Contents:
- Presentation
- Decree
- Promulgation of the constitutions and general regulations of the Society of st Francis de Sales
Luigi Ricceri – Convocation of the 21st General Chapter
Contents:
- 1.1 Convocation of the 21st General Chapter
- 1.2 “We are undertaking a matter of the greatest importance” (D. Bosco)
- 1.3 Two additional news items
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Piera Cavaglià – La presenza di Maria tra normativa giuridica ed esperienza spirituale
“La presenza di Maria tra normativa giuridica ed esperienza spirituale” è una ricerca condotta da Piera Cavaglià, con rigore e sistematicità, sulle diverse edizioni delle Costituzioni e dei Regolamenti dell’istituto delle FMA. Di queste fonti vengono analizzati gli articoli relativi alla presenza di Maria nella vita e nella spiritualità dell’Istituto.
Giovanni Bosco – The two “official” regulations (1877)
In the years from 1853 to 1862, Valdocco was transformed from a festive Oratory—an open institution—into a complex work: hospice and boarding, college with boarding section, trade workshops, internal classes and publishing centre, amongst the most important sections.
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Giovanni Bosco – Deliberations of the last General Chapters Don Bosco presided over (1883-1886)
Amongst the documents drawn up by the third (1883) and fourth (1886) General Chapter of the Salesian Congregation – which the founder also took part in – of particular merit is the new Regulations for the festive oratories and deliberations regarding Orientations for the working boys in Salesian houses. The two documents were published, as already recorded, in 1887.
Giovanni Bosco – School and boarding house at Mornese Nizza Monferrato – FMA (1873-1878)
The Programme—also called Regulations—of the school in Mornese was printed by Don Bosco at the Oratory Press like all the other Regulations for Salesian houses. The text copies many of the items in use at colleges he founded.
John Rasor – Early salesian regulations: formation in the Preventive System
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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John Rasor – The concept of Secularity in salesian documents
This article examines the theological meaning of the term “secularity” in Salesian official documents. It begins with a survey of the meanings of secularity in recent theological dictionaries, then shows how these meanings are present in reflection by the sons of Don Bosco.
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Michael Ribotta – Tough love is not the answer- Don Bosco’s views on punishment
In our essay we shall examine the meaning and application of “punishment” and “discipline” as found in Don Bosco’s educational writings. It was a subject to which he returned time and time again-and for good reason.
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Michael Ribotta – Training boys to earn a living: the beginnings of vocational education at the oratory
Don Bosco’s biographer, Father John Baptist Lemoyne, notes that most of the boys who attended Don Bosco’s evening classes were hard-working young apprentices or youths who worked wherever they could find a job.
Paolo Albera – Don Bosco nostro modello nell’acquisto della perfezione religiosa
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo di Don Bosco, della genesi della Regola dei Salesiani, dell’apostolato e del carisma verso i giovani.
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Michele Rua – XI Capitolo Generale.
A tutti è noto quanto la precedente adunanza generale abbia studiato accuratamente il Regolamento dei Capitoli Generali che, inserito nelle Deliberazioni organiche approvate alla Santa Sede il 1° Settembre 1905, divenne obbligatorio al pari delle Costituzioni, e però sarà d’ora innanzi base e norma di tutti i Capitoli Generali. Scopo precipuo del prossimo Capitolo sarà l’elezione del Rettor Maggiore e degli altri membri del Capitolo Superiore, la revisione dei Regolamenti, attualmente ad experimentum, secondo fu deliberato nell’ultimo Capitolo Generale, e la discussione di quelle altre proposte giudicate vantaggiose per il buon andamento della Pia Società. Continue reading “Michele Rua – XI Capitolo Generale.”