St. John Bosco: The Convitto Ecclesiastico

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