Arthur Lenti – “Birth and early development of Don Bosco’s oratory” in “Don Bosco: History and Spirit, vol. 2”

This second volume of the series, Don Bosco: History and Spirit, surveys the beginnings and early development of Don Bosco’s oratory. It is placed against the background of the social situation in Turin, and in the context of the momentous events spanning the period from the liberal revolution (1848) to the unification of Italy (1861). Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Birth and early development of Don Bosco’s oratory” in “Don Bosco: History and Spirit, vol. 2””

Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco educator, spiritual master, writer and founder of the salesian society” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 3”

The topics dealt with in this third volume of the series, Don Bosco: History and Spirit, are large and comprehensive. Basically they present a Don Bosco active in a triple capacity–in his roles as educator and spiritual master, as writer, publisher and controversialist, and as founder of the Salesian Society. Each of these activities was of extreme importance in its own right, and fundamental for the future development of the Salesian work. Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco educator, spiritual master, writer and founder of the salesian society” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 3””

Arthur Lenti – “Beginnins of the salesian society and its constitutions” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 4”

This fourth volume of the series, Don Bosco: History and Spirit, focuses on the early Salesian constitutions as presented by Don Bosco for approval (1860-1874)–in the times of the Turin Archbishops–of Luigi Fransoni (in exile) and ensuing four-year vacancy, of Alessandro Riccardi di Netro (1867-1870) and of Lorenzo Gastaldi (1872-1874). Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Beginnins of the salesian society and its constitutions” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 4””

Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco’s golden years with general indexes for the series” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 7”

Volume 7, the last in the series Don Bosco: History and Spirit, surveys Don Bosco’s Life and activity in the late seventies and eighties, roughly his last dozen years. These are his mature, reflective years; they are also the years of his quasi-retirement, gradually giving way to his sunset years. With regard to content, the nine chapters of this survey may be grouped under four headings. Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco’s golden years with general indexes for the series” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 7””

Arthur Lenti – “Expansion of the salesian work in the new world & ecclesiological confrontation at home” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 6”

The main part of this Volume 6 (Chs. 1-5) of the series, Don Bosco: History and Spirit, continues the survey of the Society’s Institutional Expansion begun in the preceding chapter in its twofold aspect, external and internal. The external expansion is set in a different senario and context—no longer in Europe but in South America. Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Expansion of the salesian work in the new world & ecclesiological confrontation at home” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 6””

Arthur Lenti – “Institutional expansion” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 5”

This fifth volume in the series, Don Bosco: History and Spirit, is chiefly devoted to a description of the institutional expansion of the Salesian work. The first two chapters describe the school reform legislation in the Kingdom of Sardinia, noting that the secularization of the public school was the first significant step taken by the liberal revolution in its program aimed at a general secularization of society and the gradual elimination of the Church’s influence. Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “Institutional expansion” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 5””

Arthur Lenti – “John Bosco’s formative years in historical context ” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 1”

The series of volumes discussed here offers a comprehensive exploration of the life of St. John Bosco, contextualized within the significant events that shaped both the Western Church and the Western World during the transition into modern times. Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – “John Bosco’s formative years in historical context ” in “Don Bosco: history and spirit, vol. 1””

Julián Ocaña – “Spazi istituzionali per la preparazione dei giovani al mondo del lavoro in Spagna” in “Salesiani nel mondo del lavoro”. Atti del convegno

Lo studio esamina la situazione attuale della Formazione Professionale in Spagna, distinguendo chiaramente due campi distinti. Continue reading “Julián Ocaña – “Spazi istituzionali per la preparazione dei giovani al mondo del lavoro in Spagna” in “Salesiani nel mondo del lavoro”. Atti del convegno”

Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Pastorale e sport

Il testo ricorda un intervento di Don Juan Vecchi, Consigliere generale per la Pastorale giovanile, in cui delineava le caratteristiche fondamentali dell’Associazione Polisportive Giovanili Salesiane (PGS), promossa dal CNOS e dal CIOFS. Don Vecchi sottolineava le ragioni dell’esistenza dell’associazione, legate al ruolo educativo salesiano e al metodo preventivo, con un’analisi dei fenomeni giovanili e dello sport nella società contemporanea. Continue reading “Juan Edmundo Vecchi – Pastorale e sport”

Autori Vari – Appunti di dinamica di gruppo per l’utilizzazione pastorale

Il testo  sottolinea l’importanza dell’unità interiore della persona come principio ispiratore del coordinamento pastorale. La vita cristiana è suddivisa in tre sistemi: vita teologale, vita liturgica e vita ecclesiale. Questi sistemi corrispondono a tre settori della pastorale: catechistico, liturgico ed ecclesiale. Continue reading “Autori Vari – Appunti di dinamica di gruppo per l’utilizzazione pastorale”

Alfred Maravilla – Missionari Salesiani in Europa. Atti degli Incontri dei Missionari per il Progetto Europa

Il testo esplora la concezione greca di tempo attraverso i termini “chrónos” e “kairós”. San Paolo incoraggiava a vedere il tempo come opportunità divinamente predestinata per agire. Il kairós è un momento privilegiato in cui lo Spirito Santo si manifesta per la trasformazione dinamica di persone e comunità. Continue reading “Alfred Maravilla – Missionari Salesiani in Europa. Atti degli Incontri dei Missionari per il Progetto Europa”

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