Contents:
- Introduction.
- Don Bosco’s canonisation.
- Our religious consecration.
- The main qualities in salesian holiness: serve the Lord in gladness; an oratorian heart; attracting the love of our charges; the asceticism of the daily grind.
Egidio Viganò – The centenary of the death of Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello
Contents:
- “REDISCOVERING THE SPIRIT OF MORNESE”
- Introduction
- A new gift of the Spirit to the Church
- Need for clarifying the distinctive ethos
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Egidio Viganò – The Salesian according to Don Bosco’s dream of the diamonds
Contents:
- The Salesian according to Don Bosco’s dream of the dream of the ten diamonds.
- Introduccion.
- “The model of the true Salesian”.
- Importance given to the dream by Don Bosco.
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- Importance of the dream in our Salesian traditions.
- Don Rinaldi the most enlightened interpreter.
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Egidio Viganò – The advancement of the lay person in the Salesian family
Contents:
- An invitation to renew our identity card.
- Who are the laity who share the mission with us.
- The new ecclesial mentality.
- Vatican II our guide in a “pilgrimage of discovery”.
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Egidio Viganò – Our fidelity to Peter’s successor
Contents:
- An opportune invitation.
- Don Bosco’s very concrete “Church sense”.
- A new style of exercising Peter’s ministry.
- A difficult situation.
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Egidio Viganò – Memory of origins
Contents:
- A disquieting challenge.
- “Strengthen your brothers”.
- Appraising the crisis.
- Our approach to a critical appraisal.
Egidio Viganò – Rector Major’s trip to Puebla
Contents:
- Puebla provides a strong proclamation of the original nature of the Church’s mission, and in particular of the priestly and religious vocation.
- Puebla clarifies the dignity of man in the light of the Gospel, and courageously makes its own the present turning point in the field of anthropology.
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Egidio Viganò – The ASC as a means of animation
Contents:
- The ASC as a means of animation.
- Historical background.
- A new series of the acts begin.
- Importance of making good use of them.
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Egidio Viganò – Salesian educational project
Contents:
- In search of appropriate practise.
- The Preventive System of Don Bosco.
- Generality expressive of the Founder.
- A date in tradition.
- The basic element of our “charism”.
- The sure way to a true conversion.
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Egidio Viganò – Our devotion to Mary Help of Christians
Contents:
- Let us make a place for Our Lady in our home!
- Let us build on objective reality.
- The motivations behind the renewal in our devotion.
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Luigi Ricceri – Postscript: A grave loss
Contents:
- Fervent, humble and trusting prayer.
- Divine Providence now summons us to look forward.
- My cordial and brotherly greeting.
Luigi Ricceri – The sinister evil of individualism
Contents:
- The journey we travelled together.
- The Chapter: an occasion for an assessment.
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Rodolfo Bogotto – “Regolamento della compagnia del SS. Sacramento” in “Ricerche Storiche Salesiane”
La fondazione della compagnia del SS. Sacramento avviene un decennio dopo l’istituzione della compagnia di san Luigi, per la quale don Bosco aveva compilato un regolamento semplice, in cui ad ogni associato si chiedeva di accostarsi ogni quindici giorni “ai SS. Sacramenti della penitenza e della Comunione ed anche con maggior frequenza soprattutto nelle maggiori solennità della Chiesa”.
Salvatore Cirillo Dama – “Cuarenta y cinco dias a orillas del rio Azopardo” in “Ricerche Storiche Salesiane”
En el museo salesiano “Maggiorino Borgatello” de Punta Arenas cayó bajo mis manos un manuscrito dactilografiado en que no se mencionaba el autor con el título “Cuarenta y cinco días a orillas del rio Azopardo” posteriormente pude averiguar que fue escrito por el padre Lorenzo Massa y el contenido corresponde a un relato testimonial del padre Luis Carnino a la época, director de la misión salesiana San Rafael de la isla Dawson (1889-1911), el mismo Carnino encabezó una expedición al occidente de Tierra del Fuego, proyecto ideado y organizado por Mons. José Fagnano sdb, Prefecto Apostólico de la Patagonia meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas (1883-1916).
Grzegorz Jaskot – “Andrzej Świda (1905-1955): salesiano con una mente aperta e sguardo lungimirante” in “Ricerche Storiche Salesiane”
Don Andrzej Świda, sacerdote SDB, polacco, nato il 23 marzo 1905 a Malecz, nell’attuale Bielorussia – morto a Warszawa il 19 febbraio 1995. Allora la città di Malecz era sotto il dominio russo, per effetto delle ben note spartizioni della Polonia per opera della Russia, Prussia e Austria, avvenute nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo.