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Luigi Ricceri |
Prayer: a vital problem |
Contents: Learn from Don Rua The function of the magisterium of the Congregation Prayer: a vita... |
1973 |
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Luigi Ricceri |
Our responsibility in the light of the Acts of the XIXth General Chapter |
Contents: 1. The new series of the "Acts of the Superior Council" 2. Consoling union of minds an... |
1965 - 1966 |
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Michael Mendl |
The dreams of Don Bosco |
Michael Mendl presents us with his essay on the dreams of Don Bosco. His study is a corrective for t... |
1864 - 1888 |
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John Rasor |
The salesian brother's spiritual identity |
This study will look at how the Salesian brother's vocation appears in official Salesian writings wh... |
1853 - 2002 |
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Mary Greenan |
Salesian mysticism: towards the ectasy of action |
Reflecting on Salesian spirituality brings us to the writings of St. Francis de Sales along with mod... |
1980 - 2003 |
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Joseph Boenzi |
What is salesian in Don Bosco? |
Joseph Boenzi writes of the many times that the figure of St. Francis de Sales enters into the life ... |
1833 - 1876 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's definitive vocational commitment (1844-1846) |
With his well-known capacity for research, Arthur Lenti details the year of 1846, critical for DonBo... |
1844 - 1846 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's political and religious concerns during the liberal revolution |
Fr. Arthur Lenti, in a second article, invites us to enter the political and ecclesiastical world of... |
1858 - 1871 |
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Michael Mendl |
New information on the salesians'coming to New York |
Fr. Michael Mendl, in his research has discovered "a long missing letter'' that states Don Bosco's r... |
1884 - 1885 |
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Josephine Giorgi |
St. Luigi Versiglia and Bishop Walsh of Maryknoll |
A different type of writing comes to us from Josephine Giorgi, the second cousin of St. Luigi Versig... |
1930 - 1931 |
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Charles N. Bransom |
Sons of Don Bosco, successors of the apostles, salesian bishops |
Charles N. Bransom, Jr. has graciously offered his study of Salesian Bishops for our publication. Th... |
1884 - 2001 |
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Arthur Lenti |
The life of young Dominic Savio |
Recalling the fiftieth anniversary of the beatification of St. Dominic Savio, Arthur Lenti reflects ... |
1842 - 1857 |
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Michael Mendl |
"The zeal of the salesians is just the thing". Founding of the salesian work in New York |
Over one hundred years ago, on November 28, 1898, three Salesians arrived in New York to initiate a ... |
1897 - 1911 |
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John Dickson |
An introduction to Don Rua's letters to England |
Michael Rua (1837-1910) was a pupil, then the lifetime collaborator and finally, the first successor... |
1889 - 1909 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Madonnas for times of trouble |
The question of the circumstances in which Don Bosco became the champion of the Virgin Mary under th... |
1842 - 1872 |
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Christopher Ford |
Quality, culture and charism |
In the article Fr. Christopher Ford investigates the theme of "culture of education" in Catholic sch... |
1971 - 1994 |
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Nancy J. Bowden |
Unwrapping the gifts: Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the salesian vision of women |
This article furthers the theme of collaboration between women and men, showing this as central to S... |
1700 |
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Mary Greenan |
Towards intimacy: beyond power games and control needs |
Sr. Mary Greenan, FMA presents the theme of collaboration in a commentary on the recent letter of Fr... |
1906 - 1998 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Politics of the "Our Father" and the holy father: Don Bosco's mediation in Church-State affairs |
Fr. Arthur J. Lenti tells the story of Don Bosco' s efforts to mediate between the Holy See and the ... |
1858 - 1878 |
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Rik Biesmans |
Aesthetics in Don Bosco's educational system |
The word "Aesthetics" sounds somewhat abstract in English, but it represents a theme that has been e... |
1876 - 1884 |
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Arthur Lenti |
Don Bosco's beatification and canonization |
This article is written by our own Arthur J. Lenti, of the Institute of Salesian Spirituality in Ber... |
1890 - 1953 |
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Francis Desramaut |
Contemporary spirituality of the salesian family |
A noted Salesian scholar and author, Fr. Desramaut has recently undertaken a work of major proportio... |
1950 - 1998 |
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Francis J. Moloney |
Salesians beyond 2000 |
In the article, Fr. Frank looks at the images of God and Community and poses questions that young pe... |
1980 - 1999 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
“Memoirs of the oratory” in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
Written over several occasions between 1873 and 1875, the manuscript of the Memoirs of the Oratory r... |
1815 - 1855 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Exemplary biographies" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
The biographical profiles of Louis Comollo (in the 1854 edition), Dominic Savio, Michael Magone and ... |
1844 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Section six. Spiritual Testament" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The sixth part contains most of what, in Salesian tradition, is known as the “Spiritual Testament”. ... |
1841 - 1888 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Section five. Zeal for the salvation of souls Don Bosco’s models" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work, Collected works" |
Efforts to reform society along Christian lines, undertaken in the Turin diocese after the fall of N... |
