Parish of St Andrew the Apostle
Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Parish of St Andrew the Apostle

A Baroque construction that dates back to the early 1600s on top of an earlier Gothic church, a visit to St. Andrew’s is a unique occasion that leads one into the richness and freshness of memories and events of which it bears the marks, here we would like to recall some of them:

> 16 January 1811::
Baptism of Saint Joseph Cafasso
> 17 August 1815:
Baptism of Saint John Melchior Bosco
> 1823:
John Bosco’s first confession accompanied by Mamma Margaret
> 26 March 1826:
First Communion of John Bosco
> 20 October 1835:
John Bosco wears the clerical habit
> 1838:
Baptism of Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero
> 10 June 1841:
Don Bosco celebrates his first Solemn Holy Mass on the feast of Corpus Christi (Fifth Holy Mass)
> June – September 1841:
Don Bosco carries out his first months of priestly apostolate as an assistant parish priest
> 8 April 1849:
First Communion of Saint Dominic Savio
> 21 January 1851:
Baptism of Saint Joseph Allamano
> 3 September 1988:
On the centenary of Don Bosco’s death: the visit of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II