Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams (Part 2)

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by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB

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Subjects:

  • Prefatory Note
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Don Bosco’s Fourth and Fifth Missionary Dreams
  • Context of the Fourth and Fifth Missionary Dreams
  • Textual Tradition and Text of the Fourth Missionary Dream (the Dream of the Angels of the Missions, narrated July 2, 1885)
  • Textual Tradition of the Fourth Missionary Dream
  • Text of the Fourth Missionary Dream
  • Text According to the Lemoyne Report
  • Scene I: The Mountain and the Angel of Arpachshad
  • Scene 2: The Angel of Ham-Africa
  • Scene 3: The Nameless Angel of Australia
  • Narrator’s Conclusion and Comments
  • The Dream According to the Appendix (New Introduction and a Rewritten Arpachshad Scene)
  • Introduction, Dream Setting and Itinerary
  • The Arpachsbad Scene
  • Reporter-Editor’s Comment on the Research
  • Reconstruction of the Fourth Missionary Dream According to the Letter to Cagliero
  • Introduction-Setting, Structure and Itinerary of the Dream
  • Scene 2: The Angel of Arpachshad
  • Scene 3: The Nameless Angel of Australia
  • Narrator’s Closing Comments
  • Comments on the Arpachshad Scene and on the Itinerary
  • Textual Tradition and Text of the Fifth Missionary Dream (the Barcelona Dream of April 9-10, 1886)
  • Textual Tradition of the Fifth Missionary Dream
  • The Text of the Fifth Missionary Dream
  • Text According to the Viglietti Report
  • Reporter’s Introduction
  • Dream Setting: the Becchi Hills
  • Preliminary Scene: Brother Joseph Rossi and Fr. Rua
  • Act I: The Children, the Maiden and the Flock
  • Act II: Salesian Works on the Line Santiago-Central AfricaPeking
  • Dialogue: Preparation for the Mission
  • Chronicler’s Concluding Comment
  • Viglietti Letter-Introduction and Conclusion According to both Calligraphic Copy and Documenti
  • Lemoyne’s Additional Comments in Documenti
  • Concluding Comment
  • Part Two: Significance of Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams
  • Initial Questions
  • Knowledge of Hidden Things
  • Dream images of South America
  • Geophysical Features and Mineral Resources
  • The Natives
  • Railways
  • Foreknowledge, Premonition, Prediction
  • A Salesian Center in Patagonia at the 472 of Latitude South
  • At 102 Latitude North: San Jose (Costa Rica)?
  • Boston, MA (USA)
  • Between the 15l! and 202 Latitude South: Brasilia?
  • The Road out of Chile and Other Fantastic Highways
  • Macao, the Lofty Mountain, and China
  • Peking and China
  • Central Significance of Don Bosco’s Missionary Dreams
  • The Harvest Entrusted to the Salesians:” Hopes and Possibilities for the Mission
  • Symbolizing the Vocation-Mission of the Salesian Society on a Global Scale
  • Salvation of Souls through Evangelization- Absolute Priority of the Mission
  • Don Bosco’s Option for the Young and the Mission
  • Complementary Relationship between Civilization and Religion: Total Human Development
  • A Salesian Missionary Spirituality
  • Conclusion