O aprofundamento da experiência espiritual e educativa de Dom Bosco deu grande oportunidade para focalizar o tema do acompanhamento tão urgente atualmente. A reflexão teve três momentos de interesse. […] O segundo (A. Giraudo) apresentava as especificidades peculiares da direção espiritual oferecida por Dom Bosco aos jovens. Continue reading “Aldo Giraudo – Direção espiritual em S. João Bosco: 1. Características peculiares da direção espiritual oferecida por Dom Bosco aos jovens”
O aprofundamento da experiência espiritual e educativa de Dom Bosco deu grande oportunidade para focalizar o tema do acompanhamento tão urgente atualmente. A reflexão teve três momentos de interesse. […] O terceiro (A. Giraudo) oferecia de maneira sistemática os conteúdos e as estratégias do acompanhamento espiritual dos jovens no ser e no agir de Dom Bosco. Continue reading “Aldo Giraudo – Direção espiritual em São João Bosco: 2. Conteúdos e itinerários do acompanhamento espiritual dos jovens na praxe de Dom Bosco”
In a letter dated May 24, 1966, Fr. Luigi Ricceri (1901-1989), then Rector Major of the Salesian Society, introduced a new edition of the Constitutions to his confreres. Nearly one year had elapsed since the close of the nineteenth general chapter of the Salesian Society, and six months had passed since the close of Vatican II In this context, Fr. Ricceri introduced the constitutions which carried a number of changes that were to usher the Society toward its twentieth general chapter.
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The call today then is to honor our story. It is a precious story. It is a unique story. It is sacred story, a truly “holy” story. It is a story to be lived in the presence of the one who has lived it before us and has made it holy.
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The present article is not concerned with the new constitutions. No comparative study will be attempted, nor any reference will be made to them. This would be carrying coal to Newcastle. I shall instead attempt simply to identify and briefly discuss some of the spiritual insights and principles for religious life and action which Don Bosco embodied in his constitutions.
In this article, I will attempt to trace how Don Bosco’s original experience was translated in such a way that his work could be established in Malta – an island country in the Mediterranean with a distinct tradition and culture from that in which the Salesian story first began and developed in Turin, Italy. I will place special emphasis on the Salesian Oratory, Sliema.
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Firstly, I will state my position regarding a feminist Christian spirituality in relation to embodiment.
Breve presentazione del volume Don Bosco prete dei giovani nel secolo delle libertà di Pietro Braido.
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The first part of this study, however, will examine that other body of Salesian particular law, the Regulations. It will trace their development from their earliest beginnings around 1850, the era of Father Rosmini’s and Father De Guadenzi’s Sunday afternoon visit, up to 1967.
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In the framework of such a short introduction, I would like to recall some basic principles, obvious enough to most specialists.
The first half of my presentation will be historiographical: by tracing the way in which a congregation’s past has been perceived over the course of time, I will point out themes for research that seem of interest to me.
The Central Salesian Archive contains numerous eyewitness reports of Don Bosco’s words and deeds, particularly in the form of chronicles and memoirs. I drew heavily on these documents for previous articles which saw the light of day in the pages of this Journal. I shall do the same for the present article.
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