Category archives for volume 02

ʺThe Most Wonderful Day of My Lifeʺ-The Sesquicentennial of Don

The Most Wonderful Day of My Life: the Sesquicentennial of Don Boscos Ordination Remembered

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Introduction Part I: The Preparation The Seminary Framework and Highlights of the Seminary Period Part II: Priesthood The Spiritual Retreat, the Keepsake and the Nine Resolutions Margaret Bosco’s Presence Conclusion

Don Bosco’s Gift to the Church: A Spirituality for Youth

Don Boscos Battle against Illiteracy

by Richard Wanner, SDB Subjects: Introduction Don Bosco as a Spiritual Writer Dominic Savio and His Biography Savio’s First Communion and Apostolate The Mystical Period of Dominic’s Life Dominic’s Final Days Canonization Conclusion

Don Bosco’s Vocation – Mission Dreams

Don Boscos Battle against Illiteracy

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Introduction Part I. Witnesses and Reports of Don Bosco’s Vocation-Mission Dreams The Vocation-Mission Dream Line in Lemoyne’s Biographical Memoirs Text and Source-critical Study of the Vocation-Mission Dream Narratives in Vol. I of the Biographical Memoirs  The First Dream (the Beech/ or Morla/do Dream-the original vocation-mission dream)  The Dream at the […]

The Day They Shut Down the Oratory School

Don Boscos Battle against Illiteracy

by Michael Ribotta, SDB Subjects: The Oratory Faces Extinction Italy’s Anticlerical Sentiments Clashes of Church and State Government Takes Charge The Seminaries of Rome Under Fire Don Bosco’s Urgent Letter of Diversion Resistance Don Bosco Wins Back His Oratory Conclusion