At “Cascina Moglia” little Giovanni Bosco lived and worked as a boy from February 1827 to November 1829, at the service of the Moglias, a well-off family of farmers. He had gone there because of his brother Antonio’s impatience at seeing him study, when he himself had to work in the fields. Mother Margherita agreed to let him go, so as to avoid more serious problems among her children.

The service of Giovanni Bosco at the farmhouse was not excessively heavy or humiliating; it was actually the lot that faced many boys his age in those days. But because of his work, Giovanni Bosco could not make much progress in his studies in those years. And yet Don Bosco defined that period as one of the most beautiful of his youth. There he started evangelizing his friends with the most adventurous pages of the Bible and entertaining them with his conjuring tricks. Basically for three years he was a “cowherd”; but he also started to talk with God.

Because of this, the association “Don Bosco 2000” deemed it fundamental to restore the farmhouse, which till a few years ago was in a very poor state, and thus return to the story of Don Bosco a small fundamental piece. In 2011 the association purchased the farmhouse, in 2012 the “preserving” restoration project was started, with the aim of keeping as far as possible its original aspect, and yesterday, June 12th, there was the inauguration with the solemn mass, presided over by Fr. Gianni Moriondo, Director of the Oratory of Valdocco, with the animation of the music Band of Chivasso, with games and performances.

Now the “Cascina Moglia” comprises a small museum, which enables visitors to know the life Don Bosco lived there for about three years, a vast game hall for children and young people, and a reception area to host small groups that go there for recollection.

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