Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians | Turin | Italy | Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice | Don Bosco

For More Catholic Shrine Basilicas & Churches Visit : https://catholicshrinebasilica.com/ba... The Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice) is a church in Turin, northern Italy. Originally part of the home for poor boys founded by John Bosco, it now contains the remains of Don Bosco, and 6,000 relics of other saints. The Marian feast was celebrated by the order of Servites since the 17th century. The veneration to Mary became popular under this title in Rome especially, where the feast was especially promulgated by Saint John Bosco and Saint Vincenzo Palotti .St. John Bosco was an ardent promoter of devotion to “Our Lady Help of Christians”. He even built a huge Basilica in her honour in 1868 and founded a religious Congregation for women, under the title of, “The Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians”. Vatican II, in the Constitution on the Church, cites this title of Mary, placing it in the context of Mary’s maternal role. “In an utterly singular way she co-operated by her obedience, faith, hope and burning charity in the Saviour’s work of restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason she is a mother to us in the order of grace…By her maternal charity, Mary cares for the brethren of her Son who still wander through this world in the midst of dangers and difficulties until they are led to the happiness of their heavenly home”. Just as Saint Francis is buried beneath the basilica in Assisi so the final resting place of the body of St John Bosco can be found in the basilica in Turin, enclosed within a life-size wax effigy of Don Bosco which is encased in a glass casket. #CatholicShrineBasilica #CatholicChurches #BasilicadiMariaAusiliatrice #OurLadyHelpofChristians