Category archives for volume 01

‘The Road Not Taken”-The Salesians’ Circuitous Road to North America

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Michael Ribotta, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco and St. Vincent’s  The Origins of Bishop Alemany  California’s First Arch Bishop  Rumors of the Champion of Youth  Alemany’s Letter to Don Bosco  Don Bosco’s Conditional Reply and Acceptance  A Mysterious Silence  The Patagonian Circuit

A Biobliographical Essay

A Bibliographical Essay

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco nella storia della cultura popolare, ed. Francesco Traniello (Collana Il Popolo Cristiano). Torino: SEI, 1987. (392 pages.) Don Bosco nella Chiesa a servizio dell’umanita: Studi e testimonianze (Istituto Storico Salesiano – Roma, Studi – 5), ed. Pietro Braido. Roma: LAS, 1987. [430 pages.) Don Bosco Fondatore della […]

Don Bosco’s Boswell: John Baptist Lemoyne-The Man and His Work

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne (1839-1916)-A Biographical Sketch Early Years Seminary Formation and Priestly Ordination Meeting With Don Bosco One Year with Don Bosco and Perpetual Profession Director of the Salesian School at Lanzo (1865-1877) Local Spiritual Director of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at Momese and Nizza […]

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB see the online journal version here Subjects: Early Sketches  Dr. Charles D’Espiney’s Don Bosco and its Enghlish Language Counterparts  Biography in the Miracle-Oriented, Laudatory Tradition  Criticism of Dr. D’Espiney’s Biography  Dr. D’Espiney’s Dom Bosco for the English-speaking public  Miss McMahon Translation of 1884  Mrs. Barker’s 1885 Adaptation of D’Espiney Dom […]

Don Bosco’s Battle Against Illiteracy

Don Boscos Battle against Illiteracy

by Michael Ribotta, SDB see the online journal version here Subjects: Education in Light of Don Bosco’s Historical Contex: Intentional Suppression Literacy Rates The Ambitions of a Poor Priest John Bosco Early Efforts The Metric System The Primacy of Morality in Education Finding Educators Parallels and Improvements from Lancasterian Education Tensions: Linguistic Regionalism Epic Secular Literature: Important Secular […]

ʺMy Charitable Mademoiselleʺ : Don Bosco’s Fifty-Eight Letters to Clara Louvet

My Charitable Mademoiselle: Don Boscos 58 Letters to Clara Louvet

by John Itzaina, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco’s First Encouter with Mademoiselle Clara Louvet Clara Louvet: A brief Sketch Content and Purpose of the Letters An Intimate and Touching Letter Clara and the Salesian Sisters A Non-Religious  Vocation to Sainthood Parallels with Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane de Chantal  

Essay Review: Memoirs of the Oratory of Saint Francis de Sales From 1815 to 1855

Memoirs of the Oratory: the Autobiography of St John Bosco

Essay review of MEMOIRS OF THE ORATORY OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES FROM 1815 TO 1855: The Autobiography of Saint John Bosco, Translated by Daniel Lyons, SDB, With notes and commentary by Eugenio Ceria, SDB; Lawrence Castelvecchi, SDB; and Michael Mendl, SDB. New Rochelle, New York: Don Bosco Publications, 1989. reviewed by Arthur J. Lenti, […]