Nestor Impelido – The Salesians in the Philippines (1951-1963) “Dove la nostra opera vi era nata… già adulta”

This is a study on the beginnings of the Salesians in the Philippines. It covers the years from the creation of the Philippine Salesian Delegation (1951) to the years of the Visitatoria (1958) up to the creation of the Philippine Province (1963).

It discusses some of the difficulties and decisions taken by the first Salesians, and the Salesians themselves, that resulted into their Province being branded by a superior of Turin as one “where our work was born already adult”.

It also depicts the kind of relationship that the periphery, Manila, had with the center, Turin, in the early development of the Salesian work. Indeed, every genuine beginning is never simple nor easy. For the Salesians who started in the Philippines, this was something from which they
were not exempted.

 

L’A. studia gli inizi dell’opera salesiana nelle Filippine, che vanno dagli anni della fondazione della Delegazione (1951) agli anni della Visitatoria (1958), per concludersi con quelli dell’Ispettoria (1963).

Si discutono alcune difficoltà e decisioni prese dai primi salesiani e i salesiani stessi, il cui risultato fu che la loro ispettoria da un superiore di Torino venne definita come quella “dove la nostra opera era nata […] già adulta”. Affronta pure il genere di relazioni che la periferia, Manila, ebbe con il centro, Torino, nel primo sviluppo dell’opera salesiana. Invero ogni genuino inizio non è mai né semplice né facile. E i salesiani che iniziarono nelle Filippine non ne furono esenti.

 

Indice:

  • Introduction
  1. Fedrigotti’s Visit
  2. Salesian “Founders”
  3. Lack of Personnel
  4. Overworked Salesians
  5. Vocational Growth
  6. Carreño’s College
  • Conclusion

Reference time period: 1951 – 1963

N. Impelido, The Salesians in the Philippines (1951-1963) “Dove la nostra opera vi era nata… già adulta”, in «Ricerche Storiche Salesiane» 23, (2004) 45, 429-455.

Reference institution:
Istituto Storico Salesiano
Istituto Storico Salesiano

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