Polish reception of St Jan Bosko pedagogic thought started in the second half of XIX century. Polish Salesians stayed there in Italy knew Bosko’s pedagogical views, then popularized them after their return to Polish land. Catholic pedagogical thought o f Italian priest had a lot of adherents among the Poles. Time passing away the quantitative increase o f literature dedicated the preventive system occurred. The foreign authors works treated this subject were translated into Polish and the original articles and dissertations were also written. That all caused, that the thought of Bosko concerning the education matters were better known in Polish society. The excellent forms o f increase and popularization the knowledge concerning preventive system are the conferences organized by the academic circles. The books included papers presented in these conferences were published as the result.