Roger Burggraeve – The soul of integral education. Orientations for a contemporary interpretation of ‘religione’ in the Salesian pedagogical project

One of the essential pillars in the Salesian education project is religion (religione) beside — or rather along with — ‘amorevolezza’ and ‘ragione’. With Don Bosco the Christian faith lies indeed at the foundation for his choice for young people, paying special attention to the vulnerable ones amongst them. His Christian faith as the anchoring of his educational interests was for him self-explanatory.

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Eugenio Ceria – La spiritualità di S. Francesco di Sales

Spiritualità è oggi la parola corrente per significare una dottrina di vita spirituale, un ordine cioè di principii sulla perfezione cristiana e un coordinamento di mezzi per acquistarla. Un tempo, invece dell’astratto, si preferiva in generale il concreto “ spirito “. Il primo termine sembrerebbe indicare prevalentemente un sistema, il secondo un metodo; ma nella pratica uno vale l’altro.

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Terence McGoldrick – The Ascent of Marriage as Vocation and Sacrament. Francis de Sales’ Christian Humanist Theology of Marriage. A New and Old Vision between Two Competing Traditions on the Highest Vocation from the Apostolic Church to Erasmus.

Ángel Fernández Artime – Like Don Bosco, with the young, for the young! Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco

Contents:

  • A beautiful spiritual inheritance.
  • The Strenna, an expresston of unity for the whole of our Salesian Family.
  • Like Don Bosco: with his pastoral heart and his option for education, caught up in God’s plan.

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Pascual Chavez Villanueva – «Da mihi animas, cetera tolle». Let us draw upon the spiritual experience of Don Bosco, in order to walk in holiness according to our specific vocation. «The glory of God and the salvation of souls». Third year of preparation for the Bicentenary of his birth

Contents:

  • Premise: A reflection on the inescapable task of evangelisation, in reference to the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium of Pope Francis.
  • Commentary on the Strenna for 2014.
  • Features of Don Bosco’s spirituality.

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Pascual Chavez Villanueva – Bringing the Gospel to the young. Strenna 2010. Centenary of the death of Don Michael Rua

Contents:

Premiss: Some significant events in the second half of 2009

Commentary on the Strenna 2010:

  • Introduction: the motives behind the Strenna
  • Being disciples and apostles: our vocation
  • The task of the disciples is to hear the “desire to see Jesus”
  • First disciples, then apostles

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