This study also aims to present the various congregations founded by some of the Salesian missionaries who worked in the East Asian region of the known Salesian world.
Gregorio Bicomong – “The general background and the expansion of the salesian work in the EAO region in the 1950s” in “Implantation of the Salesian charism in Asia – Ideals, challenges, answers, results”
The scope of this paper is to give a general – and not a comprehensive – background that will help us understand the political and ecclesial situation vis-á-vis the Salesian expansion in the EAO region in the 1950s.
Francesco Motto – “Catholic church and the missions in the twenty years between the world wars. Salesian missionary strategy” in “Implantation of the Salesian charism in Asia – Ideals, challenges, answers, results”
This paper could be considered precisely the second part of the one presented at the previous seminart. It is my intention to present a general framework within which many of the other papers that follow will find their place – at least those which will directly or indirectly refer to the third decade of the XX century.
Maria Fe Nuñez Muñoz,Pascual Chavez Villanueva,Yvonne Reungoat – “Appendix” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
Si riportano in appendice la lettera del Rettor Maggiore Don Pascual Chavez Villanueva a tutta la Famiglia Salesiana e di suor Yvonne Reungoat e suor Maria Fe Nuñez Muñoz ai partecipanti al seminario ACSSA svoltosi a Hong Kong.
Agnes B. Paulino – “The secular institute of the Don Bosco volunteers in the Philippines” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
Canon 710 defines as secular institute as follows: A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within.
Anna Saksri Ngamwong – “History of the origins of the institute of the daughters of the queenship of Mary” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
Fr. Carlo Della Torre SDB is the Founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Queenship of Mary. The History and the development of this Institution are strictly connected with the life of the Founder.
Maliwan Paramathawirote – “The identity of the sisters servants of the Immaculate heart of Mary in Thailand” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
The universal call of the people of God to holiness is carried out in a special way by the members of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (SIHM). The sign of God’s merciful love towards the lnstitute is clearly manifested in the history especially at the time of birth in the Church, through its founder and its history.
Maria Mukai Yumiko – “Brief historical notes on the foundation of the sisters of charity of Miyazaki” in “L’educazione salesiana in Europa negli anni difficili del XX secolo”
ln the year in which Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Rerum Ecclesiae (1926),on 16 February 1926, the Salesian missionaries arrived in Miyazaki, Japan, center of their mission, and capital of the province in the Island of Kyushu.
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.
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 ).
Maria Stella Zanara – “Don Rua, le FMA e la chiesa locale in Lombardia. Tre casi emblematici”, in “Don Michele Rua primo successore di Don Bosco. Tratti di personalità, governo e opere (1888-1910)”.
Tra le mille sfaccettature del rapporto tra don Michele Rua e l’istituto delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice si è scelto di avviare un approfondimento che, per la storia lombarda, potesse essere interessante e suscitare ulteriori ricerche. Quale ruolo don Rua ha avuto nelle scelte di fondazione e nella cura delle opere lombarde, dalla sua nomina a successore di don Bosco alla sua morte? Continue reading “Maria Stella Zanara – “Don Rua, le FMA e la chiesa locale in Lombardia. Tre casi emblematici”, in “Don Michele Rua primo successore di Don Bosco. Tratti di personalità, governo e opere (1888-1910)”.”