Contents:
- Our over-riding choice for Christ
- Unravelling the coils of ambiguity
- The seventies and the announcing of the Gospel
Continue reading “Egidio Viganò – ln the ever-growing splendour of the gospel”
Egidio Viganò – “Our African commitment”
Contents:
- “Our African commitment”
- The Rector Major in Black Africa
- This is Africa’s hour
Egidio Viganò – The lay element in the Salesian community
Contents:
- 1. The uniqueness of our Society
- 2. The Salesian Brother delineated
- 3. Identity struggle
- 4. In what does this lay aspect consist?
Continue reading “Egidio Viganò – The lay element in the Salesian community”
Luigi Ricceri – A New Series of the Acts Begin
Contents:
- The ASG as a Means of Animation
- Historical Background
- A New Series of the Acts Begin
Continue reading “Luigi Ricceri – A New Series of the Acts Begin”
Egidio Viganò – New Aspects of commitment to Religious Discipline
Contents:
- “To awake the dawn”
- Prepare a Plan for Active participation
- Don Bosco a Diligent Promoter of Discipline of the Spirit
Continue reading “Egidio Viganò – New Aspects of commitment to Religious Discipline”
Luigi Ricceri – Another word on prayer
Contents:
- Happy news: Bp. Trochta made cardinal
- Four months of work
- Top priority to formation
Luigi Ricceri – Family News
Contents:
- Family News
- Don Bosco wanted Salesian news
- Spreading Family news
- Salesian news is absolutely necessary today
Luigi Ricceri – Prayer: a vital problem
Contents:
- Learn from Don Rua
- The function of the magisterium of the Congregation
- Prayer: a vital problem
- Prayer is in a state of crisis
John Rasor – The salesian brother’s spiritual identity
This study will look at how the Salesian brother’s vocation appears in official Salesian writings while Don Bosco was founding the Salesian Congregation, and at how the Congregation has theologically reflected on that vocation as part of its renewal of its Constitutions. It will then examine how this identity has been applied.
Continue reading “John Rasor – The salesian brother’s spiritual identity”
Luigi Ricceri – Our responsibility in the light of the Acts of the XIXth General Chapter
Contents:
- 1. The new series of the “Acts of the Superior Council”
- 2. Consoling union of minds and hearts
- 3. Our responsibility in the light of the Acts of the XIXth General Chapter
Michael Mendl – New information on the salesians’coming to New York
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).
Continue reading “Michael Mendl – New information on the salesians’coming to New York”
Charles N. Bransom – Sons of Don Bosco, successors of the apostles, salesian bishops
Charles N. Bransom, Jr. has graciously offered his study of Salesian Bishops for our publication. This study of 196 Salesian bishops stands as a historical record of Salesian presence in the hierarchical Church.