Don Bosco’s biographer, Father John Baptist Lemoyne, notes that most of the boys who attended Don Bosco’s evening classes were hard-working young apprentices or youths who worked wherever they could find a job.
Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams (Part II)
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.
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Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s missionary dreams (Part I)
Because of the vastness of the subject and of the amount of material involved, this essay will be presented in two installments.
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Michael Ribotta – Peter Enria Remembers
Included in the copious documentation that comprises the chronicles and annals of the early history of the Salesian Society in the Salesian archives in Rome, there is a treasure trove of diaries, journals, memoirs, and daybooks which chart the ebb and flow of the early years of the Oratory of Saint Francis of Sales.
Arthur Lenti – The Convitto Ecclesiastico – “Where one learnt to be a priest”
Don Bosco then goes on to describe the nature and purpose of the Convitto. It was a kind of ‘ finishing school’ where (he says) “one learnt to be a priest.”
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Michael Ribotta – Hero or villain: Don Bosco as seen in the press of his time
One spring day in 1860 Don Bosco was startled by a newsvendor’s cry. “Read all about it! Don Bosco in jail!” He was both amused and bemused.
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Jack Ayers – The “Salesianity” that wins all hearts
The reader may be surprised to learn that at the first canonical assembly of Salesians, Don Bosco was equating fidelity to our Society with the broad road of “Salesianity” mapped out in such a human and holy way by Saint Francis of Sales himself.
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Peter Rinaldi – Blessed Philip Rinaldi as I knew him
Father Philip Rinaldi was my granduncle on myfather’s side. For us youngsters he was the tall, smiling priest who, when visiting our home, would dig into his pockets and invariably come up with all sorts of goodies.
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María Esther Posada – Il carisma della direzione spirituale personale in S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello
Una prima formulazione del presente argomento delimitava la direzione spirituale di S. M. Domenica Mazzarello all’ambito delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice: « Il carisma di Maria Mazzarello nella direzione spirituale delle Figie di Maria Ausiliatrice ».
L’attuale formulazione estende l’ambito di tale direzione a tutto l ’arco cronologico in cui M. D. Mazzarello svolge una particolare azione educativa orientata ad aiutare diverse categorie di persone nella loro crescita umana e cristiane, il quale precede il periodo della sua vita religiosa.
Philip J. Pascucci – Once upon a time in old New York
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.
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Elisa Tonello – L’immagine della giovane donna nella rivista «Primavera»
Oggetto del libro è la rivista «Primavera»: si tratta di una pubblicazione delle FMA con finalità esplicitamente formative ed educative e con un target di riferimento abbastanza “mirato” (un pubblico per lo più – anche se non totalmente – femminile, composto soprattutto da adolescenti e da pre-adolescenti).
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Michael Mendl – St. John Bosco’s dealings with the Cavour family
In carrying out his humble apostolate on behalf of poor and abandoned boys, Saint John Bosco (1815-1888) came into frequent contact with the wealthy and the powerful of Piedmontese society.
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