click to download pdf Recent studies conducted in India have shown that both perceived social support and spirituality contribute significantly to increasing life satisfaction of Indian college students. While perceived…
Peter Lappin – Conquistador, The story of John Cagliero Prince of the Church and Pioneer in Patagonia and Central America
click to download pdf The text presents a historical biography of St. John Bosco, known as the ‘Apostle of Youth’, and the Salesian Society he founded. Cardinal Spellman praises Don…
Giovanni Bosco – “Educational experiences in the school and family setting (1855)” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works”
click to download pdf This passage delves into the historical and biographical narrative titled “The Sway of a Good Upbringing,” a pivotal document commencing the representation of Don Bosco’s genuine…
Ángel Fernández Artime – “What kind of Salesians for the youth of today? Letter convoking the 28th General Chapter” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco”
…and formation: a) Fomation as a permanent response to God’s call, b) Mission and communion, c) Formation teams of high quality. Together with lay people in the mission and in…
Salesian Youth Ministry Department – “Salesian educative and pastoral project: operational tool” in “Salesian Youth Ministry”
click to download pdf We believe in education and we challenge ourselves to plan our procedures in its regard; youth ministry comes into being when education is translated into concrete…
Ángel Fernández Artime – “We are family! Every home, a school of life and love” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco”
…An invitation to a calm and quiet reading of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, with a heart open to dialogue and to an encounter. Every home a school of lige…
Giovanni Bosco – “Prevention and education (1877-1878): The Preventive System in the Education of the Young” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works”
click to download pdf “The Preventive System in the Education of the Young” (1877) is a foundational work by Don Bosco, emerging from a speech at the opening of the…
Ángel Fernández Artime – “So that my joy may be in you, (Jn 15,11). Holiness for you too” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco”
…Bosco wanted his boys to be happy in this life and for all eternty III. SAINTS FOR THE YOUNG AND WITH THE YOUNG Youth a time for holiness Young saints…
Joseph Boenzi – “Storytelling, pop-culture and re-launching the gospel message with Don Bosco among a new generation of post-modern young people” in “Forum salesiano”
click to download pdf There would be so much to say on the themes of pop culture, storytelling, the education of the young in a changed and changing world. Each…
Mathew Kapplikunnel – “Father Philip Thayil: visionary and innovator (1917-2003)” in “Ricerche storiche salesiane”
…passion for the adolescents and youth, he sought out ways and means to insert the Salesian charism especially in the state of Kerala. This study proposes to capture the personality…
Giovanni Bosco – “Section four. The marian dimension of salesian spirituality” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works”
click to download pdf Don Bosco, a tireless apostle of Marian devotion, emphasised the role of the Blessed Virgin for salvation of the individual in the Companion of Youth: she…
Terence McGoldrick – “The ascent of marriage as vocation and sacrament. Francis de Sales’ christian humanist theology of marriage. A new and old Vision between two competing traditions on the highest vocation from the Apostolic Church to Erasmus” in “Salesianum”
click to download pdf This article explores two traditions on Marriage from the New Testament to Francis de Sales. It shows that although the Doctor of love’s position that marriage…
Arthur Lenti – “Margaret Occhiena Bosco (1788-1856). Don Bosco’s Mother, Educator and Vocational Support” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”
click to download pdf Who was Margaret Occhiena Bosco? What do we know about her, and how? Don Bosco’s biographer, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne, and ultimately Don Bosco, are our…
Giovanni Bosco – “Association of Devotees of Mary Help Of christians” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works”
…under that title in Munich and Turin and adding a long series of prayers and practices with their indulgences. He did not fail to include documents relating to the approval…
Giovanni Bosco – “Don Bosco’s educational method in confidential discussions with a politician (1854) and an elementary school teacher (1864)” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works”
click to download pdf This passage delves into two authentic presentations of Don Bosco’s educational system, documented in conversations with Urban Rattazzi in 1854 and Francis Bodrato in 1864. Despite…