The Bosco-Gastaldi Conflict (1872-82), Part II

The Bosco Gastaldi Conflict Part II

Introduction: Establishing a Framework
Part I. The Bosco-Gastaldi Conflict from the Approval of the Salesian Constitutions to Archbishop
Fissore’s Failed Mediation (May 1874 – February 1875)
Recalling the Issues in Context
Initial Action by the Protagonists: Renewed Recourse To Rome
The Planned Spiritual Retreat for School Teachers
An Incident Regarding the Giving of the Clerical Habit
Don Bosco’s Acceptance of Diocesan Seminarians and
New Appeals to Rome
Further Episodes and Don Bosco’s Appeals to Rome
Archbishop Fissore’s Mediation
Part II. Developments and Episodes in the Years 1875-77 Leading to the Break
Don Bosco’s Petition for More Extended Privileges
The Work of Mary Help of Christians (Sons of Mary) and the Salesian Cooperators-and Gastaldi’s
Opposition
Don Bosco’s Supposed “Suspension”
Gastaldi’s Threatened Resignation
Don Bosco’s Publication of Graces of Mary Help of Christians
Archbishop Federico Aneiros’ Visit
Former Diocesan Seminarian Father Angelo Maria Rocca
Father Giovanni Perenchio and Father Giuseppe Lazzero
Part III. The Final Phase Of The Bosco-Gastaldi Connict (1878-1882)
The Five Anonymous Anti-Gastaldi Pamphlets
The Bonetti-Gastaldi Confrontation: Origin and Early Development to Father Bonetti’s Suspension (1878-1879)
Development of the Bonetti-Gastaldi Controversy with Don Bosco’s Involvement (1879-1880)
The Bosco-Gastaldi Conflict after the Appearance of the Defamatory Pamphlets to the Conclusion of the Bonetti Affair and the Concordia (1880-1882)
Concluding Comments on the Final Phase of the Conflict
General Concluding Comments and Evaluation
Bibliographical Note

The Convitto Ecclesiastico – “Where One Learnt to be a Priest”

The Convitto Ecclesiastico: Where One Learnt to Be a Priest

Introduction
Historical Context: Trends in Theology and Ecclesiology
The Jesuits and Their Activity
The ‘Amicizie’
The Congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary
Projects for the Convitto
The Convitto Established at St. Francis of Assisi
Life and Spirit at the Convitto
The Convitto’s Holy Patrons
The Preamble: “Reasons”
Chapter I: “Daily Time Table”
Chapter II: “Rules”
The Additional Paragraphs
Academic Activity at the Convitto
Practical Pastoral Experiences of the Convitto Students
The Convitto’s Survival and Growth: The Guala Rectorate (1817-1848)
The Convitto’s Halcyon Period:
The Cafasso Rectorate (1848-1860)
The Convitto After Fr. Cafasso: Crisis in the Gastaldi Period (1860-1876)
The Convitto’s Deepening Crisis and Closure
Fr. Giuseppe Allamano and the New Convitto