Laura ChauPui Har – “Winding road…steady steps. Salesian charism in the first 30 years of FMA in China” in “Implantation of the Salesian charism in Asia – Ideals, challenges, answers, results”

The paper sheds light on the contribution of the FMA to the advance of the Salesian spirit in China through their availability, sacrifice, indomitable courage in facing severe challenges and above all their fidelity to the spirit of “Da mihi animas, cetera tolle” by offering to youth and the needy services in keeping with the charism of the institute and in response to the needs of the place and time.

Il lavoro mette in luce il contributo delle FMA all’avanzamento dello spirito salesiano in Cina attraverso la loro disponibilità, il sacrificio, il coraggio indomito nell’affrontare sfide dure e soprattutto la loro fedeltà allo spirito del “Da mihi animas, cetera tolle” offrendo ai giovani bisognosi servizi  secondo il carisma dell’istituto e rispondenti alle esigenze del luogo e del tempo.

Index:

• Introduction
• 1. Background Briefing
• 2. Defining the Boundary
• 3. Winding Road…Steady Steps
  • 3.1. The Torn Yellow Earth, the Running Stream
  • 3.2. A Tale of Two Cities (non-fiction): Vicariate Apostolic of Shiu Cho – Shanghai
    • 3.2.1 To Be or Not to Be
    • 3.2.2 “Da mihi animas, cetera tolle”
• Concluding Remarks

Reference time period: 1923 – 1950

Reference institution:
ACSSA