As in the earlier article, so also in the present one, besides transcribing and translating pertinent archival documents (chiefly letters), I will try to provide an essential historical framework designed to make the sequence intelligible.
Juan Edmundo Vecchi – “Centennial celebration of the salesian presence in the United States of America. Homily in San Francisco, February 2, 1997” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
For the beginning of our centennial celebration we are gathered together here as a family in the place where the Salesians established their first presence in the United States of America. When we compare our present- day situation with that at the moment of our arrival we find much for which we must be grateful to God.
Francesco Motto – “Una svolta nella pastorale giovanile del primo dopoguerra nella parrocchia italiana di San Francisco (California – USA)” in “L’educazione salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Istanze ed attuazioni in diversi contesti”
Chiamati nel 1897 per l’assistenza religiosa alle migliaia di immigrati italiani di San Francisco, i salesiani nell’ambito della parrocchia etnica dei Santi Pietro e Paolo avevano necessariamente operato con sollecitudine anche in favore della gioventù, cui andava, per motivi carismatici, il loro interesse.
Arthur Lenti – “The founding and early expansion of the salesian work in the San Francisco area from Archival Documents” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
Recently the Central Salesian Archives released the files of the Rua rectorate on some 1,750 microfiches. This boon has made archival research in that rectorate possible even for students residing away from the Central Archives.
Philip J. Pascucci – “Out of our past an american venture into seminary training” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
That is part of the well known talk which Don Bosco gave to his boys when they were forced to move from place to place for their Sunday gatherings. That became known as the wandering oratory. This is the story of another transplanting, another wandering.
Joseph Boenzi – “St. Francis de Sales, bibliography of publications in English” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
Over the last number of years “Salesian Spirituality,” first articulated by Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal, has attracted renewed interest in English-speaking countries. Theirs has been called a “spirituality of the heart,” and their prayer style has been dubbed intuitive, simple, spacious but unified and holistic.
Michael Mendl – “New information on the salesians’coming to New York” in “Journal of Salesian studies”
Fr. Michael Mendl, in his research has discovered “a long missing letter” that states Don Bosco’s refusal to send Salesians to New York in 1848. This letter completes Michael Mendl ‘s article in the Journal on founding Salesian work in New York. (Vol. XI, No. I, Spring 2000).
Michael Ribotta – “Discovering America: Father Raphael Pipemi and the first salesian missionaries in North America” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
A young Italian immigrant, Angelo Petazzi, watched anxiously as the English steamship, the Werra, approached New York harbor. Clutched in his hand was a letter from the then Salesian superior general, Father Michael Rua, which informed him of the impending arrival of a group of four Salesians in New York. At their head was Father Raphael Piperni.
Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams (Part II)” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
In Part One of the present installment (Part Four overall), we shall discuss the last two dreams in a similar manner to the first article. Part Two (Five) will deal with the significance of the missionary dreams, with interpretative comments.
Michael Mendl – “The zeal of the salesians is just the thing. Founding of the salesian work in New York” in “Journal of Salesian studies”
Over one hundred years ago, on November 28, 1898, three Salesians arrived in New York to initiate a Salesian apostolate among the Italian immigrants of that metropolis. In March of the previous year four of their confreres had undertaken a similar mission in San Francisco.
Philip J. Pascucci – “Once upon a time in old New York” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
During the years following the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the Italian immigrant made his way, educated his children, and contributed his many talents to the great melting pot, not only in New York City, but in the whole of the United States.
Michael Ribotta – “«The road not taken». The Salesian’s circuitous road to North America” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
In the fall of 1870, for reasons that have never been documented, Don Bosco did not answer Archbishop Joseph Alemany’s invitation to travel the El Camino Real in the land of El Dorado.
Francesco Motto – “Cento anni fa la catastrofe di San Francisco. Il «faticoso, enorme, continuo» soccorso dei salesiani alla comunità italiana” in “Ricerche storiche salesiane”
Nell’immensa letteratura sul terremoto che colpì la città di San Francisco in California (USA) dal 18 al 20 aprile 1906, non sono ancora state rese note nella loro interezza le dirette testimonianze dei salesiani che colà si trovavano addetti alle Chiese etniche dei SS. Pietro e Paolo, del Corpus Christi (e di San Giuseppe nella vicina città di Oakland).
Francesco Motto – “I precedenti della missione salesiana fra gli immigrati italiani negli Stati Uniti (1868-1896)” in “Ricerche Storiche Salesiane”
La risonanza nazionale ed internazionale del nome di don Bosco, la sua fama in alcuni ambienti vaticani, la sua nota sollecitudine per le missioni ad gentes e gli emigrati italiani in America Latina, la «propaganda» dei loro esiti positivi effettuata attraverso il «Bollettino Salesiano», furono all’origine delle richieste che pervennero ai salesiani di Torino di fondare opere negli Stati Uniti.
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””