Don Bosco’s Last Years, His Last Illness and Saintly Death from Eyewitness Accounts

Don Boscos Last Years: His Last Illness and Saintly Death

Introduction
Part I: Chronicles and Memoirs
I-Carlo Maria Viglietti: His Chronicles and Memoirs
(1)Viglietti, Don Bosco’s Secretary
(2)Viglietti’s Chronicles and Memoirs
[i] Original Chronicle
[ii] Transcribed and Edited Chronicle 1884-1888
[iii] Short Autobiographical Memoir
[iv] Diary
[v] Additional Chronicle 1884-85
[vi] Scrapbook-Style Collection 1886-1896
[vii] Partial Calligraphic Chronicle 1884-1885
II-Pietro Giuseppe Enria and His Memoirs
(1)Enria, Don Bosco’s Sick-Room Attendant
(2)Enria’s Memoir
III-Antonio Sala and His Memoir
(1)A Word about the Man
(2)Sala’s Memoir
IV-Francesco Cerruti and His Memoir
V-Father Michael Rua’s Reports
VI-Dr. Giovanni Albertotti and His Biography of Don Bosco
Part II: Don Bosco’s Bouts with Illness and the Years of His Decline
I-Antecedent Medical History
II-The Crises of 1884
(1)February 1884
(2)Journey to France and Dr. P.-M Combal’s Diagnosis
(3)September 1884
III-The Period of Quasi-Retirement and Decline (1885-1887)
(1)The Trip to Southern France in Early 1885
(2)Summer and Autumn of 1885
(3)Don Bosco’s trip to Spain (Barcelona) in Early 1886
[i] Passing through Southern France
[ii] Barcelona
(4)Back in Turin in the Latter Half of 1886
(5)Don Bosco in Early 1887
(6)The Last Journey—to Rome
(7)Summer and Autumn of 1887
(8)Foreboding of the End: December 1-20, 1887
Part III: Don Bosco’s Last Illness and Saintly Death
Introductory Comment of the Nature of Don Bosco’s Last Illness
I-The First Crisis: December 20-31, 1887
II-Period of Illusory Recovery: January 1-20, 1888
III-The Final Crisis and Don Bosco’s Saintly Death: January 21-31, 1888
(1)Sudden and Inexorable Relapse: January 21-28, 1888
(2)Hope No More: January 29, 1888
Conclusion

Don Bosco’s Vocation-Mission Dream-Its Recurrence and Significance

Don Boscos Vocation Mission Dreams

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 Age of 16 (First Turco-Related Dream)
The Dream at the Age of 19
The Dream at the Age of Twenty-one
The Dream at the Age of Twenty-two
Text and Source-Critical Study of the Vocation-Mission Dream Narratives in Vol. II of the Biographical Memoirs
The Dream of 1844
The First & Second Dream of the Holy Martyrs
Sources of the First and Second Dream of the Holy Martyrs
Context of the First and Second Dream of the Holy Martyrs
The Textual Tradition of the First Dream of the Holy Martyrs
The Textual Tradition of the Second Dream of the Holy Martyrs
Comparative Table and Reference Data of Dream Source Texts Compiled and Interpreted in the Biographical Memoirs
Part II. Don Bosco’s Vocation-Mission Dreams in Their Historical Setting and Their Significance for Vocational Discernment at Critical Turning Points
Evaluation of Data and Conclusions to Be Drawn from the Foregoing Text and Source-critical Study
Don Bosco’s Memoirs-the Point of Reference
First Vocational Awareness and the First Dream at the Age of Nine
The Calosso Experience and the Dream of ‘Reprimand’
Vocational Decision at Chieri
Vocation Decision in 1844
Conclusion
APPENDIX I: THE FIRST (BECCHl/MORIALDO) DREAM AT THE AGE OF
NINE/TEN
APPENDIX II: THE FIRST TURCO-RELATED DREAM
APPENDIX III: THE DREAM OF ‘IMPERIOUS COMMAND’
APPENDIX IV: THE CLOTHES-MENDING DREAM
APPENDIX V: THE SECOND TURCO-REIATED DREAM
APPENDIX VI: THE DREAM OF 1844
APPENDIX VII: THE FIRST DREAM OF THE HOLY MARTYRS
APPENDIX VIII: THE SECOND DREAM OF THE HOLY MARTYRS

Bosco’s “Boswell” Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne and his Work

Don Boscos Boswell John Baptist Lemoyne: The Man and His Work

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 (1877-1883)
Secretary to Don Bosco and to the Superior Chapter (1883-1916)
Father Lemoyne and the Biographical Memoirs
The Origin of a Biography and the Choice of Lemoyne for the Work
Lemoyne’s Systematic Search for and Collection of Biographical Documentation
Lemoyne’s Documenti
The Biographical Memoirs
Schematic View of the Publication History of the Biographical Memoirs in the Original Italian Edition
Lemoyne as Historian – His Method in Editing the Biographical Memoirs
Lemoyne’s Compilation Method
Lemoyne’s Interpretation of Documents
Lemoyne’s Use of Documentation
Lemoyne’s Charismatic Portrayal of Don Bosco