Gregorio Bicomong – “The general background and the expansion of the salesian work in the EAO region in the 1950s” in “Implantation of the Salesian charism in Asia – Ideals, challenges, answers, results”

The scope of this paper is to give a general – and not a comprehensive – background that will help us understand the political and ecclesial situation vis-á-vis the Salesian expansion in the EAO region in the 1950s.

Thus the study is limited to those EAO provinces or countries where the Salesians were present in the 1950s. These, with their year of starting, are: Macao 1906, China 1910, Japan 1926, Australia 1927 , Hong Kong 1927, Thailand 1927, Timor 1927 , Myanmar 1938, Philippines 1951, Vietnam 1952, Taiwan 1952, South Korea 1954.

Lo scopo di questo contributo è quello di fornire un quadro generale – e non esaustivo – che ci aiuti a comprendere la situazione politica ed ecclesiale rispetto all’espansione salesiana nella regione EAO negli anni ’50. Quindi lo studio è limitato a quelle ispettorie o paesi EAO dove i Salesiani erano presenti negli anni ’50. Questi, con il loro anno di inizio, sono: Macao 1906, Cina 1910, Giappone 1926, Australia 1927, Hong Kong 1927, Thailandia 1927, Timor 1927, Myanmar 1938, Filippine 1951, Vietnam 1952, Taiwan 1952, Corea del Sud 1954.

Index:

• Introduction
• 1. General Background before the 1950s
  • 1.1. Colonialism
  • 1.2. Communism
  • 1.3. The Second World War
• 2. General Background in the 1950s
  • 2.1. Independence from Colonialism
  • 2.2. Colonial Association
  • 2.3. Menace of Communism
  • 2.4. Political Peace and Political Change
  • 2.5. A Church in Transition
  • 2.6. A Particular Need after WW II
  • 2.7. Houses opened in 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
• Concluding Observations

Reference time period: 1906 – 1963

Reference institution:
ACSSA