All necklaces depending on the chain, have a stainless steel bail. Pendant/medal comes automatically with an 18" chain, you can upgrade your chain size to 20 inches, or 26 inches. All chains are solid stainless steel,non-tarnish & allergic free, lead & nickel safe, in finished flat cable. Of course each chain holds a medal of a Saint! Someone who has attained the Eternal Glory that we are all striving for~ What a wonderful reminder to ourselves & others. schoolchildren, young people, magicians, juvenile delinquents,Christian apprentices, editors, Our Faith is like our breath, & incorporating it every little aspect of our life, is a wonderful way to remind ourselves & others why we are Truly Here! All medals are Italian made. Beads are fire polished faceted Czech crystal beads. Saint John Bosco Patron of: Christian apprentices, editors, publishers, schoolchildren, young people, magicians, juvenile delinquents Feast Day: January 31 Born: August 16, 1815, Castelnuovo, Piedmont, Italy Died: January 31, 1888, Turin, Italy “In his life the supernatural became the natural & the extraordinary the ordinary.” So spoke Pope Pius XI of the beloved Don Bosco, renowned for his educational pioneering & his affectionate care for the fatherless. Born Giovanni Melchior Bosco in 1815, the future saint was the youngest son of a peasant farmer in the hamlet of Becchi, in the Piedmont district of north Italy. He lost his father at the age of two & was brought up by a devoted & industrious mother, Margaret Bosco, who had a hard struggle maintaining the home & the three children, all of them boys. A dream that little Giovanni had at the age of nine revealed to him his vocation. He seemed to be surrounded by a mob of fighting & swearing children whom he tried in vain to pacify, at first by arguments & then by hitting them. Suddenly there appeared a mysterious woman who said: “Softly, softly . . . if you wish to win them! Take your shepherd’s staff & lead them to pasture.” Even as she spoke, the children were transformed first into wild beasts & then into gentle lambs. From that time on, the boy thought, it was his clear duty to lead & help other boys. Wear A Prayer St. John Bosco Necklace~ Editors, Publisher, Schoolchildren, Young People, Magicians, Juvenile Delinquents, Salesians, Boys
