The theme addressed in this essay concerns the foundation of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, commissioned by Don Bosco and Maria Mazzarello, all framed in the historical and ecclesiastical context of the time.
Il tema affrontato nel presente saggio riguarda la fondazione dell’Istituto delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice voluta da Don Bosco e Maria Mazzarello, il tutto inquadrato nel contesto storico ed ecclesiastico dell’epoca.
SUMMERY
- 0. Introduction
- 1. A new spiritual orientation (1860-1870)
- 2. An historic desicion: the moment of foundation (1871-1872)
- 3. The growing sense of legal belonging (1872-1876)
- 4. Concluding comments
Reference time period: 1860 – 1876
M. E. Posada, The Institute of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, and Don Bosco, in Don Bosco’s place in history, edited by Patrick Egan and Mario Midali, LAS, Roma 1993, 225-237.
Reference institution:
Centro Studi Don Bosco