Don Bosco’s Definitive Vocational Commitment (1844-1846): The Year 1846, Terrible and Glorious

· Arthur J. Lenti, volume 12
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by Fr. Arthur J. Lenti, SDB

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Subjects:

  • Don Bosco’s Vocation Decision and Dream of 1844
  • The Oratory at the Refuge and at St. Philomena Little Hospital in the Valdocco District, and the ”Wandering”
  • Hostility Confronting Don Bosco during the Oratory’s Wandering Period
  • Don Bosco Opposed by Local Parish Priests?
  • Don Bosco Persecuted as a “Revolutionary?”
  • Don Bosco Abandoned and Alone?
  • Settling of the Oratory on Mr. Pinardi’s Property
  • Story of the Leasing of the Shed in Don Bosco’s Memoirs
  • Additional Information from Archival Documents
  • Comments
  • Confrontation with the Marchioness Barolo – Don Bosco’s Definitive Vocational Choice
  • Context of the Confrontation
  • Don Bosco’s Poor Health and Events Leading Up to the Confrontation
  • The Confrontation
  • Don Bosco’s Illness of 1844-1846
  • On-Going and Worsening Illness
  • The Crisis
  • Acquisition of the Pinardi House and Property (1851)
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I: Father Borel’s Letter to Marchioness Barolo (January 3, 1846) Regarding Don Bosco’s Worrisome Health Condition
  • Appendix II
  • Don Bosco’s Letter to Marquis Michael Cavour, Vicar of Turin (March 13, 1846)
  • Appendix III: Marchioness Barolo’s Letter to Father Borel (May 18, 1846)
  • Appendix IV: Introduction and Historical Outline
  • From the Draft Regulations for the Oratory of St. Francis De Sales (Piano di Regolamento per l’Oratorio maschile di S. Francesco di Sales in Torino nella regione Valdocco) (1854)
  • Introduction
  • Historical Outline
  • (Cenno Storico dell’Oratorio di S. Francesco di Sales)
  • The Beginning of the Present Oratory of Valdocco and Its Development to the Present Time