history of don bosco school
history of don bosco school On November 23, 1894, three Salesians arrived in Valencia: Fr. Félix Andrés Bergeretti and two seminarians. The population received them with enthusiasm. Father Bergeretti rented a house on the corner of “El Vapor”, and began the pastoral activity of the Festive Oratory, while announcing the immediate opening of the Don Bosco School, which took place at the beginning of 1895. Almost at the same time, the shoemaking, tailoring and printing workshops, they organized the music band and even added the Night School to the School for workers and young employees. Six months after its opening, the Don Bosco School already had 200 students enrolled, which forced the Salesians to establish themselves in a larger house, the current headquarters. As a result of a virulent epidemic, in February 1898, they had to temporarily close the Co...