1860 - 1868 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Section four. The marian dimension of salesian spirituality" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
Don Bosco, a tireless apostle of Marian devotion, emphasised the role of the Blessed Virgin for salv... |
1858 - 1877 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Spiritual advice for friends, cooperators and benefactors" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
Don Bosco’s correspondence with the Cooperators and friends, lay and clerical, always contains detai... |
1862 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Cooperators in the salesian mission" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The first text (no. 272) included here is an extract from a long conference which Don Bosco gave at ... |
1877 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Spiritual resources of the christian" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
All the means of salvation are to be found in the Church, where holiness and charity flourish. Don B... |
1856 - 1868 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Formation of the Salesians through conferences and dream accounts" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The years of foundation and consolidation of the Salesian Society and the Institute of the Daughters... |
1858 - 1881 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Personal letters to Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of christians" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
These brief items of correspondence, written in familiar tone, contain simple advice on spiritual li... |
1863 - 1884 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Circular letters to Salesians and the daughters of Mary Help of Christians" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
Don Bosco’s Circular letters to the Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians are small mas... |
1867 - 1886 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Constitutional documents" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The first document contained in this part (no. 225) is the oldest text of the rule that we have. It ... |
1858 - 1885 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Don Bosco’s ‘theology’ of religious life" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
As an introduction to the first Italian edition of the Salesian Constitutions, published in 1875, Do... |
1875 - 1885 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Spiritual formation of the young through preaching, “goodnights” and dream accounts" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
In Don Bosco’s educational system preaching has special importance, both that which is bound up with... |
1858 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Sodalities and spiritual friendships" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
Christian education of youth in popular works with a markedly missionary character like the Oratorie... |
1847 - 1857 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Spiritual counsel in Don Bosco’s letters to boys and older youth" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
St John Bosco’s correspondence mirrors his manifold activities as a promoter of educational and welf... |
1860 - 1879 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"The companion of youth" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The first edition of Il giovane provveduto (in English The Companion of Youth) appeared in 1847 and ... |
1847 - 1887 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Deliberations of the last General Chapters Don Bosco presided over (1883-1886)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
Amongst the documents drawn up by the third (1883) and fourth (1886) General Chapter of the Salesian... |
1883 - 1886 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"The two “official” regulations (1877)" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
In the years from 1853 to 1862, Valdocco was transformed from a festive Oratory—an open institution—... |
1877 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"School and boarding house at Mornese Nizza Monferrato - FMA (1873-1878)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
The Programme—also called Regulations—of the school in Mornese was printed by Don Bosco at the Orato... |
1873 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"First salesian colleges founded outside Turin (1863-1864)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
In 1863, Saint John Bosco undertook a pivotal study by founding the Mirabello College and crafting m... |
1863 - 1864 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Summary of goodnights to the boys at Valdocco (1864-1877)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
Amongst the more original practices put in place as part of the educational praxis at Valdocco, and ... |
1864 - 1877 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Educational reading and spreading good books (1860-1885)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
In the late 19th century, Saint John Bosco, or Don Bosco, expressed deep concern over the detrimenta... |
1860 - 1885 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Pedagogical and didactic principles and disciplinary matters (1846-1879)" in “Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works” |
The ten brief documents that follow—some perhaps less known than the previous ones in Salesian histo... |
1846 - 1879 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Reminders to practise the Preventive System (1884-1885)" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works" |
In his 1877 booklet on pedagogy, Don Bosco highlights the advantages of the Preventive System and ot... |
1884 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Prevention and education (1877-1878): The Preventive System in the Education of the Young" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected Works" |
"The Preventive System in the Education of the Young" (1877) is a foundational work by Don Bosco, em... |
1877 - 1878 |
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Giovanni Bosco |
"Guidelines for running salesian houses (1863-1887)" in "Salesian Sources 1. Don Bosco and his work. Collected works" |
The Confidential Reminders, originating from a letter to Fr. Michael Rua in 1863, evolved into a com... |
1863 - 1887 |