st. john bosco: the poor and abandoned, part ii
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THE POOR AND ABANDONED PART 2 The Church’s Response
Porta Palatina / Porta Palazzo
• Founding goes back to 3rd century BC
• The tribe known as the “Taurini” settled along the Po
• The Romans renamed it “Augusta Taurinorum”
JB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 2I. TORINO’S LONG
HISTORY AND
IMPORTANCE
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Gaius Iulius Caesar
“Augustus of Prima Porta”
Taurini – taurus – toro - torino
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• In 1563 it became the capitalof the Duchy of Savoy 5
STEMMA –House of Savoy
King Carlo Alberto
•At Don Bosco’s time,it was the home of the King and his familyand capital of theKingdom of Sardegna
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STEMMA ofThe Kingdom of Sardegna
Il Palazzo RealeJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 7
Torino today – the Po River JB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 8
Il Palazzo RealeJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 9
Il Palazzo Reale and its gardens, with the Alps in the distanceJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 10
18th c – too numerous, ill-screened, ill-educated, ill- employed
1789 – 1 priest/70 inhabitants of Torino 1861 – 1/335 (majority found in cities, rural
villages struggling)
II. SITUATION OF THE CLERGY
Ordinations steadily declined 1831-1880 (Seminary closed by Fransoni from 1848): 1831-1840 – 663 / 1871-1880 – 196
1881-1890 – rises to 412 as liberal revolution ends, normalcy returns
La Consolata
Ministerial Employment:1. Diocesan Pastoral Structures (1/3 of
Diocesan clergy)2. teaching/administration3. living on benefices with or without
pastoral obligations
View of Torino from Monte dei Cappuccini
Torino had 800 Priests in 1841 – many left to find their own employment; others lived on independent wealth and wereof no more concern to the Bishop
A room of the royal palace
Don Bosco:◊ “Our efforts must aim at safeguarding the faith and the moral life of the category of young people whose eternal salvation is more at risk precisely because of their poverty. This is the specific purpose of the Congregation of St. Francis de Sales, first established in Torino in 1841.”
Cotton mill USA
◊ “(the young) most fragile, yet most valuable, component of human society”
◊ “The causes of their ruin: parental neglect, idleness, mixing
with bad company, especially on Sundays and holy days”
◊“It is so easy to inculcate in their young hearts moral and religious principles – of order, good behavior, respect, religious practice”
Coal miners
◊ “if they’re found to be ruined at that young age –it’s more due to thoughtlessness than ingrained malice”
“Midnight atthe Glass Factory”
◊ “They need some kind person to care for them, work for them, guide them in virtue, and keep
them from evil”
CAFASSO BOREL GUALA BOSCO
COTTOLENGO COCCHI BAROLO BAROLO
IV. CHARITABLE WORKS AND THEIR FOUNDERS
Don Giovanni CocchiParish of the Annunciationestablished little hospital
for poor elderlyhostel for poor and
abandoned girlsAssociation of Daughters of MaryOratory of the Guardian Angel
Battle of Novara, 1848 - Archbishop Fransoni
◊ Collegio degli Artigianelli
◊ Collegio degli Artigianelli
◊ Oratory of St. Martin in Dora Mills
Don Giuseppe Cottolengo
Charitas Christi urget nos
◊ La Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza
Hospital complex in DB’s day
Don Cottolengo’s remains
The “large church”
in Don Bosco’s Day
Julie Colbert Falletti Carlo Tancredi Falletti (Marchese and
Marchesa di Barolo)Barolo Foundation for Works of Charity
(Opera Pia Barolo)
atrium
Palazzo Barolo
STEMMA
Palazzo Barolo
Falletti Genealogical TreeSTEMMA:Opera Pia Barolo
-1819 de la Salle Brothers brought to run boys’ primary school-1821 Sisters of St. Joseph from Chambéry to run first girls’ primary school-1821-1822 the Rifugio (Refugium Peccatorum)
The Rifugio and Priests’ house
- 1825 Sacred Heart nuns to educate young noble women
- 1829 first nursery school- 1832 tuition-free school and soup kitchen- 1832 Convent of St. Mary Magdalene
STEMMA: Barolo Family
Palazzo Barolo, interior
-1834 Congregation of Sisters of St. Anne of Divine Providence-Juliettes-Convent for Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament-Association for Perpetual Adoration-1844 Tertiaries of St. Mary Magdalene
- 1845 Ospedaletto di Santa Filomena
- Parish of St. Julia
1. St. Francis of Assisi Church & Convitto2: Refugium Peccatorum3: Palazzo Reale7: Valdocco
8: la Consolata9: Cottolengo Hospital10: Palazzo Barolo11. Porta Palazzo
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SOURCE READINGS: LENTI: Volume IIGIRAUDO: 106-111
HOMEWORK: MO 111-132SDB 67-80