The National Chairman of the Ghana Catholic Youth Organization (C.Y.O), Senior Crusader George Nego Fugluu has called on Catholic Youth to be watchful and stand against any act of Political Party Vigilantism ahead of Parliamentary and Presidential polls in Ghana.
He has also charged the Youth to eschew any act of Vote buying and any kind of life-threatening acts associated with the election and urged them to promote the peace and dignity of the Country before, during and after the election.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Senior Crusader George Nego Fugluu, National Chairman of the Ghana C.Y.O ahead of the Celebration of Feast of Saint John Bosco, a patron saint of the Catholic Youth which falls on 31st January every year.
John Bosco was a Catholic priest who was a pioneer in educating the poor and founded the Salesian order.
He was an Italian Catholic priest and Patron for Apprentices; boys; editors; Mexican young people; laborers; schoolchildren; students; young people.
This great apostle of youth died on January 31, 1888, and was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. Pope John Paul II named him “teacher and father to the young.
John Bosco was born near Castelnuovo in the archdiocese of Turin, Italy, in 1815. His father died when John was only two years old and it was his mother Margaret who provided him with a good humanistic and Christian education. His early years were financially difficult but at the age of twenty, he entered the major seminary, thanks to the financial help received from Louis Guala, founder and rector of the ecclesiastical residence St. Francis of Assisi in Turin. John Bosco was ordained a priest on June 5, 1846, and with the help of John Borel, he founded the oratory of St. Francis de Sales.
At this time the city of Turin was on the threshold of the industrial revolution and as a result, there were many challenges and problems, especially for young men. Gifted as he was as an educator and a leader, Don Bosco formulated a system of education based on “reason, religion, and kindness.” In spite of the criticism and violent attacks of the anti-clericals, he conducted workshops for the tradesmen and manual laborers, schools of arts and sciences for young workers, and schools of the liberal arts for those preparing for the priesthood. In 1868 there were 800 students involved in this educational system. To ensure the continuation of his work, Don Bosco founded the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians), which was approved in 1869. Also, with the help of Sister Mary Dominic Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix.
Source: Kofi Atakora
