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KNOWING DON BOSCO
BY FATHER PASCUAL CHAVEZ, SDB
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GOD'S CALL
DON BOSCO'S CHOICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE CALL OF GOD, THE LORD OF HISTORY
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At the heart of the Old Testament God calls to Moses from the burning bush. The Lord says: “I have seen the miserable state of my people in Egypt. I have heard their appeal to be free of their slave-drivers. Yes, I am well aware of their sufferings. I mean to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land to a land rich and broad” (Exodus 3:7-8).
“I have seen … I have heard … I am well aware… I mean to deliver them.” These are four words about perfect fatherliness. God does not abandon his children. Don Bosco was called to incarnate God's fatherliness in our times.
A time of wounds
Don Bosco was living and working in a period of rapid, epoch-making change. This change was traumatic, especially in the social and ecclesiastical fields. In particular, the process that began with the Enlightenment was accelerated. This had put an end to the societas cristiana, through the triumph of agnostic and anti-Christian ideologies, with their declared incompatibility ... FULL TEXT (ENGLISH | SPANISH)
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| Commentary on the Strenna for 2012 |
My Dear Confreres,
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians,
All the Members of the Salesian Family,
Young people,
Just a short time ago we began the period of three years of preparation for the bicentennial of Don Bosco's birth. This first year offers us the opportunity to draw closer to him in order to know him from close up and always better. If we do not ...Full Text |
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Latest Edition of the Salesian Bulletin: Eastern Province USA
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Fall 2011
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