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Michael Ribotta |
The Roman Letter of 1884 and its aftermath |
In retrospect, one can appreciate why Don Bosco had become so distraught by the message that was pla... |
1884 - 1927 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's last years, his last illness and saintly death from eyewitness accounts |
The present essay has a rather modest aim. Steering clear of the complexities of a biographical reco... |
1884 - 1888 |
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Joseph Boenzi |
Paolo Albera's visits during Don Bosco's last illness |
But if Marseilles was so close, why did "Paolino" Albera not come to Turin during those final days o... |
1852 - 1892 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's love affair with "poor and abandoned" young people and the beginnings of the oratory |
The present study aims, not at any new interpretation, but simply at describing some aspects of the ... |
1840 - 1862 |
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Michael Ribotta |
Tough love is not the answer- Don Bosco's views on punishment |
In our essay we shall examine the meaning and application of "punishment" and "discipline" as found ... |
1843 - 1883 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Key-concepts, concerns and fears of a founder- Don Bosco in his declining years |
My article on Don Bosco's last years, which saw the light of day in this Journal, was based on chron... |
1875 - 1888 |
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Michael Ribotta |
"School days ... golden rule days" ... John Bosco's public school years |
The road traveled by John Bosco, as child and teenager, in his quest for an education, proved to be ... |
1822 - 1835 |
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Joseph Boenzi |
Reflections on virtue. St. John Bosco's heroic faith reported by eyewitnesses in his beatification process |
This study does not go into the long process that led to Don Bosco's beatification, which took place... |
1890 - 1929 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Key-concepts, concerns and fears of a Founder-Don Bosco in his declining years Part II |
In an article which appeared in an earlier issue of this Journal, I described some of Don Bosco's co... |
1875 - 1888 |
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Joseph Boenzi |
St. Francis de Sales, bibliography of publications in English |
Over the last number of years "Salesian Spirituality," first articulated by Francis de Sales and Jan... |
1700 - 1995 |
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Philip J. Pascucci |
Out of our past an american venture into seminary training |
That is part of the well known talk which Don Bosco gave to his boys when they were forced to move f... |
1903 - 1992 |
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Arthur Lenti |
The founding and early expansion of the salesian work in the San Francisco area from Archival Documents |
Recently the Central Salesian Archives released the files of the Rua rectorate on some 1,750 microfi... |
1895 - 1897 |
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Michael Ribotta |
The "Big Rat" and the "Mad Priest of Turin"- Don Bosco's relationship with Prime Minister Rattazzi |
Perhaps of all the leading political personages of the Italian Risorgimento with whom Don Bosco enjo... |
1850 - 1873 |
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Stephen Whelan |
The Catholic Readings: writing for the masses |
The Letture Cattoliche or the Catholic Readings was St. John Bosco's imaginative brainchild in his e... |
1853 - 1888 |
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Pietro Stella |
Don Bosco, Religious outlook and spirituality |
The passage introduces two types of historical reconstruction linked to the figure of Don Bosco: the... |
1815 - 1986 |
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Michael Mendl |
Salesian Beginnings in New York. The extraordinary visitation of Father Paolo Albera in march 1903 in "Ricerche storiche salesiane" |
Fr. Paolo Albera concluded his extraordinary visitation of the Americas (September 1900 to March 190... |
1903 |
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Edna Mary Mac Donald |
Maria Domenica Mazzarello and the question of literacy in "Ricerche storiche salesiane" |
Maria Mazzarello mother’s ability to read forms one of the key means of her own human, christian and... |
1837 - 1881 |
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Arthur Lenti |
The founding and early expansion of the salesian work in the San Francisco area from Archival Documents, Part II |
As in the earlier article, so also in the present one, besides transcribing and translating pertinen... |
1897 - 1910 |
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Paul Wynants |
Writing the history of a religious teaching institute: guidelines for research, sources and methods (19th and 20th Centuries) |
In the framework of such a short introduction, I would like to recall some basic principles, obvious... |
1800 - 1995 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Saint with a human face: Don Bosco in Father Giulio Barberis original chronicle |
The Central Salesian Archive contains numerous eyewitness reports of Don Bosco's words and deeds, pa... |
1847 - 1927 |
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John Rasor |
"Early salesian regulations: formation in the Preventive System" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
The first part of this study, however, will examine that other body of Salesian particular law, the ... |
1850 - 1972 |
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Paul Formosa |
!Historical sketch of the oratory of Don Bosco in Malta" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
In this article, I will attempt to trace how Don Bosco's original experience was translated in such ... |
1861 - 1970 |
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Edna Mary Mac Donald |
"Towards a Theology of the body: an analysis of the letters of Maria Dominica Mazzarello" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
Firstly, I will state my position regarding a feminist Christian spirituality in relation to embodim... |
1800 - 1880 |
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi |
The Salesian Family is 25 years old! |
Contents: Introduction A history open to the future The new ecclesial sensitivity Starti... |
1972 - 1997 |
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Arthur Lenti |
"Community and mission. Spiritual insights and salesian religious life in Don Bosco's Constitutions" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
The present article is not concerned with the new constitutions. No comparative study will be attemp... |
