In the years from 1853 to 1862, Valdocco was transformed from a festive Oratory—an open institution—into a complex work: hospice and boarding, college with boarding section, trade workshops, internal classes and publishing centre, amongst the most important sections.
Continue reading “Giovanni Bosco – The two “official” regulations (1877)”
Don Bosco, at the advice of his spiritual director, St Joseph Cafasso from autumn 1844 to summer 1846 lived at the Barolo Refuge as chaplain of the Little Hospital of St Philomena, opened in August 1845. In the same place and in other temporary places not far from Valdocco, he carried out his early priestly ministry on behalf of boys, mostly immigrant lads who had no parish of reference. On the vigil of his move to the Pinardi house, he drew up for the civil authorities of the city of Turin, who were responsible for and concerned about public order, a very brief account of his three years of catechetical activity, indicating the aims and results he had achieved that were positive both for civil society and the Church (no. 1).
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.
Continue reading “Paul Formosa – Historical sketch of the oratory of Don Bosco in Malta”
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.
On June 30, 1879, after numerous attempts to stave off the inevitable, Don Bosco was finally compelled to shut down his oratory school in Valdocco.
Continue reading “Michael Ribotta – The day they shut down the oratory school”
L’autore annuncia che l’agente delle imposte nell’Ottobre scorso mandò un avviso di tassazione all’Oratorio Salesiano, in cui gli dà carico di tanti redditi presunti, non solo di esso Oratorio, ma delle altre Case d’Italia. Il Rettor Maggiore elenca alcuni punti molto importanti: Continue reading “Michele Rua – Imposte e Ricorso presentato.”
In questa lettera sostanziosa, l’autore Michele Rua espone alcune considerazioni volte a mantenere e a far fiorire la carità di Gesù portata agli uomini di buona volontà. Continue reading “Michele Rua – Studi Letterarii”
Michele Rua, nell’adunanza in Oratorio il 23 ottobre 1889, espone che vennero rivelati due difetti abbastanza importanti; la deficienza di piena intelligenza e mancanza di esposizione sufficientemente sicura e precisa.
Il nuovo Rettor Maggiore poi dichiara anche cosa fu deliberato: “Si facciano regolarmente in ciascuna Casa le cinque ore di scuola alla settimana, stabilite dalle Deliberazioni Capitolari ed in esse s’interroghi frequentemente e si faccia recitare per turno.
Il primo regolamento dell’Oratorio di Valdocco è stato scritto interamente di propria mano da don Bosco nel 1854. I due manoscritti, che lo contengono, documentano la sua modalità di esposizione della visione dell’Oratorio.
Il presente contributo si propone di mettere a disposizione degli studiosi e specialmente dei membri della Famiglia Salesiana, il testo critico di un documento inedito dovuto alla mano di don Michele Rua, primo successore di don Bosco.
Continue reading “José Manuel Prellezo – Rua Michele, Libro dell’esperienza (1861-1866)”
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