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”
A young Italian immigrant, Angelo Petazzi, watched anxiously as the English steamship, the Werra, approached New York harbor. Clutched in his hand was a letter from the then Salesian superior general, Father Michael Rua, which informed him of the impending arrival of a group of four Salesians in New York. At their head was Father Raphael Piperni.
In Part One of the present installment (Part Four overall), we shall discuss the last two dreams in a similar manner to the first article. Part Two (Five) will deal with the significance of the missionary dreams, with interpretative comments.
Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams (Part II)”
Because of the vastness of the subject and of the amount of material involved, this essay will be presented in two installments.
Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s missionary dreams (Part I)”
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.
Continue reading “Philip J. Pascucci – Once upon a time in old New York”
In the fall of 1870, for reasons that have never been documented, Don Bosco did not answer Archbishop Joseph Alemany’s invitation to travel the El Camino Real in the land of El Dorado.
José Arnalot, per due anni compagno di lavoro di Yánkuam’ tra gli Achuar della selva amazonica, ha illustrato la personalità del missionario e il suo stile di vita tra gli Achuar
Antonino Colajanni, antropologo, Professore Ordinario in pensione, di Discipline Antropologi che, presso l’Università di Roma “La Spienza”, ha riflettuto criticamente sull’apportosingolare offerto da Luis Bolla all’antropologia culturale
Aldo Giraudo, docente di spiritualità salesiana nella Facoltà di Teologia dell’Università Pontificia Salesiana, ha fatto una lettura spirituale dell’esperienza di Luis Bolla così come emerge nel testo delle sue memorie missionarie (Mi nombre es Yáankuam’, Lima, 2015) e nel diario di José Arnalot (Lo que los Achuar me han ensegnado, Sucúa, 1978)
Maurizio Gnerre, ordinario di Linguistica generale e di Etnolinguistica all’Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, si è soffermato sul prezioso contributo di Yánkuam’ all’etnolinguistica
Il missionologo Juan Bottasso ha parlato del contesto ecclesiale nel quale è iniziata e si è sviluppata l’opera di Bolla, mettendo in evidenza la novità del suo modello missionario
La teologa e antropologa Anna Meiser, docente presso l’Istituto di Etnologia dell’Università «Albert Ludwig» a Friburgo, ha illustrato lo stile di presenza e di azione evangelizzatrice di Yánkuam’ tra gli Achuar.
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