1858 - 1879 |
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Joseph Boenzi |
"Chastity in the salesian constitutions" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
In a letter dated May 24, 1966, Fr. Luigi Ricceri (1901-1989), then Rector Major of the Salesian Soc... |
1966 - 1984 |
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Mary Greenan |
"Our sacred story: a changing story or a story of change?" in "Journal of Salesian Studies" |
The call today then is to honor our story. It is a precious story. It is a unique story. It is sacre... |
1950 - 1980 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's beatification and canonization |
This article is written by our own Arthur J. Lenti, of the Institute of Salesian Spirituality in Ber... |
1890 - 1953 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Politics of the "Our Father" and the holy father: Don Bosco's mediation in Church-State affairs |
Fr. Arthur J. Lenti tells the story of Don Bosco' s efforts to mediate between the Holy See and the ... |
1858 - 1878 |
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Nancy J. Bowden |
Unwrapping the gifts: Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the salesian vision of women |
This article furthers the theme of collaboration between women and men, showing this as central to S... |
1700 |
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Paul P. Avallone |
Keys to the hearts of youth, Reason, religion, kindness, St. John Bosco 's Pastoral and Educational Mission, A Spirituality and Methodology |
In 1988, Pope John Paul II wrote a letter titled "Juvenum Patris" to the Superior General of the Sal... |
1824 - 1994 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Madonnas for times of trouble |
The question of the circumstances in which Don Bosco became the champion of the Virgin Mary under th... |
1842 - 1872 |
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John Dickson |
An introduction to Don Rua's letters to England |
Michael Rua (1837-1910) was a pupil, then the lifetime collaborator and finally, the first successor... |
1889 - 1909 |
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Michael Mendl |
"The zeal of the salesians is just the thing". Founding of the salesian work in New York |
Over one hundred years ago, on November 28, 1898, three Salesians arrived in New York to initiate a ... |
1897 - 1911 |
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi |
Communication in the Salesian Mission «They were astonished beyond measure! He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak» |
Contents: 1. Let us get on the air ...with the church ...and with the charism Interpersonal ... |
2000 |
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi |
«This is my body, which is given for you» |
Contents: 1. A Eucharistic “hour” The ecclesial process The question Our Eucharist Pastoral... |
2000 |
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Philip J. Pascucci |
A brief account of the parish salesian ministry in Ybor City and West Tampa (Florida-Usa): 1926-1935 in "Ricerche storiche salesiane" |
After providing a brief history of the American towns of Ybor and Tampa and of the local church comm... |
1926 - 1935 |
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Arthur Lenti |
The life of young Dominic Savio |
Recalling the fiftieth anniversary of the beatification of St. Dominic Savio, Arthur Lenti reflects ... |
1842 - 1857 |
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Charles N. Bransom |
Sons of Don Bosco, successors of the apostles, salesian bishops |
Charles N. Bransom, Jr. has graciously offered his study of Salesian Bishops for our publication. Th... |
1884 - 2001 |
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Josephine Giorgi |
St. Luigi Versiglia and Bishop Walsh of Maryknoll |
A different type of writing comes to us from Josephine Giorgi, the second cousin of St. Luigi Versig... |
1930 - 1931 |
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Michael Mendl |
New information on the salesians'coming to New York |
Fr. Michael Mendl, in his research has discovered "a long missing letter'' that states Don Bosco's r... |
1884 - 1885 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's political and religious concerns during the liberal revolution |
Fr. Arthur Lenti, in a second article, invites us to enter the political and ecclesiastical world of... |
1858 - 1871 |
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Juan Edmundo Vecchi |
Sickness and old age in the salesian experience |
Contents: The seasons of life I. Sickness The experience of sickness in our consecrated life ... |
2001 |
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John Dickson |
"War, racism and immobility the social impact of the early salesian work in Cape Town", in "L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia". |
At the first official Conference of the Catholic Bishops and Mission Superiors of Southern Africa in... |
1895 - 1906 |
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Joseph Thekedathu |
"St Francis Xavier’s orphanage and industrial school at Tanjore, South India (1906-1928)", in "L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia". |
The achievements of the Salesians during their 22 years of work at Tanjore were certainly remarkable... |
1906 - 1928 |
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Bogdan Kolar |
In the footsteps of the teacher the Salesians 100 years in Slovenia (1901-2001) in "Ricerche storico salesiane" |
The 100 years existence of salesian work in Slovenia are summarized by the same author whose recent ... |
1901 - 2001 |
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Angelo Franco |
Blessed Michael Rua |
Michael Rua, like Don Bosco, hailed from humble beginnings. Born in Turin on July 9, 1837, to John a... |
1837 - 1910 |
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Pascual Chavez Villanueva |
«You are a letter from Christ, written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God». News and reflections on recent journeys |
Contents: Visit to Albania (IME) Don Bosco Boys Town, Rome Retreat at Fatima Spiritual retreat... |
2003 |
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Nestor Impelido |
The Salesians in the Philippines (1951-1963): “Dove la nostra opera vi era nata… già adulta” in "Ricerche storiche salesiane" |
This is a study on the beginnings of the Salesians in the Philippines. It covers the years from the ... |
1951 - 1963 |
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Michael Mendl |
The dreams of Don Bosco |
Michael Mendl presents us with his essay on the dreams of Don Bosco. His study is a corrective for t... |
1864 - 1888 |
