Tag archives for Michael Mendl

by Michael Mendl, SDB Subjects: Introduction The New York Context The City of New York The Church in New York Italians in New York Italians and the Church in New York The Salesians in New York: Settling In Arrival Initial Efforts among the Italians Increased Personnel for the Italian Mission The Salesians in New York: […]

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 […]

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, […]