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Linee Pedagogiche Dell'istituto Delle Figlie Di ISTITUTO STORICO SALESIANO CENTRO STUDI FIGLIE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE SVILUPPO DEL CARISMA DI DON BOSCO FINO ALLA METÀ DEL SECOLO XX Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Storia Salesiana ISTITUTO STORICO SALESIANO CENTRO STUDI FIGLIE DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE SVILUPPO DEL CARISMA DI DON BOSCO FINO ALLA METÀ DEL SECOLO XX RELAZIONI Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Storia Salesiana (Nel Bicentenario della nascita di Don Bosco Roma, 19-23 novembre 2014) a cura di Aldo Giraudo, Grazia Loparco, José Manuel Prellezo, Giorgio Rossi LAS - ROMA © 2016 by LAS - Libreria Ateneo Salesiano Piazza del l’Ateneo Salesiano, 1 - 00139 ROMA Tel. 06 87290626 - Fax 06 87290629 - e-mail: [email protected] - https://www.editricelas.it ISBN 978-88-213-1190-1 ––––––––––– Elaborazione elettronica: LAS Stampa: Tip. Istituto Salesiano Pio XI - Via Umbertide 11 - Roma PRESENTAZIONE Il 31 gennaio 2011, Solennità di San Giovanni Bosco, don Pascual Chávez Villa- nueva, nono successore del Fondatore della Società Salesiana, dirige ai confratelli una lettera, la cui finalità e il cui contenuto sono espressi sinteticamente nel titolo della lettera stessa: Preparazione del bicentenario della nascita di Don Bosco1. La lettera del Rettor Maggiore rimarca innanzitutto che il Bicentenario di Don Bosco, da celebrarsi il 16 agosto 2015, deve costituire un importante evento per i Salesiani, per la Famiglia Salesiana e per il Movimento Giovanile Salesiano. Don Pa- scual Chávez segnala poi tre tappe principali nel cammino di preparazione al Bicen- tenario. Ad ogni anno preparatorio viene assegnato il compito di approfondire e di diffondere aspetti o nuclei rilevanti e caratteristici del carisma salesiano: conoscenza della storia di Don Bosco; pedagogia di Don Bosco; spiritualità di Don Bosco)2. Per raggiungere i traguardi prospettati, nello scritto del Rettor Maggiore sono presentate poi diverse iniziative da attuare, tra cui si mette in particolare rilievo un fatto considerato di speciale interesse, cioè il Congresso Internazionale di Studi Sa- lesiani sullo “Sviluppo del carisma di Don Bosco”, da tenersi presso il “Salesianum” di Roma nel mese di novembre del 2014. Pur con alcune lievi varianti alla formulazione del titolo e con qualche precisazio- ne del periodo di studio da prendere in considerazione, il Congresso sullo “Sviluppo del carisma di Don Bosco fino alla metà del secolo XX” venne celebrato con buona riuscita nei giorni 19-23 novembre 2014. Le modifiche accennate scaturirono dalle riflessioni fra i membri di tre “gruppi di ricerca”, costituiti già nell’estate del 2011, in consonanza con i tre nuclei che si intendevano studiare nel Congresso: storia, pedagogia, spiritualità. L’incarico affidato a ciascuno dei tre gruppi di studiosi, composti da SDB e FMA, era questo: precisare adeguatamente il titolo del Congresso; delimitare il periodo storico da prendere in considerazione; fissare i principali temi di studio; individuare gli esperti che avrebbero dovuto presentare nel Congresso il risultato delle proprie investigazioni. Dal punto di vista metodologico-organizzativo i tre gruppi di ricerca sono giunti a condividere una decisione di notevole significato. Così si era stabilito: “ogni trattazio- ne, quando l’argomento lo comporta, sia svolta da una FMA e da un SDB; il risultato da esporre venga scritto da entrambi i relatori, documentando così l’unicità del carisma salesiano ed evidenziando, d’altra parte, cosa c’è di simile e cosa invece di diverso negli orientamenti ideali e nella pratica delle congregazioni fondate da don Bosco”. 1 P. ChÁvez, Preparazione del bicentenario della nascita di Don Bosco, Lettera ai confratelli Prot. 11/048, Roma, 31 gennaio 2011. 2 Cf Istituto Storico Salesiano, Fonti salesiane. 1. Don Bosco e la sua opera. Raccolta anto- logica. Roma, LAS 2014. 6 Presentazione Allo scopo poi di aprire gli orizzonti di ricerca ad altre prospettive, furono pure invitati a partecipare nel Congresso con un contributo su un tema definito nel pro- gramma generale, alcuni studiosi ed esperti non appartenenti strettamente alla cer- chia salesiana. Essi hanno offerto ai congressisti stimoli e prospettive fecondi, raccol- ti negli Atti del Congresso. L’impegno di preparazione degli Atti e la loro pubblicazione sono stati affidati in un primo momento unicamente all’Istituto Storico Salesiano (ISS) che, per Statuto, ha due fini principali: a) “mettere a disposizione nelle forme idealmente e tecni- camente valide i documenti del ricco patrimonio spirituale lasciato da don Bosco e sviluppato dai suoi continuatori”. b) “promuoverne nei modi più congruenti lo studio, l’illustrazione e la diffusione” (St. art. 1). La partecipazione dell’ISS nell’ambito dei lavori del Congresso non si è limitata