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Blessed Philip Rinaldi as I Knew Him

by Peter M. Rinaldi, SDB Subjects: Our Guiding Star You Know Where to Find Me Do Not Grieve for Paul You Have My Blessing His Letters Random Notes from an Old Diary An Altar in My Heart

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

The Convitto Ecclesiastico: Where One Learnt to Be a Priest

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: 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 […]

Once Upon a Time in Old New York

Once Upon a Time in Old New York

by Philip Pascucci, SDB Subjects: Background The Archbishop of Boston, Don Bosco and Father Rua The Melting Pot The First Calls to New York City’s Melting Pot The Efforts to Obtain Salesians Continue The Final Answer The Arrival at New York’s Melting Pot Planting the Seed The Seed Sprouts The Seed Becomes A Young Sapling […]

Hero and Villain: Don Bosco as Seen in the Press of His Time

Hero and Villain: Don Bosco as Seen in the Press of His Time

by Michael Ribotta, SDB Subjects: Piedmont and Early Press Censorship The Disillusioned Journalist Don Bosco’s History of Italy and Press Reaction The Gazzetta del Popolo- the Anticlericals’ Battering Ram Turin’s “Humorous” Papers to the Attack Death Comes for Don Bosco: Hero to Some Villain to Others The Priest- First Victim of Risorgimento Anticlericalism

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

‘The Road Not Taken”-The Salesians’ Circuitous Road to North America

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Michael Ribotta, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco and St. Vincent’s  The Origins of Bishop Alemany  California’s First Arch Bishop  Rumors of the Champion of Youth  Alemany’s Letter to Don Bosco  Don Bosco’s Conditional Reply and Acceptance  A Mysterious Silence  The Patagonian Circuit

A Biobliographical Essay

A Bibliographical Essay

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco nella storia della cultura popolare, ed. Francesco Traniello (Collana Il Popolo Cristiano). Torino: SEI, 1987. (392 pages.) Don Bosco nella Chiesa a servizio dell’umanita: Studi e testimonianze (Istituto Storico Salesiano – Roma, Studi – 5), ed. Pietro Braido. Roma: LAS, 1987. [430 pages.) Don Bosco Fondatore della […]

Don Bosco’s Boswell: John Baptist Lemoyne-The Man and His Work

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB Subjects: 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 […]

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

The Earliest Biographies of Don Bosco and Their English Translations

by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB see the online journal version here Subjects: Early Sketches  Dr. Charles D’Espiney’s Don Bosco and its Enghlish Language Counterparts  Biography in the Miracle-Oriented, Laudatory Tradition  Criticism of Dr. D’Espiney’s Biography  Dr. D’Espiney’s Dom Bosco for the English-speaking public  Miss McMahon Translation of 1884  Mrs. Barker’s 1885 Adaptation of D’Espiney Dom […]

Don Bosco’s Battle Against Illiteracy

Don Boscos Battle against Illiteracy

by Michael Ribotta, SDB see the online journal version here Subjects: Education in Light of Don Bosco’s Historical Contex: Intentional Suppression Literacy Rates The Ambitions of a Poor Priest John Bosco Early Efforts The Metric System The Primacy of Morality in Education Finding Educators Parallels and Improvements from Lancasterian Education Tensions: Linguistic Regionalism Epic Secular Literature: Important Secular […]

ʺMy Charitable Mademoiselleʺ : Don Bosco’s Fifty-Eight Letters to Clara Louvet

My Charitable Mademoiselle: Don Boscos 58 Letters to Clara Louvet

by John Itzaina, SDB Subjects: Don Bosco’s First Encouter with Mademoiselle Clara Louvet Clara Louvet: A brief Sketch Content and Purpose of the Letters An Intimate and Touching Letter Clara and the Salesian Sisters A Non-Religious  Vocation to Sainthood Parallels with Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane de Chantal  

Essay Review: Memoirs of the Oratory of Saint Francis de Sales From 1815 to 1855

Memoirs of the Oratory: the Autobiography of St John Bosco

Essay review of MEMOIRS OF THE ORATORY OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES FROM 1815 TO 1855: The Autobiography of Saint John Bosco, Translated by Daniel Lyons, SDB, With notes and commentary by Eugenio Ceria, SDB; Lawrence Castelvecchi, SDB; and Michael Mendl, SDB. New Rochelle, New York: Don Bosco Publications, 1989. reviewed by Arthur J. Lenti, […]