the youth icon priest, will be in Pune and neighbouring Nashik and Ahmednagar districts early next month.
The relics, which will arrive here from Ahmednagar, will be displayed for veneration at Sacred Heart Church, in Yerawada on August 8 and 9. Incidentally, the church parish is looked after the priests belonging to Salesian congregation founded by St Don Bosco.
The relics of Don Bosco have been recomposed from his body, which was exhumed in 1929 for his canonisation. The saint's right arm has been placed within a wax replica of St John Bosco's body which is now being taken on tour in 130 countries, where the priests and nuns of the congregations founded by St Don Bosco are working.
The relics will leave for Lonavla on August 9. The second birth centenary of the saint falls on August 16, 2015.
There are over 15,000 Salesian congregation priests and brothers and over 18,000 nuns belonging to the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, another congregation founded by Don Bosco.
THE SAINT
The relics of Don Bosco have been recomposed from his body, exhumed in 1929 for his canonisation. The saint's right arm has been placed within a wax replica of St John Bosco's body, which is now being taken around the world.

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Comments

On 20/07/2011 09:49 AM Fr. Malcolm said:

Thank you Camil for this news. We look forward to pay our respects and have glimpses of the relic of a great saint.

On 19/07/2011 10:04 PM Shirish Sebastian said:

We hope and pray that the visit of Don Bosco to our city brings about a transformation in the Youth of our city.