austraLasia #2506
Resources constantly on
the increase
ROME: 25th September 2009 -- By now confreres
and Salesian groups around the world are waking up to the fact that SDL
collections can be added to easily enough, so materials are
constantly coming in. It is a something like a huge Salesian
'glory box',
and if you can't find it anywhere else, chances are you'll find it
there; if not today, then maybe tomorrow! It is actually getting to
the point where if you can't find it in SDL then you probably can't
find it anywhere!
We are hoping to be able to implement a system
within the revamped
sdb.org (we are still hopeful we can make this available on or about
18th December) which will display any new items added to SDL. This
will then make it a simple matter of consulting an optional 'box' on
the sdb.org homepage to discover what is new in SDL.
In the meantime here are a few items that have been
entered
recently:
- Did you know that Don Bosco had written some
music? You will find
his Ah, si canti in suon di giubilo in the Don Bosco
Collection,
under 'A' in Titles. We believe Lemoyne eventually produced the
musical notation for the piece.
- In the 'Resources' collection you will
find some hymns
to Don Bosco that go back to early times - for example those written by
Cimatti and others. Search under 'Author' for Cimatti and you'll find
all of them together. The Resources collection also contains a number
of other new items. As the 'Ongoing Formation' Bulletin comes
in from Berkeley we add it there (click 'subjects' and look for Ongoing
Formation) - not sure why the September and another edition are showing
a 'PPT' image, but they'll open fine as PDFs, which they indeed
are.
We have also just added the recent writings of Filipino moral
theologian Fr Rene
Lagaya, 6 items in all, added to this collection, searchable, under the
author or even subjects - theology.
- The Salesian Images collection is one of
the fastest
growing of the collections. Here we have taken a different tack to help
people search. Usually people have a general classification in
mind
like 'person' or 'object' or 'event'. So you can search that way
under
'subjects'. Recently someone wanted to know if we had Mario Bogani's
paintings available. We didn't at the time but now we have 40 of
them! Many are high resolution (Bogani's paintings adorn both the
inside and outside of the Church at Colle Don Bosco).
- Two of the language collections have recently
received new
materials. The Memoirs of the Oratory are now available
in Vietnamese
(choose the PDF rather than the 'extracted text version', since only
the PDF retains the correct Vietnamese characters); we have also
received a range of materials from Holland - in Dutch obviously - for
which we have created a Dutch collection. They are
materials
used in training lay people in Salesian principles, Preventive System
and Assistance.
And one final comment. If you wish to see the Rua letters
collection
and are asked for a username password let me know and I'll give those
to you (or use the one you already use for the reserved [sdb]
collection).
We are getting requests for a Novena to Don Rua. Does anyone know
of
such? If you already have one could you forward it to us please
and we
will make it available to others.
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Title: australasia 2506
Subject and key words: SDB General SDL update
Date (year): 2009
ID: 2000-2099|2506
