Contents:
- Introduction
- A history open to the future
- The new ecclesial sensitivity
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Lana Ivanjek – Motivation of volunteers working with the young refugees in the salesian
In September 2015, when a big group of refugees came to Austria, Salesians Don Bosco have started a new project, with the goal to offer German courses, the counseling and the recreation offer for the young refugees. For that purpose, it was necessary to gather a big number of volunteers in a short period of time. This project “Don Bosco for Refugees” counts today (June 2018) 50 Volunteers that come one or more times a week and about 50 young refugees come to the German courses. Continue reading “Lana Ivanjek – Motivation of volunteers working with the young refugees in the salesian”
Egidio Viganò – The prophetic stimulus of the European Synod
Contents:
- Introduction
- The European Bishops Synod
- Collapse of ideologies?
- Exhortation to apostolic breadth of vision
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Egidio Viganò – The Eucharist in the apostolic spirit of Don Bosco
Contents:
- The most vital theme for measuring our spirit and activity
- Don Bosco and the Eucharist: Mass, Communion, Adoration
- The eucharistic outlook of Vatican II
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Egidio Viganò – From Peking towards 88
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Feast of the Assumption at Peking
- Don Bosco’s missionary dreams
Egidio Viganò – 1988 – An invitation to renewal of profession
Contents:
- 50 years of salesian life
- Religious profession and the turning point of the Council
- The laborious search for identity
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Egidio Viganò – “Don Bosco – 88”
Contents:
- Following Jesus Christ
- Don Bosco, apostle of the Oratory
- Prophetic example of his youth
- Father and Founder
Egidio Viganò – The Salesian Mission and the Workers’World
Contents:
- Thinking over the journey
- A call from the southern hemisphere
- The importance of the workers’ world
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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 those who expect to find extensive prophecies of the future in Don Bosco’s words. Nevertheless the dreams are an important element in the life and spirituality of Don Bosco.
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 Don Bosco through his letters never published before in English. The letters add insight to the always intriguing question of Don Bosco’s involvement in the naming of bishops.
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 refusal to send Salesians to New York in 1848. This letter completes Michael Mendl ‘s article in the Journal on founding Salesian work in New York. (Vol. XI, No. I, Spring 2000).
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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. This study of 196 Salesian bishops stands as a historical record of Salesian presence in the hierarchical Church.