John Rasor – “Spiritual identity of the salesian brother from Don Bosco to Fr. Ricaldone” in “Sviluppo del carisma di Don Bosco fino alla metà del secolo XX. Atti del Congresso internazionale di Storia Salesiana Roma, 19-23 novembre 2014”

The article speaks about Don Bosco’s Constitutions, and the acts of the 3rd and 4th General Chapters. In both of these documents, there are material on the identity of lay members of the Society, and of “coadjutors”.  Then it speak about the “successors of Don Bosco”: the rectorate of Fr. Rua, Fr. Ricaldone and Fr. Rinaldi.

L’ articolo tratta delle Costituzioni di Don Bosco e degli atti del terzo e del quarto capitolo generale. In questi documenti si parla dell’identità dei laici membri della società e dei “codiautori”. Poi si tratta dei “successori” di Don Bosco: il rettorato di Don Michele Rua e Don Paolo Albera.

Summary:

  • 1. Don Bosco’s period
    • 1.1. Names
    • 1.2. Don Boscos Constitutions
    • 1.3. The 3rd and 4th General Chapters
  • 2. Rectorate of Fr. Rua (1888-1910)
    • 2.1. The Task Facing thè Salesians after Don Bosco’s Death
    • 2.2. The Circular Letters ofthe Rector Major
    • 2.3. How the General Chapters Changed the Constitutions and Regulations
    • 2.4. Identity Emerging from the Circulars, Constitutions and Regulations during the
      Rua Rectorate
    • 2.5. Fr. Rua: our Second Founder
  • 3. Rectorate of Fr. Albera (1910-1921)
    • 3.1. Vocational Identity
      • 3.1.1. Names
      • 3.1.2. Multivalent Apostolic Identity, with Education as a Unifying Element
    • 3.2. Spiritual Style
      • 3.2.1. Spirituality
      • 3.2.2. Formation
    • 3.3. The Albera Years: a Partial Identity
  • 4. Rectorate of Fr. Rinaldi (1922-1931)
    • 4.1. GC12 and the Great Codification of 1924
    • 4.2. GC12: Key Articles in thè Regulatìons
    • 4.3. The Cumiana Circular of 1927
    • 4.4. The Rinaldi Years: from Codification to Implementation
  • 5. Rectorate of Fr. Ricaldone (1932-1951)
    • 5.1. Working on Formation
      • 5.1.1. GC15 (1938): The Formation Chapter
      • 5.1.2. Fr. Ricaldone’s 1939 Letter on the Novitiate
    • 5.2. The Ricaldone Era at a Glance.

Reference time period: 1850 – 1951

J. Rasor, Spiritual identity of the salesian brother from Don Bosco to Fr. Ricaldone, «Sviluppo del carisma di Don Bosco fino alla metà del secolo XX. Atti del Congresso internazionale di Storia Salesiana Roma, 19-23 novembre 2014», Roma, 2016, 452-474.

Reference institution:
Istituto Storico Salesiano
Istituto Storico Salesiano

Centro Studi Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice
Centro Studi Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice

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