Philip J. Pascucci – A brief account of the parish salesian ministry in Ybor City and West Tampa (Florida-Usa): 1926-1935 in “Ricerche storiche salesiane”

After providing a brief history of the American towns of Ybor and Tampa and of the local church communities at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries, making use of a great deal of documentation, especially letters, the author describes the pastoral experience of the Salesians in the three parishes assigned to them in 1926, in which there was a considerable number of Italian immigrants. Continue reading “Philip J. Pascucci – A brief account of the parish salesian ministry in Ybor City and West Tampa (Florida-Usa): 1926-1935 in “Ricerche storiche salesiane””

Jan Pietrzykowski – Un secolo di presenza di salesiani polacchi fra gli emigranti. Cenni storici in “Ricerche storiche salesiane”

I salesiani polacchi si incontrarono per la prima volta coi loro connazionali dell’altro emisfero in Argentina, ed uno di loro, don Stanislaw Cynalewski (1866-1932), dedicò tutta la vita all’attività fra gli emigranti. Gli altri dello stesso gruppo solo sporadicamente poterono svolgere il loro servizio pastorale nella lingua della madre patria. Un loro maggiore impegno in questo campo incontrava grandi difficoltà da parte delle autorità della Congregazione, dal momento che allora “essere salesiani” equivaleva sovente ad “essere italiani”.

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Michael Mendl – Salesian Beginnings in New York. The extraordinary visitation of Father Paolo Albera in march 1903 in “Ricerche storiche salesiane”

Fr. Paolo Albera concluded his extraordinary visitation of the Americas (September 1900 to March 1903) by spending ten days with the Salesian community in New York, which had been founded barely four years earlier (November 1898). His visit crowned the difficult beginnings of the Salesian mission among the Italian immigrants of the great city and gave the mission an important impulse for expansion and growth. Continue reading “Michael Mendl – Salesian Beginnings in New York. The extraordinary visitation of Father Paolo Albera in march 1903 in “Ricerche storiche salesiane””

Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “«Voi che cercate il Signore, guardate la roccia da cui siete stati tagliati» (Is 51,1). Presentazione della regione Interamerica” in “Atti del Consiglio generale”

Il Rettor Maggiore condivide le sue esperienze di viaggio, celebrando il 50° anniversario della presenza salesiana nello Sri Lanka e il Centenario dell’arrivo dei primi Salesiani in India. Continue reading “Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “«Voi che cercate il Signore, guardate la roccia da cui siete stati tagliati» (Is 51,1). Presentazione della regione Interamerica” in “Atti del Consiglio generale””

Pietro Stella – Don Bosco, Religious outlook and spirituality

The passage introduces two types of historical reconstruction linked to the figure of Don Bosco: the religious outlook and spirituality. The religious outlook refers to the way Don Bosco perceived his relationship with God and developed a personal approach to action and involvement in history. Spirituality concerns the specific way in which he conceived Christian perfection and sought to realise it. Continue reading “Pietro Stella – Don Bosco, Religious outlook and spirituality”

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