The present article is not concerned with the new constitutions. No comparative study will be attempted, nor any reference will be made to them. This would be carrying coal to Newcastle. I shall instead attempt simply to identify and briefly discuss some of the spiritual insights and principles for religious life and action which Don Bosco embodied in his constitutions.
Firstly, I will state my position regarding a feminist Christian spirituality in relation to embodiment.
In this article, I will attempt to trace how Don Bosco’s original experience was translated in such a way that his work could be established in Malta – an island country in the Mediterranean with a distinct tradition and culture from that in which the Salesian story first began and developed in Turin, Italy. I will place special emphasis on the Salesian Oratory, Sliema.
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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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Breve presentazione del volume Don Bosco prete dei giovani nel secolo delle libertà di Pietro Braido.
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The Central Salesian Archive contains numerous eyewitness reports of Don Bosco’s words and deeds, particularly in the form of chronicles and memoirs. I drew heavily on these documents for previous articles which saw the light of day in the pages of this Journal. I shall do the same for the present article.
In the framework of such a short introduction, I would like to recall some basic principles, obvious enough to most specialists.
The first half of my presentation will be historiographical: by tracing the way in which a congregation’s past has been perceived over the course of time, I will point out themes for research that seem of interest to me.
Voce di Dizionario sulla vita e l’opera di san Francesco di Sales.
Sommario:
As in the earlier article, so also in the present one, besides transcribing and translating pertinent archival documents (chiefly letters), I will try to provide an essential historical framework designed to make the sequence intelligible.
È mutato il modo di vedere il fondatore dei salesiani nel grande panorama della storiografia. Sono mutate le forme di conoscenza anche all’interno della congregazione salesiana dopo che attorno al 1960 si sono estinti gli ultimi testimoni diretti della vita del santo. Nel secondo dopoguerra si può dire giunta agli epigoni nella Chiesa l’epoca dominata dalla lettura agiografica e meramente edificante dei santi. Nel campo della storia politica e sociale sono superate, per quanto riguarda l’Italia e il Piemonte, le letture di don Bosco in chiave patriottica, risorgimentale, nazionalistica, idealistica, fascista. Lascia perplessi la mancanza di un qualsiasi cenno a don Bosco e alle sue opere in saggi di storia sociale di Torino e del Piemonte dell’800. Continue reading “Pietro Stella – Le ricerche su don Bosco nel venticinquennio 1960-1985: bilancio, problemi e proposte”
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