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.
Continue reading “Philip J. Pascucci – Out of our past an american venture into seminary training”
Sommario:
Continue reading “Pietro Stella – Don Bosco dans l’histoire religieuse catholique”
D. Bosco, per certi atteggiamenti, è come tutti coloro che interpretano come male, come eticamente riprovevole, socialmente e pedagogicamente infecondo quanto avvertono prescindere dalla religione o quanto trovano dichiaratamente avverso alla Religione Cattolica, vista nel suo aspetto storico di società gerarchicamente costituita e con prerogative di valore socio-politico. Fatti luttuosi nei quali incorrono Pio IX, l’arcivescovo Fransoni, da lui vengono interpretati come prove di Dio o come insidia diabolica permessa per purificare e fortificare i buoni. Lutti invece che toccano Vittorio Emanuele II o altri che appaiono persecutori della Chiesa o conniventi con le forze avverse, vengono giudicati come tremendi castighi di Dio. Continue reading “Pietro Stella – Per una storia del profetismo apocalittico cattolico ottocentesco. Messaggi profetici di don Bosco a Pio IX e all’imperatore d’Austria (1870-1873)”
Over the last number of years “Salesian Spirituality,” first articulated by Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal, has attracted renewed interest in English-speaking countries.
Theirs has been called a “spirituality of the heart,” and their prayer style has been dubbed intuitive, simple, spacious but unified and holistic.
Continue reading “Joseph Boenzi – St. Francis de Sales, bibliography of publications in English”
Nel 1858 le Letture Cattoliche pubblicarono come numero di aprile (anno VI, fase. II) Il Mese di Maggio consacrato a Maria SS. Immacolata ad uso del popolo per cura del sacerdote Bosco Giovanni, Torino, Tip. Paravia e Comp. Continue reading “Pietro Stella – I tempi e gli scritti che prepararono il Mese di maggio di don Bosco”
This study does not go into the long process that led to Don Bosco’s beatification, which took place on June 2, 1929. The topic concerns one small aspect: the sworn testimony of eyewitnesses concerning his life of “faith.”
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.
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.
The road traveled by John Bosco, as child and teenager, in his quest for an education, proved to be a bumpy one, marked by frequent twists and turns and occasionally stalled by unforeseen roadblocks. But despite occasional disheartening setbacks, John’s high hopes in his pursuit of an education would prevail over disconcerting frustrations.
The present study aims, not at any new interpretation, but simply at describing some aspects of the actual circumstances of the origins on the basis of fresh documentation now available. In particular, restricting the field of inquiry, I will focus on the young people who were protagonists in Don Bosco’s work at its origin.
In our essay we shall examine the meaning and application of “punishment” and “discipline” as found in Don Bosco’s educational writings. It was a subject to which he returned time and time again-and for good reason.
Continue reading “Michael Ribotta – Tough love is not the answer- Don Bosco’s views on punishment”
In retrospect, one can appreciate why Don Bosco had become so distraught by the message that was played out in his dream (reverie?) during his Roman sojourn of 1884. His old friends, Joseph Buzzelli and Ferdinando Valfre, had demonstrated all too realistically what he could expect when the educational principles of his Sistema Preventivo and the “love environment” he strove so hard to cultivate for 40 years at the Oratory had been allowed to dissipate.
Continue reading “Michael Ribotta – The Roman Letter of 1884 and its aftermath”
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Baskerville 2 by Anders Noren.
