Jesús Borrego – “The originality of Don Bosco’s Patagonian missionary enterprise” in “Don Bosco’s place in history”

Borrego in his essay focuses on the missionary enterprise in Patagonia-Argentina undertaken by Don Bosco. The first goals achieved were the construction of churches and schools and the provision of Christian education to young people (especially poor ones). A particular feature of Don Bosco’s missionary strategy was the surprising large participation of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

SUMMERY

• 0. Introduction
• 1. Patagonia, an original project?
• 2. Argentina-Patagonia, a land of promise
• 3. «There were no Salesian missions in the South [of Argentina and Chile], but rather colleges, agricoltural schools and churches…» 
• 4. The Salesian «did not form “reductions” like those of the Jesuits in Paraguay»
• 5. Prospects for the future 

Reference time period: 1870 – 1885

Reference institution:
Centro Studi Don Bosco