Cesare Scurati in his essay focuses on Don Bosco’s intuition in the need to integrate school activites with the extra ones, that is games and physical activities. These latter types of activities allow young people to express their vitality and increase their skills at a relational level.
Jaques Schepens in his essay focuses on the sacraments of Confession and the Eucharist according to the vision of Don Bosco. The Saint saw the sacraments not only as means of grace, but also as accompanying instruments for boys to receive a more complete education.
Bruno Bellante offers in his essay some food for thought regarding Don Bosco’s choice to use a humanistic educational approach. In fact, according to the Saint, education serves not only to prepare the individual for a future profession, but also to help him in his personal growth as a human being. Continue reading “Bruno Bellerate – Don Bosco’s humanistic approach in education in «Don Bosco’s place in history»”
Prellezo traces the birth and the development and organization phases of the vocational schools established by Don Bosco and related laboratories that would have given the opportunity to poor and abandoned young people to learn a useful profession in order to have a better future.
This essay traces the birth and development of the Oratory, the first educational enterprise created by Don Bosco in Turin. The main objective of the Oratory was to welcome and take care of young people, especially those “abandoned and at risk”, so that they could save their souls and make them honest citizens.
The author of the essay noted how in France Don Bosco is not mentioned (except for the French Salesian Desramaut who conducted in-depth studies on the Saint) among the great names of those who made the history of pedagogy. The young people Don Bosco helped were poor and abandoned, misfits. The Preventive System approach that contrasted the repressive system used in those days, undoubtedly revolutionized the field of education.
This essay deals with the educational method adopted by Don Bosco. The Saint saved many young workers from dangerous environments and of dubious morality by involving them in learning useful trades for their future through workshops.
Silvio Tramontin, in his essay, analyzes the concept of “work” according to the vision of Don Bosco.The Saint saved many young workers from dangerous environments and of dubious morality by involving them in learning useful trades for their future. The work was also accompanied by recreational moments (games and physical activity) and religious instruction.
Don Bosco has established relationships with Catholic associations not only in Italy, but also abroad: in Spain and France. The author of this essay focuses in particular on his trip to Spain and on the visit to the Catholic Association of Barcelona.
Marco Marcocchi in his essay tries to shed light on the type of reality in which Don Bosco lived, worked and which religious figures influenced his spirituality and his way of working as an educator. We must not forget, however, that Don Bosco had his own original personality on a spiritual level. Continue reading “Massimo Marcocchi – At the roots of Don Bosco’s spirituality in «Don Bosco’s place in history»”
This paper outlines the reasons that led to the clash between Don Bosco and the Archbishop of Turin, Lorenzo Gastaldi, between 1871 and 1883. Nel presente saggio vengono delineati i motivi che hanno portato allo scontro fra Don Bosco e l’arcivescovo di Torino, Lorenzo Gastaldi, fra il 1871 e il 1883.
Juan M. Laboa in his paper focuses mainly on Don Bosco’s image of the Church, the only place where the teachings of Jesus are preserved in their entirety. Don Bosco believed that this Church (and not the Protestant one) is the only one that can bring people closer to God and that instilling love and devotion to the Pope helps to counter religious sects and dissidents. In the end, in chapter 5 the author reserves a reflection on the relationship between Pope Pius I and Don Bosco. Continue reading “Juan Maria Laboa – Don Bosco’s experience and sense of the Church in «Don Bosco’s place in history»”
This paper reconstructs the fundamental stages that have marked the history of the Central Salesian Archives: from its transfer to Rome in 1972 to the digitalization of documents. Continue reading “Raffaele Farina – The state of the Central Salesian Archives and their use in «Don Bosco’s place in history»”
Emile Poulat in his essay traces some reflections concerning the Church in the 19th century, the figure of Don Bosco and the presence of the Salesians in France. Continue reading “Emile Poulat – Don Bosco and the Church in the world of the Ninetheenth century in «Don Bosco’s place in history»”
In certe zone d’Italia, le ragazze orfane o trovatelle, ospitate negli istituti di carità pubblica venivano in passato chiamate popolarmente le “pericolanti”. Era naturalmente un termine brutalmente lesivo della dignità di quelle poverette che, a così caro prezzo, venivano mantenute. Questo anche a prescindere dal fatto che il termine rispondesse o meno alla realtà.
Don Bosco, pur usando raramente, e magari senza un significato così crudo, la stessa parola, presentava spesso ai suoi benefattori, nel chiedere il loro sostegno materiale alla sua opera, un quadro abbastanza simile dei ragazzi da lui ospitati.
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