Per chi conosce, anche superficialmente, la storia della pedagogia, è di tutta evidenza che D. Bosco e Fénelon sono nella stessa linea di pensiero riguardo alla soluzione del problema educativo.
Continue reading “Eugenio Valentini – “Don Bosco e Fénelon” in “Salesianum””
Il significato del tema e, in particolare, l’uso della formula «progetto operativo», anziché educativo», «pastorale», «spirituale» o simili, possono acquistare giusto rilievo mettendoli a confronto con una serie di testi, che risalgono al decennio più riflessivo e maturo dell’attività di Don Bosco (1876-1886). Il progetto è, infatti, Don Bosco stesso e la sua espressione primordiale coincide con la sua vita.
È intento della ricerca offrire soltanto le grandi linee di una rievocazione storico-biografica; non può, in quanto tale, costituire un programma di azione per l’oggi; e, tuttavia, inevitabilmente propone dati e suggestioni idonei a favorirne l’elaborazione. Continue reading “Pietro Braido – Il progetto operativo di Don Bosco e l’utopia della società cristiana”
L’articolo studia l’evoluzione delle concezioni di Pietro Braido sul Sistema Preventivo di don Giovanni Bosco. In particolare si analizzano le tre edizioni del “manuale”, abbracciando un arco di tempo di quasi metà secolo (1955-1999).
L’opera educativa di don Bosco si sviluppa in un contesto caratterizzato dall’inquietudine preventiva, che ha attraversato la vita politica, sociale, familiare ed ecclesiastica di molti paesi d’Europa.
La presente relazione si concentrerà sugli sviluppi delle linee pedagogiche della Congregazione salesiana presenti soprattutto nei documenti ufficiali come le decisioni dei Capitoli Generali (CG), le lettere dei Rettori Maggiori e dei consiglieri scolastici negli Atti del Capitolo Superiore (ACS), i programmi d’insegnamento per gli studentati e le scuole salesiane.
The Rector Major writes on the anniversary of his first religious profession, marking 50 years since that significant date, just halfway to the centenary celebrations of the congregation in ’88. He completed his novitiate two years after Don Bosco’s canonization and is observing his Golden Jubilee of profession a couple of years before the centenary of Don Bosco’s death. This period of time prompts reflections on his Salesian experience. Continue reading “Egidio Viganò – “Letter of the Rector Major” in “Acts of the General Council of the salesian society of St John Bosco””
On the feast of St. Joseph, the Rector Major reflects on the new text of the Constitutions, which presents St. Joseph as one of the patrons entrusted to the Congregation by Don Bosco himself. St. Joseph’s intercession is invoked by every Salesian in the formula of profession. Continue reading “Egidio Viganò – “Letter of the Rector Major” in “Acts of the General Council of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco””
In the years from 1853 to 1862, Valdocco was transformed from a festive Oratory—an open institution—into a complex work: hospice and boarding, college with boarding section, trade workshops, internal classes and publishing centre, amongst the most important sections.
In the late 19th century, Saint John Bosco, or Don Bosco, expressed deep concern over the detrimental impact of bad literature on young students. In response, he initiated the establishment of the “Library for Italian Youth” or “Library of Italian Classics” in 1868, a tangible effort to provide a positive alternative. Continue reading “Giovanni Bosco – “Educational reading and spreading good books (1860-1885)” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works””
Amongst the more original practices put in place as part of the educational praxis at Valdocco, and maintained in the Salesian tradition that then followed from it, we would have to highlight the “Goodnights”: brief “talks” or “short speeches” after night prayers. Don Bosco addressed the pupils in the presence of their educators (superiors of the house, teachers assistants), in a familiar way using simple and attractive language.
The ten brief documents that follow—some perhaps less known than the previous ones in Salesian history—are also interesting from the point of view of the maturing and practice of Don Bosco’s educational system. We have a necessarily limited selection here of personal letters to people responsible for public education, or to young people and teachers, and circulars on pedagogical and didactic issues.
“The Preventive System in the Education of the Young” (1877) is a foundational work by Don Bosco, emerging from a speech at the opening of the Patronage de Saint-Pierre in Nice. Continue reading “Giovanni Bosco – “Prevention and education (1877-1878): The Preventive System in the Education of the Young” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works””
This passage delves into the historical and biographical narrative titled “The Sway of a Good Upbringing,” a pivotal document commencing the representation of Don Bosco’s genuine experiences as an educator. Continue reading “Giovanni Bosco – “Educational experiences in the school and family setting (1855)” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works””
This passage delves into two authentic presentations of Don Bosco’s educational system, documented in conversations with Urban Rattazzi in 1854 and Francis Bodrato in 1864. Despite being recorded later in 1881-1882, these discussions consistently portray the core tenets of Don Bosco’s educational philosophy. Continue reading “Giovanni Bosco – “Don Bosco’s educational method in confidential discussions with a politician (1854) and an elementary school teacher (1864)” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works””
Un passaggio decisivo della ricostruzione storica degli anni a venire potrebbe impegnarsi a rispondere a domande del tipo: come il sistema preventivo ha risposto, d’un lato, ai cambiamenti sopra delineati e, per un altro verso, come si è inculturato nelle realtà non occidentali? Come è stata interpretata la pedagogia boschiana dopo il Concilio, e quali frutti non solo pratici ma anche teorici ha portato? Ovvero come sono stati reinterpretati i princìpi fondanti del sistema? Continue reading “Giorgio Chiosso – Problemi aperti e prospettive del Congresso Internazionale di Storia Salesiana (2014)”
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