John Rasor – “Spiritual identity of the salesian brother from Don Bosco to Fr. Ricaldone” in “Sviluppo del carisma di Don Bosco fino alla metà del secolo XX”. Atti del Congresso internazionale di Storia Salesiana Roma, 19-23 novembre 2014

The article speaks about Don Bosco’s Constitutions, and the acts of the 3rd and 4th General Chapters. In both of these documents, there are material on the identity of lay members of the Society, and of “coadjutors”.  Then it speak about the “successors of Don Bosco”: the rectorate of Fr. Rua, Fr. Ricaldone and Fr. Rinaldi.

SUMMARY

• 1. Don Bosco’s period
  • 1.1. Names
  • 1.2. Don Boscos Constitutions
  • 1.3. The 3rd and 4th General Chapters
• 2. Rectorate of Fr. Rua (1888-1910)
  • 2.1. The Task Facing thè Salesians after Don Bosco’s Death
  • 2.2. The Circular Letters ofthe Rector Major
  • 2.3. How the General Chapters Changed the Constitutions and Regulations
  • 2.4. Identity Emerging from the Circulars, Constitutions and Regulations during the
    Rua Rectorate
  • 2.5. Fr. Rua: our Second Founder
• 3. Rectorate of Fr. Albera (1910-1921)
  • 3.1. Vocational Identity
    • 3.1.1. Names
    • 3.1.2. Multivalent Apostolic Identity, with Education as a Unifying Element
  • 3.2. Spiritual Style
    • 3.2.1. Spirituality
    • 3.2.2. Formation
  • 3.3. The Albera Years: a Partial Identity
• 4. Rectorate of Fr. Rinaldi (1922-1931)
  • 4.1. GC12 and the Great Codification of 1924
  • 4.2. GC12: Key Articles in thè Regulatìons
  • 4.3. The Cumiana Circular of 1927
  • 4.4. The Rinaldi Years: from Codification to Implementation
• 5. Rectorate of Fr. Ricaldone (1932-1951)
  • 5.1. Working on Formation
    • 5.1.1. GC15 (1938): The Formation Chapter
    • 5.1.2. Fr. Ricaldone’s 1939 Letter on the Novitiate
  • 5.2. The Ricaldone Era at a Glance

Reference time period: 1850 – 1951

Reference institution:
Istituto Storico Salesiano

Centro Studi Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice