This paper will survey that period in Don Bosco’s life that saw him ordained a priest. It will not be a study of Don Bosco the priest.
Michael Ribotta – Don Bosco’s venture into popular education-The Gentleman’s Almanac
When New Year’s Day dawned in Turin in 1854, the subscribers to Don Bosco’s Catholic Readings (Letture Cattoliche) were in for a pleasant andunexpected surprise.
Michael Ribotta – The day they shut down the oratory school
On June 30, 1879, after numerous attempts to stave off the inevitable, Don Bosco was finally compelled to shut down his oratory school in Valdocco.
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Arthur Lenti – Don Bosco’s Boswell: John Baptist Lemoyne-the man and his work
Part I will present a biographical sketch of the man; Part II will deal with the sources and the editorial history of the Biographical Memoirs; and Part III will inquire into the historical criteria and into the method with which the author worked, for an evaluation (by way of conclusion) of the historical character of the Biographical Memoirs.
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Michael Ribotta – ‘The road not taken”–The Salesians’ circuitous road to North America
In the fall of 1870, for reasons that have never been documented, Don Bosco did not answer Archbishop Joseph Alemany’s invitation to travel the El Camino Real in the land of El Dorado.
Michael Ribotta – Don Bosco’s battle against illiteracy
in this article M. Ribotta explains Don Bosco’s commitment to promoting education in Turin.
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Arthur Lenti – The earliest biographies of Don Bosco and their english translations
Therefore, all early biography on Don Bosco, including Fr. Lemoyne’s and his successors’, should be approached with the right understanding of its popular medieval religious roots. On no account ought it to be dismissed as novelized history, which it is not.
Paolo Albera – Sulla dolcezza
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo della figura del superiore e della dolcezza e della fermezza che esso deve tenere.
Paolo Albera – Un mazzetto di notizie care
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo della prima guerra mondiale, di Mons. Giovanni Cagliero e di pedagogia.
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Paolo Albera – Sul Cinquantenario della Consacrazione del Santuario di Maria Ausiliatrice in Valdocco
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo della devozione verso Maria Ausiliatrice.
Paolo Albera – Anticipazione del XII Capitolo Generale per i due Centenari di Maria Ausiliatrice e di D. Bosco
In questa lettera, il Rettor Maggiore Paolo Albera scrive a riguardo del centenario della Festa di Maria Ausiliatrice e della nascita di Don Bosco per cui viene anticipato il Capitolo Generale.