st. john bosco: the convitto ecclesiastico
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TORINO IL CONVITTO ECCLESIASTICO 1841-1844
“The virtue,
the works, and
the wisdom of
Don Bosco are
the glory of
Don Cafasso.”
Cagliero
PRIESTFirst Mass: Torino, St. Francis of Assisi Church, June 6, 1841,Trinity Sunday,
assisted by Fr. Cafasso
Altar of the Guardian Angel
PRIEST “A Pilgrimage to thank Our Lady.”
PRIEST Torino, La Consolata, Monday, June 7
PRIEST Chieri, St. Dominic’s, Our Lady of the Rosary altar,Tuesday, June 8, assisted by Fr. Giusiani
PRIEST Chieri, St. Mary of the Stairs, Wednesday, June 9, at the altar of Our Lady of Grace
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday, June 10
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Feast of Corpus Christi, Thursday, June 10
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Parish Assistant
June 10 – November 2, 1841
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Parish Assistant
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Parish Assistant
PRIEST Castelnuovo, Parish Assistant
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST Story Time
PRIEST New time of discernment: where to serve?
PRIEST The Chapel in the Grimaldi home in Genoa
Tutor – Genoese family/1000 francs/year
PRIEST Morialdo – Don Calosso’s, close to home
Chaplaincy at Morialdo – lucrative, also
PRIEST Back home and with Fr. Peter CinzanoAssociate at Castelnuovo
PRIEST Don Cafasso’s Words
Door to Don Cafasso’s roomat the Convitto
PRIEST Mamma Margaret’s Words
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
Amicizie vs. Freemasons
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
Don Nikolaus von Diessbach
and Don Pio Bruno Lanteri
Dr. Pietro Lanteri,entrusting Pio tothe special care
of the Virgin MaryDon Pio Bruno Lanteri:Founder of the Oblates
of the Virgin Mary
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
Don Luigi Guala St. Francis of Assisi Church, Torino
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
Amicizia
Cattolica
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
Amicizia Sacerdotale Summorum Pontificium (today)
CONVITTO Historical Background of “il Convitto Ecclesiastico”
“Where one learned to be a Priest.” Don Bosco
CONVITTO Principal PatronsSt. Francis de Sales S. Carlo Borromeo
CONVITTO Principal Patron
Blessed Sebastian Valfré
CONVITTO Benignist and Ultramontanist Teachings
St. Alphonsusde Liguori
His Prayer to the Blessed SacramentMy LORD Jesus Christ, Who because of Your love for men remain night and day in the Blessed Sacrament, full of pity and of love, awaiting, calling and welcoming all who come to visit You, I believe that You are present here on the altar. I adore You, and I thank You for all the graces You have bestowed on me, especially for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me Your most holy Mother Mary to plead for me, and for having called me to visit You in this church.I now salute Your most loving Heart, and that for three ends: first, in thanksgiving for this great gift; secondly, to make amends to You for all the outrages committed against You in this Sacrament by Your enemies; thirdly, I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are present in the Blessed Sacrament and in which You are least honored and most abandoned.My Jesus, I love You with my whole heart. I am very sorry for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. With the help of Your grace, I purpose never to offend You again. And now, unworthy though I am, I consecrate myself to You without reserve. I renounce and give entirely to You my will, my affection, my desires and all that I possess. For the future, dispose of me and all I have as You please.All I ask of You is Your holy love, final perseverance and that I may carry out Your will perfectly. I recommend to You the souls in Purgatory, especially those who had the greatest devotion tothe Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners.Finally, my dear Savior, I unite all my desires with the desires of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to the Eternal Father, and beseech Him, in Your name and for love of You, to accept and grant them.
CONVITTO Daily Routine
Masses began at 8:30 (until 11:00am)
Breakfast after one’s MassStudy Hall11am - Moral Theology
Conference/Practicum12pm - LunchVisit to the Blessed SacramentRecreation3pm - Spiritual ReadingStudy
Don Cafasso’s confessional,St. Francis of Assisi Church
CONVITTO Daily Routine
4pm - Stroll in city5pm - RosaryStudy Hall7pm - Conference: Moral Theology, and role-play8:15pm - SupperRecreation9pm - Night Prayers/Exam/ BedtimeSilence – Prayer – Study
Front door of D. Cafasso’s confessional
• Silence• Cleanliness• Simple, traditional dress
• Avoidance of worldly places on walks• Cheerful, all-inclusive love & respectful behavior Rules
• Give no offense• No use of nicknames• Courtesy• Accommodate rather than
demand perfection of others• Dress, act, walk, speak, etc.,
with seriousness, self-control, and religious spirit
CONVITTO
CONVITTO Guiding Spirit: example of Apostolic Church
•community •united by bonds of perfect charity•strengthened by spiritual conversation•shared apostolates
CONVITTO New situations of people
mass immigration of peasants to cities
CONVITTO New situations of people
incipient industrialization
CONVITTO New situations of people
at-risk youth, poor, abandoned, delinquent
CONVITTO New situations of people
pauperism (new and virulent form)
CONVITTO Apostolates
Religious instruction to street kidsOutreach to chimney sweeps (Don Pietro Ponte)
CONVITTO Apostolates
Jail ministry
window in la Consolata
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
Torino
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
I was ill and you visited me;in prison and you came to
me
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
side chapel where Cafasso prayed
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
in la Consolata
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
In his home at Castelnuovo
CONVITTO Fr. Cafasso and the Convitto
CONVITTO Attacks against the Convitto
Don Vincenzo Giobertiand Revolutionaries
“old school” Priests
Government takeover
1848
CONVITTO Lorenzo Gastaldi Crisis (1860-1876)
Move to La
Consolata
CONVITTO Lorenzo Gastaldi Crisis (1860-1876)
Antonio Rosmini:Le Cinque
Piaghe della Chiesa
CONVITTO Ultimate Triumph
Don Giusepp
e Allaman
o
CONVITTO Don Bosco at the Convitto
Courtyard of the Convitto at St. Francis of Assisi
Courtyard of the Convitto
CONVITTO Don Bosco at the Convitto
Courtyard of the Convitto
at St. Francis of Assisi
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Sacristy of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Torino Bartolomeo Garelli
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
CONVITTO Dec. 8, 1841 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Sacristy of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Torino
CONVITTO Oratory of St. Francis de Sales
CONVITTO Oratory of St. Francis de Sales
And… on the following Sunday
“The virtue,
the works, and
the wisdom of
Don Bosco are
the glory of
Don Cafasso.”
Cagliero
SOURCE READINGS: BM Vol. II; Lenti chaps. 17-18; Giraudo chap. III 1 – 3.3.2
HOMEWORK: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT