SEMINAR PROGRAMME


SEMINAR PROGRAMME

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HISTORY AND
SALESIAN IDENTITY
IN INDIA
The Conservation of our
Cultural Heritage
Friday, 15.11.2013
9.00 a.m. Inauguration
Prayer
SDB
Welcome
Rev. Fr Thomas Koonan
Vice-Provincial, Bangalore
Asia
Presidential Address
Rev. Fr Maria Arokiam
Regional Councillor for South
Messages:
Rev. Fr Pascual Chavez
Rector Major
Rev. Sr Yvonne Reungoat
Mother General FMA
Rev. Sr Grazia Loparco FMA
President ACSSA
Introduction to the
Seminar
Fr Mathew Kapplikunnel
SDB
10.30 a.m. Break
11.00 a.m. Session I
Moderator: Fr Thomas
Louis SDB
Relevance of Historical
Study
and Research
Fr. Thomas Anchukandam
SDB
12.30 p.m. Lunch
2.15 p.m.Session II
Moderator: Fr Bijoy
Parackal SDB
State of the Art of
Indian Historiography:
A Survey
Prof. Rajan Gurukkal
3.30 p.m.Tea
4.45 p.m. Session III
Moderator: Fr Vivian
DeSouza SDB
Organization,
Preservation and
Conservation of Archival
Sources in India Today
Fr Ignatius Payyappilly
5.45 p.m.Outline of Salesian
Historiography
Emerging from the
Regional Seminars
Fr Stanislaw Zimniak SDB
7.00 p.m.Eucharist (Vespers
integrated)
Rev. Fr Maria Arokiam
SDB
Dinner
9.00 p.m.Night Prayers
Good Night:
Rev. Fr T Anchukandam
SDB
ACSSA
Association
of Salesian History
Lovers
ACSSA was erected by the
decree of the Rector Major
dated 9th October 1996, and

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it brings together those
imbued with a passion for
history and committed to
research in the Salesian
ambit. As per its Statutes
ACSSA plans and carries out
its projects in close
collaboration with the
Institute of Salesian History
(ISS) in Rome.
Saturday, 16.11.2013
7.00 a.m. Eucharist (Lauds
integrated)
Rev. Fr Elias Dias SDB
Breakfast
9.00 a.m. Session IV
Moderator: Fr Arokiadoss
SDB
Historiography of Indian
Christianity: An
Overview
Fr Francis Thonipara CMI
10.15 a.m. Break
10.45 a.m. Session V
Moderator: Fr Mahimai
Das SDB
State of Salesian
Historiography in India.
Problems and a Success
Story
Fr Thomas Anchukandam
SDB
12.00 p.m. Salesian Bibliography
Online
Fr Stanislaw Zimniak SDB
12.30 p.m. Lunch
2.30 p.m.Visit to UTC Archives &
Library
Visit to Kristu Jyoti College
9.30 p.m.Night Prayers
Good Night:
Sr Molly Kaniampady FMA
Sunday, 17.11.2013
7.00 a.m. Eucharist (Lauds
integrated)
Fr Sebastian
Karottupuram SDB
Breakfast
9.00 a.m. Session VI
Moderator: Sr Caroline
D’Souza FMA
History of the
Historiography of Don
Bosco
Fr Motto Francesco SDB -
presented by
Fr Bellarmine Fernando
SDB
10.00 a.m. Stages of the
Historiography of the
FMA Institute.
Sr Piera Cavaglià FMA -
presented
by Sr Philomena D’Souza
FMA
11.00 a.m. Break
11.30 a.m. Session VII
Moderator:
Sr. Minimol FMA
Quo Vadis. Religious
Historiography: Some
Notes on the Writing of
Salesian History
Fr Stanislaw Zimniak SDB
12.30 p.m. Lunch
2.30 p.m.Concluding Session
Discussion on ACSSA World
Congress 2015
(Fr Stanislaw Zimniak
SDB)
Evaluation
(Fr Mathew Kapplikunnel
SDB)
4.00 p.m.Tea
5.00 p.m. Departures

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ACSSA
Association
of Salesian History
Lovers
ACSSA has as its objective the
promotion of studies in Salesian
history, facilitating research, updating
and collaboration among its members.
It also animates the Salesian Family
under a historiographic profile and
diffuses knowledge of Don Bosco and
the Congregations, Associations and
Groups that take their origin from him,
always in dialogue with analogous civil
and religious institutions. (Statutes,
Art. 1)
ACSSA attains its objectives through
(a) a congress every five years, (b)
meetings of members according to
geographical areas, (c) contributions
by way of studies, (d) organization of
conferences, (e) promotion and
conservation of sources such as
written memoirs, photographs, radio
and television programmes, (f)
publication of a news bulletin, (g) any
other initiative compatible with the
objectives laid down in the Statutes.
(Statutes, Art. 2)
To be enrolled as an ACSSA member
one should be qualified in the
historical sciences, or be involved at
various levels of research, study and
interest in Salesian history. (Statutes,
Art. 7.1)