Altar boys entering the St. Patrick Catholic Church to attend the mass for St. John Bosco, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Altar boys entering the St. Patrick Catholic Church to attend the mass for St. John Bosco, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

January 31, 1935

Date

1935-01-31

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Altar boys entering the St. Patrick Catholic Church with clasped hands to attend the mass for St. John Bosco. A young man in the front carries a crucifix on a staff, flanked by 2 young boys carrying candles in candlesticks.
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 is related to the article, "Mass Sung in Memory of St. John Bosco Here," with a photo caption reading: "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...," Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1935.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Bosco, St. John (canonization)

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Bosco, Giovanni, Saint, 1815-1888

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.012233

Latitude

-118.256766

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Youth
Religion
Saints
Religious services--California--Los Angeles
Events
Culture