The Sniper and the Novissima Marian Therese Horvat, Ph.D. St. John Bosco at times would announce the imminent death of one of his boys. The year, 1954. The scene, an auditorium of young men gathered to hear the spiritual lecture of the evening. Don Bosco entered, looked around the room and described a strange dream. He had seen a number of his boys on the playground, but one was draped in black and wearing a kind of tophat with the number 22 on it. He was confused about what this meant, until a dignified stranger appeared and told him...