Don Favini – “Il patrono dei giovani apprendisti lavoratori” in “Il mondo grafico di Don Bosco”

Il testo descrive la vita e l’opera di Don Bosco, un uomo cresciuto in un ambiente umile e che ha affrontato molte sfide fin dalla sua giovinezza. È emerso come figura guida per i giovani disagiati della sua comunità, offrendo loro istruzione e opportunità di lavoro. Continue reading “Don Favini – “Il patrono dei giovani apprendisti lavoratori” in “Il mondo grafico di Don Bosco””

Giuseppe Maria Pugno – “Le scuole grafiche salesiane” in “Il mondo grafico di Don Bosco”

Il testo descrive il periodo in cui San Francesco di Sales si offrì a Monsignor Claudio di Granier, Vescovo di Ginevra, per intraprendere una missione apostolica a Annecy nel 1594, con l’obiettivo di riportare alla fede cattolica i 30.000 abitanti della regione che erano passati al Calvinismo alcuni decenni prima. Continue reading “Giuseppe Maria Pugno – “Le scuole grafiche salesiane” in “Il mondo grafico di Don Bosco””

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””

Autore non indicato – Lettere circolari di Don Michele Rua ai salesiani

Il testo descrive la vita di D. Rua, un seguace del Venerabile D. Bosco, che dedicò la sua vita a imitarlo. Il suo zelo per la gloria di Dio e il desiderio di salvare anime lo distinsero particolarmente, e anche durante la sua malattia continuò a esortare gli altri con saggi consigli. Continue reading “Autore non indicato – Lettere circolari di Don Michele Rua ai salesiani”

Père Pascual Chávez Villanueva – Charte de l’identité de la Famìlle Salésìenne de Don Bosco

La lettre annonce le début de la période de préparation de trois ans pour célébrer le bicentenaire de la naissance de Don Bosco, du 16 août 2011 au 16 août 2015. Elle présente également la Charte d’identité charismatique de la Famille Salésienne de Don Bosco, remise le 31 janvier 2012. Continue reading “Père Pascual Chávez Villanueva – Charte de l’identité de la Famìlle Salésìenne de Don Bosco”

Domenico Ricca,Don Giovanni Fedrigotti,Gianni Filippin,Giovanni Battista Bosco,Juan Vecchi ,Nicola Palmisano,Renato Mion – I salesiani si interrogano su emarginazione e disagio giovanile

Il testo apre un convegno salesiano sulla “Emarginazione e disagio giovanile”, dando il benvenuto ai rappresentanti della Famiglia Salesiana. Sottolinea l’importanza di affrontare il problema del disagio giovanile in modo ampio, coinvolgendo educatori e pastori. Descrive il diffuso fenomeno del disagio e dell’emarginazione che colpisce scuole, parrocchie e centri giovanili. Continue reading “Domenico Ricca,Don Giovanni Fedrigotti,Gianni Filippin,Giovanni Battista Bosco,Juan Vecchi ,Nicola Palmisano,Renato Mion – I salesiani si interrogano su emarginazione e disagio giovanile”

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