Unconditional Love and Respect for Everyone: St. John Bosco (Download)

In this lesson booklet, middle school students will learn about the life of St. John Bosco and how he created a home and school for young boys who had nowhere to go and no one to care for them. Through stories about his lessons and his life, students will learn to reflect on potential prejudices they have toward certain people based on their appearances, behaviors, or financial status. They will be challenged to think about how their own choices can have a lasting positive impact when they treat all people with respect. Why is this crucial for forming the next pro-life generation? Caring for everyone, regardless of what they have or what they can do, is what God commands of us. And it's the only way we can build a culture of life. The values that students learn from saints like St. John Bosco will remain with them as they grow. The lessons learned from his life will inspire them to emulate these actions, and the love that he showed to others will encourage them to show that same love t