Category archives for volume 07

The Founding and Early Expansion of the Salesian Work in the San Francisco Area from Archival Documents – Part 2: Early Expansion (1897-1910)

The Founding and Early Expansion of the Salesian Work in the San Francisco Area from Archival Documents Part 2: Early Expansion 1897 to 1910

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Introduction Preliminary Comment: The Salesian Province of St. Philip the Apostle for North America The Church of Corpus Christi at the “Mission Street Gardens” Founding of Corpus Christi Church Corpus Christi Church and the Rua-Cassini Correspondence St. Joseph Portuguese Church, Oakland, CA Historical Notice on Portuguese Immigrants and on […]

Bringing Don Bosco into the Mainstream: Lecture by Luc Van Looy, SDB

Bringing Don Bosco into the Mainstream (San Francisco, February 24, 1997)

by Luc Van Looy, SDB Subjects: Introduction Don Bosco: An Educational Genius Uniting Human Experiences in One Educational Movement Trust in the Young Communication and Information The Foreign Missions Transplant This Genius into Public Life Cultural Life Politics Social Development Conclusion: Two Strategic Points

Writing the History of a Religious Teaching Institute: Guidelines for Research, Sources and Methods (19th and 20th Centuries)

Writing the History of a Religious Teaching Institute: Guidelines for Research Sources and Methods 19th and 20th Centuries

by Paul Wynants Subjects: Some Basic Principles Historiographical Perception and Research Themes Hagiography The Sociology of Religion and “Socio-history” Sociography of a Religious Community Active Members of the Community The Members’ Places of Origin The Surrounding Milieu Structure and Organization of the Community Attitudes and Outlook of the Religious Evolution of the Group Transformations of […]

Salesian Imaging of God’s Love without Equal

Salesian Imaging of God's Love without Equal

by Eunan McDonnell, SDB Subjects: Francis de Sales’ Use of Imagery A Love that Draws Draw Us to the Odor of Your Perfumes The Breath of God that Inspires A Fatherly-Motherly Love A Fatherly Love A Motherly Love Christ Our Mother The Heart of Love The Human Heart The Divine Heart The Crucified Heart Summary

The Concept of Secularity in Salesian Documents

The Concept of Secularity in Salesian Documents

by John Rasor, SDB Subjects: Scope of This Study Theological Issues in Secularity World, Creation and Secularity in Salesian Pre-Renewal Documents Don Bosco Fuga mundi in the Rectorates of Fr. Rua and Fr. Albera Fr. Rinaldi, Brothers and Technology Fuga Mundi in the Salesian ’30s, ’40s and ’50s Fr. Ziggiotti and the Second Vatican Council […]

The Founding and Early Expansion of the Salesian Work in the San Francisco Area from Archival Documents, Part 1: The Founding Era

The Founding and Early Expansion of the Salesian Work in the SF Area from Archival Documents Part 1: The Founding Era

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB with contributions from John Rasor, SDB Subjects: Foreword Introduction San Francisco (1895-1897) First Steps Form of Agreement Gathering the Team for the Mission Under Father Raphael Piperni’s Leadership Father Piperni’s Account of the Trip from Turin to San Francisco First Experiences in San Francisco Conclusion Appendix Father Raphael Piperni’s Mission […]

Salesians and the Internet

Salesians and the Internet

by Anthony Bailey, SDB Subjects: What is the Internet? The Church and the Internet Religious Orders and the Internet Salesians on the Internet Reasons for Being There The Nature of This Presence Recommendations The Use of E-mail The Salesian Bulletin The Elderly Volunteers Salesian Intranet The Cost Conclusion

The Catholic Readings: Writing for the Masses

The Catholic Readings Writing for the Masses

by Stephen Whelan, SDB     Subjects: Introduction: The Catholic Readings as an Apostolate 1853: The Well-Instructed Catholic: A Father’s Timely Talks to His Children with a Summation by Fr. John Bosco [II Cattolico Istruito nella sua Religione: Trattenimenti di un Padre di Famiglia co’suoi Figliuoli Secondo i Bisogni del Tempo epilogati dal sac. Bosco […]

Out of Our Past: An American Venture into Seminary Training

Out of Our Past: An American Venture into Seminary Training

by Philip Pasucci, SDB Subjects: Preamble Disaster Strikes The First Planting Troy: Description of the City The First Salesian School, Aspirantate, and Novitiate in the United States The Lutherans and Concordia Collegiate Institute The First Transplanting Dedication of Columbus Institute, Hawthorne Columbus Institute Divides Wandering, but Determination Hardens The Novitiate at Cold Spring The Second […]

Key-Concepts, Concerns and Fears of a Founder-Don Bosco in His Declining Years, Part 2

Key Concepts Concerns and Fears of a Founder: Don Bosco in his Declining Years Part 2

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Introduction and Description of Archival Source Material The Minutes of the Superior Chapter from 1875 to 1888 Father Giulio Barberis’ Minutes of Meetings of the Superior Chapter Father Giovanni Battista Lemoyne’s Minutes of the Meetings of the Superior Chapter Minutes of the Alassio General Conference and of General Chapters […]

St. Francis de Sales, Bibliography of Publications in English

St Francis de Sales Bibliography of Publications in English

by Joseph Boenzi, SDB Subjects: Introduction Growing Interest in Salesian Spirituality Two Comprehensive Bibliographies Toward Identifying an English Corpus Parameters of Present and Future Work The Writings of Francis de Sales in Translation Controversies (Spiritual Conferences) Introduction à la Vie Dévote (Philothea) Introduction à la Vie Dévote (Philothea) – abridged Introduction à la Vie Dévote […]