Salesian Sources: Don Bosco and his Work

Edited by Salesian Historical Institute

Published by LAS Rome and Kristu Jyoti Publications Bangalore

PART ONE

WRITINGS AND DOCUMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF DON BOSCO AND SALESIAN WORK

SECTION ONE: FROM THE PINARDI HOUSE TO PATAGONIA

I. BEGINNING, EXTENSION AND CHARISMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSOLIDATION OF THE WORK AT VALDOCCO

II. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION OF SALESIAN WORK

SECTION TWO: DON BOSCO AS FOUNDER

I. SOCIETY OF ST FRACIS DE SALES

II. ASSOCIATIONS OF DEVOTEES OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

III. THE INSTITUTE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

IV. SALESIAN COOPERATORS ASSOCIATION

SECTION THREE: DON BOSCO BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE, THE KINGDOM OF ITALY AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF TURIN

I. CONFIDENTIAL LETTERS TO THE POPE CONCERNING THE POLITICAL SITUATION (1858-1867, 1873)

II. INDICATORS TO THE HOLY SEE FOR THE CHOICE OF NEW BISHOPS FOR VACANT SEES (1867-1877)

III. INTERVENTIONS TO SOLVE THE MATTER OF BISHOPS’ ‘TEMPORALITIES’ (1872-1874)

IV. DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ARCHBISHOP OF TURIN

SECTION FOUR: MISSIONARY INITIATIVE

I. SOURCES PRIOR TO THE FIRST MISSIONARY EXPEDITION

II. A MISSIONARY PROJECT IN RAPID DEVELOPMENT

SECTION FIVE: THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES

I. RECOURSE TO PUBLIC CHARITY

II. APPEALS TO PRIVATE CHARITY

PART TWO
WRITINGS AND TESTIMONIES OF DON BOSCO ON EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING

SECTION ONE: NARRATIVE DOCUMENTS

I. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY SETTING (1855)

II. DON BOSCO’S EDUCATIONAL METHOD IN CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH A POLITICIAN (1854) AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER (1864)

SECTION TWO: PEDAGOGICAL INSIGHTS, REFLECTIONS AND IDEAS

I. GUIDELINES FOR RUNNING SALESIAN HOUSES (1863-1887)

II. PREVENTION AND EDUCATION (1877-1878): The Preventive System in the Education of the Young

III. REMINDERS TO PRACTISE THE PREVENTIVE SYSTEM (1884-1885)

IV. PEDAGOGICAL AND DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES AND DISCIPLINARY MATTERS (1846-1879)

V. EDUCATIONAL READING AND SPREADING GOOD BOOKS (1860-1885)

VI. “SUMMARY” OF GOODNIGHTS TO THE BOYS AT VALDOCCO (1864-1877)

SECTION THREE: REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMMES

I. FIRST SALESIAN COLLEGES FOUNDED OUTSIDE TURIN (1863 – 1864)

II. SCHOOL AND BOARDING HOUSE AT MORNESE, NIZZA MONFERRATO – FMA (1873-1878)

III. THE TWO “OFFICIAL” REGULATIONS (1877)

IV. DELIBERATIONS OF THE LAST GENERAL CHAPTERS DON BOSCO PRESIDED OVER (1883-1886)

PART THREE
WRITINGS AND TESTIMONIES OF DON BOSCO ON SPIRITUAL LIFE

SECTION ONE: GUIDELINES ON SPIRITUAL LIFE FOR THE YOUNG

I. THE COMPANION OF YOUTH

II. SPIRITUAL COUNSEL IN DON BOSCO’S LETTERS TO BOYS AND OLDER YOUTH

III. SODALITIES AND SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIPS

IV. SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF THE YOUNG THROUGH PREACHING, “GOODNIGHT” AND DREAM ACCOUNTS

SECTION TWO: GUIDELINES ON SPIRITUAL LIFE FOR THE SALESIANS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

I. DON BOSCO’S ‘THEOLOGY’ OF RELIGIOUS LIFE

II. CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS

III. CIRCULAR LETTERS TO SALESIANS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

IV. PERSONAL LETTERS TO SALESIANS AND DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

V. FORMATION OF THE SALESIANS THROUGH CONFERENCES AND DREAM ACCOUNTS

SECTION THREE : GUIDELINES FOR A COHERENT AND ACTIVE CHRISTIANITY

I. SPIRITUAL RESOURCES OF THE CHRISTIAN

II. COOPERATORS IN THE SALESIAN MISSION

III. SPIRITUAL ADVICE FOR FRIENDS, COOPERATORS AND BENEFACTORS

SECTION FOUR: THE MARIAN DIMENSION OF SALESIAN SPIRITUALITY

SECTION FIVE: ZEAL FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS. DON BOSCO’S MODELS

SECTION SIX: SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT

PART FOUR
WRITINGS OF A BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NATURE

SECTION ONE: EXEMPLARY BIOGRAPHIES

SECTION TWO : “MEMOIRS OF THE ORATORY”

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