SOMMARIO:
- D. Bosco e l’Avv. Michel
- Una piaga. Cattolici teorici e cattolici praticanti
- Un pericolo sociale. La scuola pagana
Renato Ziggiotti – Il XVIII Capitolo Generale della nostra Società
Il XVIII Capitolo Generale, che doveva tenersi a Torino-Valsalice, trovò sede più conveniente per la disponibilità e comodità di locali nella Casa-Madre di Torino-Valdocco. Svolse i suoi lavori dal 27 luglio al 9 agosto 1958, fu presieduto dal Sig. Don Ziggiotti, Rettor Maggiore, e diretto dal Regolatore Sig. Don Albino Fedrigotti, Prefetto Generale. Continue reading “Renato Ziggiotti – Il XVIII Capitolo Generale della nostra Società”
Stephen Whelan – The Catholic Readings: writing for the masses
The Letture Cattoliche or the Catholic Readings was St. John Bosco’s imaginative brainchild in his effort to bring good, decent and inspiring reading into the home. It appealed to a wide spectrum of persons from young to old, from commoners to high-born.
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Joseph Boenzi – St. Francis de Sales, bibliography of publications in English
Over the last number of years “Salesian Spirituality,” first articulated by Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal, has attracted renewed interest in English-speaking countries.
Theirs has been called a “spirituality of the heart,” and their prayer style has been dubbed intuitive, simple, spacious but unified and holistic.
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Arthur Lenti – Key-concepts, concerns and fears of a Founder-Don Bosco in his declining years Part II
In an article which appeared in an earlier issue of this Journal, I described some of Don Bosco’s concerns, as he expressed them in meetings of his council and in sessions of General Chapters held during the last decade of his life.
Michael Ribotta – Don Bosco’s history of Italy: a morality play or an exercise in history?
“If Don Bosco during his student years had one special preference, it was for reading history,” noted Father Alberto Caviglia in his exhaustive study of Don Bosco’s Storia d’ Italia. “In fact, one can say he had a predilection for historical studies”.
Michael Ribotta,Natale Cerrato – EXPO’ 84 and Don Bosco’s peerless-to- paper-to-print presentation
Turin’s EXPO ’84 was to become the bittersweet culmination of Don Bosco’s remarkable and varied career as publisher, author, and printer.
For almost 40 years he had been active in the cause of the Catholic press and as editor of educational publications.
Michael Ribotta – Hero or villain: Don Bosco as seen in the press of his time
One spring day in 1860 Don Bosco was startled by a newsvendor’s cry. “Read all about it! Don Bosco in jail!” He was both amused and bemused.
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Elisa Tonello – L’immagine della giovane donna nella rivista «Primavera»
Oggetto del libro è la rivista «Primavera»: si tratta di una pubblicazione delle FMA con finalità esplicitamente formative ed educative e con un target di riferimento abbastanza “mirato” (un pubblico per lo più – anche se non totalmente – femminile, composto soprattutto da adolescenti e da pre-adolescenti).
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Paolo Albera – Sulla vita di fede
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo della fede, delle opere salesiane, della liturgia, del Papa e della stampa.
Paolo Albera – Alcune importanti comunicazioni
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo delle vacanze, del comportamento da avere rispetto alla stampa, di come rapportarsi alla Patria e della fedeltà verso il Papa.
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