all’opera, pur importante, della fase finale, vale a dire alla revisione dei manoscrit- ti originali dei contributi presentati nel Congresso. Alcuni membri dell’ISS hanno preso parte alla elaborazione del primo progetto e poi ai diversi momenti dell’or- ganizzazione e attuazione del Congresso, come coordinatori dei gruppi di ricerca, stabilendo e mantenendo stretti contatti con gli autori delle Relazioni e Comunica- zioni nel settore della propria competenza. Un numero non irrilevante di membri dello stesso ISS ha partecipato inoltre nel lavoro di ricerca, offrendo un contributo di studio in consonanza con il proprio settore di specializzazione presso l’Università Pontificia Salesiana. Analogo discorso va fatto a riguardo del nutrito numero di FMA, che come docenti della Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione “Auxilium” o membri dell’ACSSA e dei menzionati gruppi di ricerca, hanno dato un apporto rilevante, prima all’organiz- zazione del Congresso e poi alla preparazione della pubblicazione dei diversi contribu- ti. Nel frattempo l’approvazione del Centro Studi sulle FMA (CSFMA) nella Facoltà Auxilium ha favorito il suo coinvolgimento nel lavoro redazionale. L’accoglienza, da parte dell’ISS e del CSFMA, della proposta di farsi carico di pubblicare gli Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Studi Salesiani non ha significato un cambio di orientamento nell’impostazione o nei contenuti dell’opera pubblicata; anzi, la presentazione dei singoli contributi e l’articolazione generale dei materiali raccolti rispondono a orientamenti condivisi dall’ISS, dal CSFMA e dai componenti del gruppo organizzatore del Congresso. La considerazione del numero rilevante e variegato degli scritti sul carisma di Don Bosco presentati nel Congresso del Bicentenario della sua nascita, e special- mente il proposito di diffonderne i contenuti mediante mezzi funzionali ed eco- nomici, hanno mosso il Comitato di redazione a prendere la decisione di fare due pubblicazioni distinte: un volume in formato cartaceo (oltre che in formato digitale) e uno in formato solo digitale. – Volume in formato cartaceo (ed anche in formato digitale): contiene il testo delle relazioni, ossia i contributi presentati e discussi nelle sessioni generali del Con- gresso, strutturate in tre sezioni: 1. Storia dell’opera salesiana; 2. Storia della pedago- gia e dell’educazione salesiana; 3. Storia della spiritualità salesiana. Presentazione 7 – Volume in formato digitale (e.book): contiene le comunicazioni, ossia gli in- terventi esposti nelle diverse sessioni parallele del Congresso, strutturate ancora in tre sezioni tematiche: 1. L’inserimento dell’opera salesiana in differenti contesti cul- turali; 2. Esperienze educative salesiane in diversi continenti; 3. Spiritualità e santità salesiana. I contenuti delle relazioni e comunicazioni sono preceduti da alcune note tecniche e da qualche intervento introduttivo, riguardanti la cornice in cui gli Atti stessi tro- vano una propria collocazione: Sommario, Organizzazione del Congresso, Elenco dei relatori, Sigle e abbreviazioni utilizzate nell’apparato tecnico della pubblicazione, Saluto ai Congressisti, Introduzione generale. Il volume è corredato da diversi indici: Indice generale, Indice dei nomi propri di persona, Indice dei nomi propri di luogo; tali indici consentono di agevolare la ricerca e consultazione degli svariati e ricchi apporti proposti dalla pubblicazione degli Atti. Chiudiamo queste note di presentazione con un vivo ringraziamento a quanti con generosità e competenza hanno contribuito a portare a termine la celebrazione del Congresso Internazionale di Storia Salesiana 2014 e, in particolare, la pubbli- cazione degli Atti del medesimo. L’elenco completo di quanti, a diversi livelli e in momenti differenti, hanno offerto il loro supporto sarebbe troppo lungo. Rimandia- mo ai membri dei differenti organismi organizzatori indicati nelle pagine seguenti. Limitandoci qui a ricordare soltanto alcuni collaboratori che, per esigenze dell’im- pegno affidato a loro dai colleghi o per scelta e impegno personale, hanno dato uno speciale contributo alla riuscita del Congresso e poi alla preparazione e pubblicati degli Atti. Va preso in considerazione il lavoro del segretario logistico del Congresso, don Saimy Exhanikatt, del segretario del Gruppo di Coordinamento Generale, don Bru- no Bordignon, e della partecipazione della segretaria dell’ISS, Cinzia Angelucci, nel- la revisione degli aspetti tecnici dei testi. Esprimiamo il nostro ringraziamento ai coordinatori dei tre “gruppi di ricerca” del Congresso: Giorgio Rossi, José Manuel Prellezo, Aldo Giraudo, che hanno cu- rato la preparazione dei diversi contributi in vista della pubblicazione; in questo ultimo ambito è da rilevare la collaborazione di Grazia Loparco alla revisione dei contributi delle FMA. Ci auguriamo
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