Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Bishop Cantwell seated on a throne beneath a baldachin, flanked by Msgr. John Cawley (L) and Rev. Joseph McGlucken (R) during the memorial mass for St. John Bosco. Altar boys are seated in a row in front or the altar rail. John Bosco (Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method known as the Salesian Preventive System. A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Saint Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco. This photograph appears with the article, "Mass Sung in Memory of St. John Bosco Here," Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1935. Text from negative sleeve: Bosco, St. John (canonization) Text from newspaper caption: Catholic Hierarchy Observing Saint's Anniversary: Solemn high mass in St. Patrick's Church yesterday with Bishop Cantwell presiding, commemorated canonization of St. John Bosco on the forty-seventh anniversary of his death. In the photo. left to right are Msgr. Francis Conaty, Bishop Cantwell, Msgr. John Cawley, Rev. Joseph McGlucken [McGucken], together with priests at the altar and altar boys.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_1364 ark:/21198/zz002dbt5q
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Religion Saints Religious services--California--Los Angeles People Events Conaty, Francis J., 1880-1950 Cawley, John J., 1882-1953 McGucken, Joseph T., (Thomas), 1902-1983 St. Patrick Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bosco, Giovanni, Saint, 1815-1888 Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947
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