Salesian Bulletin
Type | Monthly bulletin |
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Format | Different formats for every edition |
Owner(s) | The Salesian Congregation |
Publisher | Salesian provinces |
Editor | Salesian Family |
Founded | 1877 |
Language | 29 languages |
Headquarters | In 135 countries |
The Salesian Bulletin is an official publication[1] of the Salesians that was founded in August 1877 by Don Bosco. It has been published without interruption since then. The purpose of the Salesian Bulletin is the proliferation of the educational works of Don Bosco all over the world. As for 2010, the Bulletin was published in 56 different editions and 29 languages for 135 countries.[2]
Purpose
The Salesian Bulletin was established by Don Bosco. It was linked initially with the foundation of the Association of Salesian Cooperators and the first Salesian missionaries in the Americas. Don Bosco intended that the Bulletin, as the official publication of the Salesian Congregation, "will link Salesians and cooperators."[1]
History
The Salesian Bulletin comes from a former experience that Don Bosco had in having his own publication. Although the researchers never found a copy, it traced a second issue by August 1875 named Bibliofilo Cattolico (The Catholic Booklover) that was printed in the Oratory Press of Don Bosco. The Catholic Booklover was dedicated to late vocations.[3] The first editions were published in Italian, but it will be soon not just translated by edited in several languages between the 19th and 20th century.
Expansion
In August 1877, Don Bosco did a transformation of the Bibliofilo Cattolico to Monthly Salesian Bulletin (Bollettino Salesiano Mensile). The fact that Don Bosco numbered it as 5 and volume 3, proved the continuity with the Bibliofilo.[3]
The first language was French, followed by Spanish in 1886. Don Bosco died early 1888 and the continuity of the publication passed to his successors.
Year country and language of the expansion of the Salesian Bulletin:
Country | Language | Year | Notes |
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![]() | Italian | 1877[3] | Founded directly by Don Bosco in Turin. |
![]() | French | 1879[4] | |
![]() | Spanish | 1886[4] | The Bulletin was distributed also in Latin America. |
![]() | English | 1892[4] | |
![]() | German | 1895[4] | |
![]() | Polish | 1897[4] | |
![]() | Portuguese | 1902[4] | |
![]() | Hungarian | 1903[4] | |
![]() | Slovenian | 1907[4] | |
![]() | Lithuanian | 1927[4] |
1878 controversy with Archbishop Gastaldi
In May 1878, a controversy began between Don Bosco and the Archbishop of Turin, Lawrence Gastaldi, when Gastaldi prohibited a campaign to gather funds for the construction of Saint John the Evangelist church that was made by the Salesian Bulletin in May 1878. Gastaldi saw the project of Don Bosco as opposed to the construction of other church dedicated to late Pope Pius IX.[5] The Salesian Bulletin published an article on April, The Salesian Cooperators to the Everlasting Memory of the Great Pius IX (the Pope who died in February 1878), appealing to the charity of the Salesian cooperators to support the project.
In a letter signed by Cardinal Alexander Franchi, the Archbishop communicated to Don Bosco that he was going to build a church in honor of the deceased Pope and, therefore, "a dual appeal to Christian charity for one and the same purpose seems inadvisable".[5]
Don Bosco answered to the Cardinal that the appeal was not for the faithful but for the Salesian cooperators and that it was published in Sampierdarena and not in Turin, being, therefore, under the authority of the Archbishop of Genoa. The answer of Don Bosco was contested by the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars where he was prohibited to continue with the project of the new church.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Ceria, Eugenio; Diego Borgatello (1983). The Bibliographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco, volume XIII (1877 - 1878). New Rochelle, New York: Salesiana Publisher. p. 61. ISBN 0-89944-013-4.
- ^ "The Salesian Bulletin". Eircom, Dublin. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b c Ceria, Eugenio; Diego Borgatello (1983). The Bibliographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco, volume XIII (1877 - 1878). New Rochelle, New York: Salesiana Publisher. p. 191. ISBN 0-89944-013-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Salesian Bulletin in the World". eircom, Ireland. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ a b Ceria, Eugenio; Diego Borgatello (1983). The Bibliographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco, volume XIII (1877 - 1878). New Rochelle, New York: Salesiana Publisher. pp. 445–465. ISBN 0-89944-013-4.
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- St. Francis de Sales (Patron)
- St. John Bosco (Founder)
- Ven. Margherita Occhiena (Mother of John Bosco)
- Fr. Giovanni Melchiorre Calosso (Mentor)
- Luigi Comollo (Friend)
- St. Joseph Cafasso (Spiritual Director)
- St. Callistus Caravario
- St. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (Co-founder of the Salesian Sisters)
- St. Leonardo Murialdo
- St. Dominic Savio
- St. Luigi Versiglia
- St. Artémides Zatti
- Bl. Alexandrina of Balazar
- Bl. Józef Kowalski
- Bl. Pope Pius IX (Called John Bosco's Pope)
- Bl. Ceferino Namuncurá
- Bl. Luigi Variara
- Bl. Laura Vicuña
Rectors Major |
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- St. Mary's English High School, Maligaon
- Archbishop Shaw High School
- Cristo Rey Tampa High School
- Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School
- Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga
- Don Bosco College, Canlubang
- Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
- Don Bosco Formation Center
- Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah
- Don Bosco High School (Imphal)
- Don Bosco High School, Lagawe
- Don Bosco High School, Tinsukia
- Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur
- Don Bosco Preparatory High School
- Don Bosco School Ernakulam
- Don Bosco School, Manila
- Don Bosco School, Park Circus
- Don Bosco Technical College
- Don Bosco Technical College–Cebu
- Don Bosco Technical High School (Boston)
- Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati
- Don Bosco Technical Institute, Tarlac
- Don Bosco Technical Institute, Victorias
- Don Bosco Technical Institute
- Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong
- Immaculata-LaSalle High School
- Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School
- Salesian College (Chadstone)
- Salesian College (Rupertswood)
- Salesian College Celbridge
- Salesian College Preparatory
- Salesian College, Battersea
- Salesian College, Farnborough
- Salesian English School
- Salesian High School (Los Angeles)
- Salesian High School (New York)
- Salesian High School (South Korea)
- Salesian School, Chertsey
- Salesiano Valparaíso
- Salesianum School
- Savio Preparatory High School
- St John Bosco Arts College
- St John Bosco College, Battersea
- St Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully
- St. Anthony's Higher Secondary School, Shillong
- St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School
- St. Petersburg Catholic High School
- Tang King Po School
- The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
- Thornleigh Salesian College
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