The sixth part contains most of what, in Salesian tradition, is known as the “Spiritual Testament”. It is a handwritten notebook entitled Memories from 1841 to 1884-5-6 by Fr John Bosco to his Salesian sons, where the saint, on different occasions, especially in the final years of his life, wrote exhortations and reminders for his disciples, friends, benefactors and Cooperators.
In Don Bosco’s educational system preaching has special importance, both that which is bound up with the liturgical or catechetical context, and that of the informal, familiar kind. The saint often addressed the community of young people with brief and fervent talks aimed at stirring up their emotions, nurturing their minds, encouraging good resolutions and devout sentiments, and looking ahead to stimulating horizons.
The first edition of Il giovane provveduto (in English The Companion of Youth) appeared in 1847 and was Don Bosco’s greatest publishing success. The year he died it had reached its 119th edition. It was reprinted with minor adaptations until 1961. It is also the book which Don Bosco most liked and constantly recommended.
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.
Continue reading “John Rasor – The concept of Secularity in salesian documents”
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.
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.
Don Bosco then goes on to describe the nature and purpose of the Convitto. It was a kind of ‘ finishing school’ where (he says) “one learnt to be a priest.”
Continue reading “Arthur Lenti – The Convitto Ecclesiastico – “Where one learnt to be a priest””
Father Philip Rinaldi was my granduncle on myfather’s side. For us youngsters he was the tall, smiling priest who, when visiting our home, would dig into his pockets and invariably come up with all sorts of goodies.
Continue reading “Peter Rinaldi – Blessed Philip Rinaldi as I knew him”
L’intervento accosta il tema della pedagogia salesiana della scelta e della vocazione su tre livelli. Il punto di partenza è la sintesi di alcuni fondamentali cambiamenti della pedagogia salesiana della vocazione legata alle esigenze e ai cambiamenti nel post-Concilio Vaticano II. Nel secondo livello si delineano alcuni principi pedagogici che si riferiscono all’esperienza fondamentale di don Bosco, alla storia degli effetti delle scelte post-conciliari e ad alcune sfide del contesto post-moderno. Infine, il terzo livello del contributo concretizza alcune proposte legate ai principi pedagogici salesiani e ai processi di progettazione educativo-pastorale in chiave trasformativa. Continue reading “Michal Vojtáš – Pedagogia salesiana della scelta e della vocazione: evoluzioni, riletture e proposte”
A Maria D. Mazzarello, Confondatrice dell’Istituto delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice, viene riconosciuto un “ministero educativo” di inconfondibile portata storica. Benché lei non abbia frequentato corsi di teologia e pedagogia, non abbia scritto niente sull’accompagnamento, con la sua presenza discreta e saggia ha guidato le giovani a fare scelte coraggiose di vita e ad impegnarsi in un cammino gioioso di santità. Continue reading “Eliane Anschau Petri – L’accompagnamento della scelta vocazionale nell’epistolario di Santa Maria D. Mazzarello”
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.
L’intervento accosta il tema della pedagogia salesiana della scelta e della vocazione su tre livelli. Il punto di partenza è la sintesi di alcuni fondamentali cambiamenti della pedagogia salesiana della vocazione legata alle esigenze e ai cambiamenti nel post-Concilio Vaticano II. Nel secondo livello si delineano alcuni principi pedagogici che si riferiscono all’esperienza fondamentale di don Bosco, alla storia degli effetti delle scelte post-conciliari e ad alcune sfide del contesto post-moderno. Infine, il terzo livello del contributo concretizza alcune proposte legate ai principi pedagogici salesiani e ai processi di progettazione educativo-pastorale in chiave trasformativa. Continue reading “Michal Vojtáš – Pedagogia salesiana della scelta e della vocazione: evoluzioni, riletture e proposte”
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