Recently the Central Salesian Archives released the files of the Rua rectorate on some 1,750 microfiches. This boon has made archival research in that rectorate possible even for students residing away from the Central Archives.
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 from place to place for their Sunday gatherings. That became known as the wandering oratory. This is the story of another transplanting, another wandering.
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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 concerns, as he expressed them in meetings of his council and in sessions of General Chapters held during the last decade of his life.
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 chronicles and memoirs held in the Central Salesian Archive. Besides these chronicles and memoirs, there are other important documents to be found in the archive relating to Don Bosco’s last years.
Arthur Lenti – The Bosco-Gastaldi conflict (1872-82), Part II
Thus the approval of the Salesian Constitutions in April 1874 was followed by a second and more bitterly fought phase of the conflict.
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Michael Mendl – A man for his times: Father Peter Ricaldone as Rector Major (1932-1951), Part I
Peter Ricaldone was a major superior of the Salesian Society for forty years, half of them as rector major.
Philip J. Pascucci – Once upon a time in old New York
During the years following the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the Italian immigrant made his way, educated his children, and contributed his many talents to the great melting pot, not only in New York City, but in the whole of the United States.
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Michael Mendl – St. John Bosco’s dealings with the Cavour family
In carrying out his humble apostolate on behalf of poor and abandoned boys, Saint John Bosco (1815-1888) came into frequent contact with the wealthy and the powerful of Piedmontese society.
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Michael Ribotta – The day they shut down the oratory school
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.
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Paolo Albera – Convocazione del Capitolo Generale XII – La revisione delle Costituzioni – Il terzo Centenario della morte di S. Francesco di Sales
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo della convocazione del Capitolo Generale, del terzo centenario della morte di San Francesco di Sales, della revisione delle Costituzioni.
Paolo Albera – Sulle vocazioni
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo delle vocazioni, come coltivarle e come accompagnarle e delle deliberazioni del Capitolo Superiore.
Paolo Albera – Memorabile udienza pontificia e notizie care
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo delle Costituzioni, del Cardinale Cagliero e della devozione a Maria Ausiliatrice a San Giuseppe, patrono della Chiesa Cattolica.
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