Contents:
- 1. A salesian who belonged to the “earliest times”
- 1.1. From a boy who breathed in the “Valdocco atmosphere” to being Don Bosco’s Successor
 - 1.2. What did it mean for Fr Albera to be one of the first Salesians? Some glimpses of his life
- 1.1.2. At Mirabello with Fr Rua
 - 1.2.2. Back to Valdocco
 - 1.3.2. Rector at Sampierdarena (Genoa)
 - 1.4.2.Provincial in France (1881-1892): the “le petit Don Bosco”
 - 1.5.2. Spiritual Director of the Salesian Congregation (1892-1910)
 - 1.6.2. America from top to bottom
 - 1.7.2. Rector Major (1910-1921)
 
 
 - 2. A past that throws light on our present
- 2.1. At the school of Don Bosco
 - 2.2. “How Don Bosco loved us”
 - 2.3. The spirit of piety
 - 2.4. The drama of the war (1914-1918)
 - 2.5. All of you be missionaries
 
 - 3. Our lady and Don Bosco
 
Reference time period: 2021
A. F. Artime, A past that throws light on our present. In dialogue with Fr. Paul Albera, in «Acts of the General Council» 103 (2021) 436, 3-46.
        Reference institution:
        Direzione Generale SDB
    
