Il testo celebra la vita e l’opera di San Giovanni Bosco, evidenziando il suo straordinario impatto e la sua continua presenza nel mondo salesiano anche dopo la sua morte. Vengono citati numerosi riconoscimenti da parte dei Papi, che hanno sottolineato il carattere miracoloso della sua vita e dell’opera dei Salesiani. Continue reading “Giovanni Battista Lemoyne – Vita di San Giovanni Bosco. Volume secondo”
Il testo celebra la vita e l’opera di San Giovanni Bosco, evidenziando il suo straordinario impatto e la sua continua presenza nel mondo salesiano anche dopo la sua morte. Vengono citati numerosi riconoscimenti da parte dei Papi, che hanno sottolineato il carattere miracoloso della sua vita e dell’opera dei Salesiani. Continue reading “Giovanni Battista Lemoyne – Vita di San Giovanni Bosco. Volume primo”
This study does not go into the long process that led to Don Bosco’s beatification, which took place on June 2, 1929. The topic concerns one small aspect: the sworn testimony of eyewitnesses concerning his life of “faith.”
The road traveled by John Bosco, as child and teenager, in his quest for an education, proved to be a bumpy one, marked by frequent twists and turns and occasionally stalled by unforeseen roadblocks. But despite occasional disheartening setbacks, John’s high hopes in his pursuit of an education would prevail over disconcerting frustrations.
My article on Don Bosco’s last years, which saw the light of day in this Journal, was based on chronicles and memoirs held in the Central Salesian Archive. Besides these chronicles and memoirs, there are other important documents to be found in the archive relating to Don Bosco’s last years.
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.
But if Marseilles was so close, why did “Paolino” Albera not come to Turin during those final days of January 1888? Why was he not at Don Bosco’s bedside? How did the death of his spiritual father and mentor impact on him?
The present essay has a rather modest aim. Steering clear of the complexities of a biographical reconstruction, it will simply describe Don Rosco’s last years, including his last illness and death, with focus on the person, and with emphasis on words and attitudes.
In the first part of his study on the “Bosco-Gastaldi conflict”, Arthur Lenti drew attention to another figure similarly involved in a painful controversy with the Archbishop of Turin, namely Sr. Marie-Louise-Angelique Clarac, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Mary, also known as the Sisters of Charity of Good Counsel.
Thus the approval of the Salesian Constitutions in April 1874 was followed by a second and more bitterly fought phase of the conflict.
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.
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.
Continue reading “Michael Ribotta – “Peter Enria Remembers” in “Journal of Salesian Studies””
L’istituto delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice, fondato da san Giovanni Bosco nel 1872, ha sperimentato un notevole sviluppo nel corso dei decenni. Gran parte di questo successo può essere attribuito a madre Emilia Mosca di San Martino, conosciuta come “Madre Assistente”, la cui leadership ha portato all’organizzazione e alla crescita dell’istituto. Madre Emilia ha avviato e organizzato le prime scuole, formando suore e creando un ambiente educativo conforme alla visione di Don Bosco. Continue reading “Lina Dalcerri – Un fecondo innesto della pedagogia di Don Bosco nell’azione educativa di Madre Emilia Mosca”
After Don Bosco’s death, the main concern of his sons and all those who felt called to continue his spirit was to faithfully preserve and develop his charism without any deviation or loss. This precious task gave rise to an impressive collection of writings, including more than a thousand biographies of the saint and over thirty thousand publications about him, including works of documentation, serious studies and popular works. Continue reading “Eugenio Ceria – Don Bosco with God”
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