20 May 2014
-- Here is an interesting and useful
gift
for you.
Earlier
this year Fr Alejandro Leon, who is now in Ecuador but had
spent nine
years as parish priest in Buenos Aires under the then
Archbishop Jose
M. Bergoglio, produced a study of the Salesian connections
(roots which
involve not only Pope Francis' family but also his vocation)
based on
letters that the archbishop had written with a view to them
being kept
in Salesian archives.
We have seen bits and pieces of these letters before,
especially at the
time of Pope Francis' election, but the complete letters have
not been
available in English, nor has this interesting study.
It is now in English and available, thanks to permission from
Ecuador, on
SDL.
Other than an introduction and a conclusion, this fully
illustrated
book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1: SALESIAN ROOTS
Chapter 2: EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL
Chapter 3: A GRAND TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP
Chapter 4: ARTEMIDES ZATTI AMONGST FRANCIS’ SALESIAN DEVOTIONS
Chapter 5: HIS LOVE FOR HIS COUNTRY, ARGENTINA, AND LATIN
AMERICA
Chapter 6: SALESIAN MEMORIES THROUGH THE YEARS
Chapter 7: THE SALESIAN FAMILY AND FRANCIS
Chapter 8: FRANCIS SPEAKS ABOUT DON BOSCO AND HIS SONS
The cover pic has been omitted to reduce file 'weight'.
