Saint Dominic Savio for Kids | Joyful holiness in everyday friendship
Meet Saint Dominic Savio, a boy whose love for Jesus grew through prayer, learning, play, and friendship at Don Bosco's oratory.
Use the free resources to choose one joyful friendship habit. The leader notes guide safe peacemaking and clarify the retelling's false-accusation scene.
Available free on YouTube since July 20, 2025. Watch the complete video above. Runtime: 6:29. Suggested ages: about 7–11.
Free teaching resources
Use these printable materials at home, in a Catholic classroom, in homeschool, or in parish religious education. The complete four-page packet includes a two-page leader guide with discussion questions, answer cues, an activity, prayer, and teaching notes, plus two student response options. Choose Draw & Tell or Read & Write to suit the child. PDFs are US Letter and suitable for black-and-white printing.
Talk about it together
What promise shows Dominic's love for Jesus?
How did he help a boy who dropped books?
How can children respond to a fight safely?
What friendship habit can you practice?
A joyful friendship promise
Write or draw one small friendship promise: welcome, help, or encourage. Add a time to practice it. Choose a trusted adult for help if conflict or unfair blame arises.
A note for parents and teachers
Includes fighting, unjust blame, illness, and Dominic's death. Children should ask for adult help in conflict and speak truthfully about mistreatment; silence is not required for holiness.
The video combines a peacemaking scene with unjust blame and adds dialogue; do not teach the combination as an exact historical episode. Children should tell trusted adults about harm and false accusations. Dominic's strong words about sin express devotion, not a call to seek death or fear every mistake.
Pray together
Jesus, help us grow in friendship with you. Fill our games, work, and words with kindness and joy. Saint Dominic Savio, pray for us. Amen.
Learn more
Original video release: July 20, 2025. Website article and teaching resources added October 3, 2026.
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