The Danger of Summer Vacation - St. John Bosco | Ep. 194

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Don Bosco kept the school vacation periods to a minimum because he called it "the devil's vintage." He deplored the havoc wrought by the summer break among the boys of his Oratory. It was a frightening thing: young men who had been models of piety and moral conduct returned to school hating anything that had to do with church. In this episode, I'll tell you the story of a well-meaning student who went off the deep end after a short vacation from the Oratory school and then I'll relate Don Bosco's advice on how to avoid the sinful pitfalls of summer vacation.

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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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