After the permission from the General Council was obtained, Sr. Catherine Moore, delegate of the Provincial Superior, left Hongkong for the Philippines on 1° December 1955 with Sr. Erminia Borzini to make the necessary preparations.
Marisa Gambato – “The history of the mission of the daughters of Mary help of Christians inserted in the history of Salvation” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
The first article of the constitution of the FMA expresses this characteristic of the institute as follows:
“Through the gift of the Holy Spiril and the direct intervention of Mary, St. John Bosco Founded our Institute as a response of salvation to the profound hopes of young girls. He endowed it with a spiritual heritage that had its inspiration in the charity of Christ the Good Shepherd, and imparted to it a strong missionary impulse”. (Const.I ).
Ana Rosa Sivori – “The beginning of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in Thailand. The first twenty years (1931-1952)” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
The aim of this article is to present the beginning of the work of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Thailand. The FMA came to Thailand invited by Fr. Gaetano Pasotti, Acting Provincial of the Salesian Congregation and later the fust Salesian Bishop in Thailand, to help in the mission field of the Salesian Fathers who arrived in Thailand on October 1927 , after they were sent away from China.
Elena Miravalle – “The mission of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in China” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
Msgr. Versiglia was forming a group of young catechists to send to the various mission districts, to help the missionaries, for the religious instruction of the women and of children. Upon their arrival, the Sisters found in the mission of 7 Kuneong. They helped each other, specially for the necessary relations with the externs, for the catechumenate and for the oratory.
Grazia Loparco – “The arrival of the daughters of Mary help of Christians in the far east” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
On this background, we see the great problems of inculturation; development of the Catholic Church in multi-religious contexts afflicted by the problems of international politics; relationships between missionary Religious Congregations, and, not the least, difficulties in communication and mutual understanding between these countries and the General Council resident in Italy.
Carlo Socol – “«Una istituzione che si occupa della classe operaia» la escola de artes e oficios di Macao nel suo primo ventennio (1906-1926)”, in “L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia”.
La Escola de Artes e Oficios poteva vantare di offrire un tipo di insegnamento, con programmi e metodologie sperimentati, che a Macao erano unici nel loro genere. Era il modello delle scuole professionali promosso dalla Congregazione Salesiana, trapiantato, con opportuni adattamenti e con i limiti imposti dalle possibilità reali (non ultima quella del numero e della qualità del personale messo a disposizione dalla Congregazione), in un ambiente così diverso da quello in cui era nato. Continue reading “Carlo Socol – “«Una istituzione che si occupa della classe operaia» la escola de artes e oficios di Macao nel suo primo ventennio (1906-1926)”, in “L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia”.”
Joseph Thekedathu – “St Francis Xavier’s orphanage and industrial school at Tanjore, South India (1906-1928)”, in “L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia”.
The achievements of the Salesians during their 22 years of work at Tanjore were certainly remarkable. When they reached that place, there was just a large parish with a miserably housed middle school catering to about 130 boys and an incipient orphanage with a handful of inmates. Continue reading “Joseph Thekedathu – “St Francis Xavier’s orphanage and industrial school at Tanjore, South India (1906-1928)”, in “L’Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922. Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia”.”
Cristóbal López Romero – Spiritualità di un educatore salesiano nelle terre dell’Islam
La parola Kenitra, in arabo, significa “piccolo ponte”, è il diminutivo della parola “ponte” “Kàntara”. Il nome della nostra città esprime perfettamente la nostra missione. Vogliamo essere un piccolo ponte teso tra il nord (Europa) ed il sud (Africa), tra la civiltà occidentale e la civiltà arabo-islamica, tra cristiani e musulmani.
Eugenio Valentini – Profili di missionari Salesiani e Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice
Quando il 3 gennaio 1973 il Rettor Maggiore Don Luigi Ricceri convocò nella Casa Generalizia un gruppo di esperti di storia salesiana per programmare una serie di pubblicazioni in vista del Centenario delle Missioni Salesiane, si espresse così: «Un invito straordinario per un motivo straordinario… In vista del centenario sentiamo il dovere di fare qualche cosa di serio che serva non solo per la nostra generazione, ma anche come base di studio per le generazioni future. È stato detto che noi salesiani facciamo la storia ma non la scriviamo. È necessario fare l’una e l’altra cosa».
Ne è risultato il presente volume, che presenta una numerosa schiera di i missionari quali protagonisti di questi cento anni di attività missionaria salesiana. I singoli profili avranno stesura e valore diverso. Continue reading “Eugenio Valentini – Profili di missionari Salesiani e Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice”
Jose Kuruvachira – History of the Inculturation of Don Bosco’s Charism in India: 1906-1956
The article discusses the history of the inculturation of Don Bosco’s Charism in India in the first fifty years of the Salesian presence in the country (1906-1956).
Teresita Padron – How christian living education and salesian youth movement in all their educative settings lead young people to a life choice
This experience started in Philippines in the religious group life of the young people in all educative settings. Its motivation and goals are forming good Christians and honest citizens leading them to make a life choice. The Christian Living Education (CLE) is the teaching of religion which is concretized in the daily and lived in continuity in the Salesian Youth Movement. Continue reading “Teresita Padron – How christian living education and salesian youth movement in all their educative settings lead young people to a life choice”
Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world” (Mt 5,13-14) Presentation of the East Asia – Oceania Region
Contents:
- 1. Brief general presentation of the Region
- Social situation
- Cultural context
- Presence of the Catholic Church
- Consecrated life
- 2. How Don Bosco arrived and his charism has grown
Continue reading “Pascual Chavez Villanueva – “You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world” (Mt 5,13-14) Presentation of the East Asia – Oceania Region”