Fr. Arthur Lenti, in a second article, invites us to enter the political and ecclesiastical world of Don Bosco through his letters never published before in English. The letters add insight to the always intriguing question of Don Bosco’s involvement in the naming of bishops.
The present study aims, not at any new interpretation, but simply at describing some aspects of the actual circumstances of the origins on the basis of fresh documentation now available. In particular, restricting the field of inquiry, I will focus on the young people who were protagonists in Don Bosco’s work at its origin.
The conflict between Archbishop Lawrence Gastaldi and Don Bosco may at first sight appear to have been, to put a facile contemporary label on it, a typical confrontation between institution and charism.
Turin’s EXPO ’84 was to become the bittersweet culmination of Don Bosco’s remarkable and varied career as publisher, author, and printer. For almost 40 years he had been active in the cause of the Catholic press and as editor of educational publications.
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.
Fr. Arthur J. Lenti tells the story of Don Bosco’ s efforts to mediate between the Holy See and the Italian government during the tense years of Italian unification. Of special importance was the appointment of bishops. After offering background on the historical events leading to the estrangement between the Church and state in Italy, the author goes to the sources in an effort to answer the question why someone so politically unimportant as Don Bosco, should become involved in a capacity of “negotiator.”
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.
St. John Bosco (1815-1888) was a product of Piedmont in northern Italy. His seventy-two years spanned a time of industrialization in Turin and other major cities and the complexities of Italian unification. Despite an often harsh anti-clerical atmosphere and the volatile political situation , a number of saints rose to prominence in nineteenth century Piedmont.
In this article, I will attempt to trace how Don Bosco’s original experience was translated in such a way that his work could be established in Malta – an island country in the Mediterranean with a distinct tradition and culture from that in which the Salesian story first began and developed in Turin, Italy. I will place special emphasis on the Salesian Oratory, Sliema.
The present article is not concerned with the new constitutions. No comparative study will be attempted, nor any reference will be made to them. This would be carrying coal to Newcastle. I shall instead attempt simply to identify and briefly discuss some of the spiritual insights and principles for religious life and action which Don Bosco embodied in his constitutions.
Com’è noto, gli anni 1862-68 furono cruciali per la religiosità mariana di don Bosco. Nonostante la fondazione della compagnia dell’immacolata tra i suoi giovani nel 1855; nonostante avesse pubblicato nel 1858 Il mese di maggio consacrato a Maria SS. Im macolata, le sue preferenze dopo il 1862 si concentrarono in modo dominante e definitivo sul titolo mariano Auxilium Christianorum. Continue reading “Pietro Stella – Don Bosco e il titolo mariano “Auxilium Christianorum” tra politica e religiosità popolare”
Il termine promozione integrale, oggi molto usato in contesti socio-politici e pedagogici, viene da noi considerato principalmente — anche se non esclusivamente — nell’orizzonte del progetto educativo.
Continue reading “Giuseppe Groppo – “Promozione Integrale” in “Progetto Educativo Pastorale””
Oggi non si può parlare correttamente di evangelizzazione in rapporto ad un progetto educativo, se non si tiene conto di 3 punti. Continue reading “Giuseppe Groppo – “Evangelizzazione e educazione” in “Progetto Educativo Pastorale””
Il contributo si propone di indicare alcune direzioni interpretative emergenti dalla lettura delle lettere scritte da don Bosco nel periodo che va dal 1835 al 1863 e che sono contenute nel primo volume dell’Epistolario edito da Francesco Motto. Tali fonti riguardano la prima fase dell’attività del santo educatore.
Il contributo presenta due gravi problemi che don Bosco dovette affrontare nel corso del biennio 1880-1881.
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