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National Catholic Forester 28 Spring 2015 Games: WINNERS Members participated in age category games; winners were chosen by a drawing of correct entries. AGES 0-4 #1 – GIFT Victor Moon, Ct. 306, WI #2 – GIFT Peter Kuhn, Ct. 998, WI #3 – GIFT Reese Trzebiatowski, Ct. 306, WI AGES 5-9 #1 – $15 Alyssa Laurend, Ct. 9987, IL #2 – $10 Isaac Bartel, Ct. 9963, OR #3 – $5 Stella Kuhn, Ct. 998, WI AGES 10-15 #1 – $25 Marian Krupp, Ct. 850, WI #2 – $15 Meghan Schmitt, Ct. 868, WI #3 – $10 Calli Statz, Ct. 998, WI AGES 16 & over #1 – $50 Monica Houdek, Ct. 582, WI #2 – $25 Barbara Trapp, Ct. 299, WI #3 – $15 Debra Cwikla, Ct. 361, WI BIG SMILES from the littlest 2015 Winter Game Winner!! Celebrating Back-to-School SAINT JOHN BOSCO, 1815 to 1888 Patron of Christian Apprentices, Editors, Publishers, Schoolchildren, Young People, Magicians, Juvenile Delinquents What do dreams have to with prayer? Despite Scripture evidence and Church tradition respecting dreams, John had encountered skepticism when he had his first dream at the age of 9. The young Bosco dreamed that he was in a field with a crowd of children. The children started cursing and misbehaving. John jumped into the crowd, fighting and shouting, to try to stop them. Suddenly a man with a face filled with light appeared dressed in a white flowing mantle. The man called John over and made him leader of the boys. John was stunned at being put in charge of the unruly gang. The man said, "You will have to win these friends of yours not with blows but with gentleness and kindness." Bosco argued, "I'm just a boy, how can you order me to do something that looks impossible." The man answered, "What seems so impossible you must achieve by being obedient and acquiring knowledge." In his dream the boys turned into the wild animals they had been acting like. The light-filled man told John that this is the field of John's life work. Once John changed and grew in humility, faithfulness, and strength, he would see a change in the wild children. As demonstration, the wild animals suddenly turned into gentle lambs. Eventually that first dream led him to minister to poor and neglected boys, to use the love and guidance that seemed so impossible at age nine to lead them to faithful and fulfilled lives. He started out by learning how to juggle and do tricks to catch the attention of the children. Once he had their attention he would teach them and take them to Mass. Through it all he found encouragement and support through his dreams – encouraging him to keep going, not lose faith in God or his mission. He would share his dreams to remind the boys he worked with to keep to a good and moral life. He died in 1888, at the age of seventy-two. His work lives on in the Salesian order he founded. In His Footsteps: John Bosco found God's message in his dreams. If you have some question or problem in your life, ask God to send you an answer or help in a dream. Then write down your dreams. Ask God to help you remember and interpret the dreams that come from God. Prayer: Saint John Bosco, you reached out to children whom no one cared for despite ridicule and insults. Help us to care less about the laughter of the world and care more about the joy of the Lord. Amen St. Mary Court 998, Rudolph, WI 5D\OHH3DYHOHFZDVRXUŅUVWSODFHZLQQHU for ages 0-4 in the winter games. Look how excited she was to open her prize!