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Francis J. Moloney – Salesians beyond 2000



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In the article, Fr. Frank looks at the images of God and Community and poses questions that young people in Western Societies are facing on the threshold of the Third Millennium. He moves from the contemporary to the scriptural, and looks at the figure of Jesus and questions of discipleship as posed in the New Testament. What is the significance of discipleship in the Gospels? How does this significance speak to our reality? to our vocation as Christians, and as Salesians? These are the questions of the middle portion of Fr. Moloney’ s reflections.

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Giovanni Bosco – Exemplary biographies



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The biographical profiles of Louis Comollo (in the 1854 edition), Dominic Savio, Michael Magone and Francis Besucco are among the spiritual and pedagogical documents which are most representative of Don Bosco’s outlook. From these stories comes a horizon of meaning, a way of thinking and acting thoroughly rooted in his cultural context. At the same time however, beyond historical contingencies, they highlight a range of elements which better illustrate the characteristic features of the saint’s spiritual pedagogy.

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Giovanni Bosco – Spiritual Testament



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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.

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Giovanni Bosco – Spiritual formation of the young through preaching, “goodnights” and dream accounts



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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.

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Arthur Lenti – Key-concepts, concerns and fears of a Founder-Don Bosco in his declining years Part II



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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.

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Michal Vojtáš – Pedagogia salesiana della scelta e della vocazione: evoluzioni, riletture e proposte

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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