Early Salesian Regulations: Formation in the Preventive System

· John Rasor, volume 08
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by John Rasor, SDB

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Subjects:

  • Introduction
  • Overview of the Regulations’ Development
  • The Regulations for the Oratory
  • The Regulations for the Houses
  • Table 1. Structures of the Regulations for the Oratory and the Regulations for the Houses
  • Adding, Changing and Subtracting Offices
  • Adding the Preventive System
  • The Work of the First Six General Chapters
  • The Annual Conferences
  • GC 1 and GC 2
  • GC 3 to GC 5
  • Codification by GC 6 on Structure of GC 2
  • Table 2. Comparison of GC 2, R 1894 Structures
  • GC 7 to GC 9, and the Growing Problem with the Constitutions
  • GC 10, a New Kind of Chapter
  • Table 3. Structures of R 1877, R 1894, and R 1906
  • GC 12 and the Great Codification of 1923-1925
  • Table 4. Structures of R 1906 and R 1925
  • GC 15 and Its Aftermath: Salesian Formation
  • GC 19 and the 1967 Constitutions and Regulations
  • Table 5: Arrangement of the Formation Regulations in R 1925, R 1957, and R 1967
  • The Preventive System in the Early Regulations
  • Individual Regulations Versions
  • Importance of the Regulations for the Oratory
  • Table 6: Adaptation of an Assistance Rule to More General Situations
  • Importance of R 1877
  • Purpose and Components of Education
  • Preliminary Reflections
  • Evolution of the List
  • Reason
  • Appeal to Reason in Piety Articles
  • Staff Meetings
  • “Good Christians and Honest Citizens”
  • Religion
  • Work for Souls
  • Word of God and the Sacraments
  • Kindness
  • Formation to Practice the Preventive System
  • Ongoing Formation and Meetings
  • Practical Training
  • Table 7. Articles on Practical Training from GC 5 to 1967R
  • Conclusion: The Salesian Spirit in the Old Regulations
  • The Formation Model
  • Role of the Preventive System
  • Role of the Director