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Read about St. John Bosco and the Salesian mission through these books from Salesiana Publishers.   Change the lives of the young!

YM
>> Recommended for professional Youth Ministers, educators and interested adults.
AD
>> Recommended for adolescents.
C
>> Recommended for children.

Stories of Don Bosco, by Peter Lappin, SDB. This delightful book is filled with selected stories from the hundreds of anecdotes which crowd this remarkable man's life.
[264pp/pbk]
ISBN  0-89944-036-3  $6.50

                       

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Give Me Souls!  Life of Don Bosco
, by Peter Lappin.
  Don Bosco is the apostle of youth, a man of extraordinary dreams and visions.  Fr. Lappin explores "the intense interior spirituality of the saint..." (ANS World News Service).
[368 pp/pbk]
ISBN  0-89944-087-8   $13.00

YM Keys to the Hearts of Youth, by Paul P. Avallone, SDB. The Salesians are the inheritors of Don Bosco's special method of education called The Preventive System. In contemporary language Fr. Avallone explains this theory and practice.
[100 pp/pbk]
ISBN 0-89944-376-1 $5.00

YM Memoirs of the Oratory, by St. John Bosco. The autobiography of St. John Bosco. "For years I have been looking forward to a book that reveals the inner core, the heart, of (this) saint's life... Don Bosco is a contemplative... a prophetic priest..." (Fr. Adrian van Kaam, CSSP, PhD).
[544 pp/hc/perfect]
ISBN 0-89944-135-1 $24.95
[544 pp/hc/sewn]
ISBN 0-89944-139-4 $29.95


YM AD The Life of St. Dominic Savio, by St. John Bosco, translated by Fr. Paul Aronica. 3d ed. Notes and two appendices. 1996. A spiritual classic written for teens and Christian educators. Foreword by Molly Kelly. Adults and teens. 177 pp paperback     $8.00


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YM Dreams, Visions & Prophecies of Don Bosco
, edited by Eugene M. Brown.
  A collection of 62 of Don Bosco's dreams.
[327 pp/pbk]
ISBN  0-89944-086-X    


Forty Dreams of Don Bosco
$12.50



YM AD Man with a Dream
, by Peter Rinaldi. 1978. Good introduction to Don Bosco for adults or adolescents. 162 pp paperback, with illustrations    $5.00

YM Don Bosco's Dreams: A Historico-Documentary Analysis of Selected Samples, by Pietro Stella, translated by John Drury. 1996. Foundational research into the nature, purpose, and types of Don Bosco's dreams, the insights into his personality and pastoral practice that they offer, and the value of the texts that relate them.  116 pp.   pbk  $10.00, cloth $20.00


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YM AD
Don Bosco
. Home-family version of made-for-TV film, starring Ben Gazarra and Patsy Kensit. VHS color 110 min.    $24.95 (video VHS)

C St. John Bosco:  The Friend of Children and Young People, by Carole Monmarche, trans. by Marianne Lorraine Trouve, FSP. 1997.  Handsomely illustrated book for youngsters (5th-grade reading level) 71-pp.  hard cover $10.00

AD A Man Sent by God, by Fr. Paul Aronica, SDB. A 20-minute biography of St. John Bosco written in 1988. 32-pp pamphlet. $1.50

YM Don Bosco and the Salesians, by Morand Wirth, translated by David de Burgh. 1982. Popular style; thorough treatment of the development of the Salesians, Salesian Sisters, Cooperators, alumni, from 1815 to Vatican II. 432 pp pbk $4.00

YM Don Bosco and the Spiritual Life, by Francis Desramaut, translated by Roger Luna. 1979. Scholarly study of Don Bosco's personal and educational spirituality. 348 pp paperback $8.95

YM The Educational Philosophy of St. John Bosco
, by John Morrison, 1979. Lay administrator's insights. Scholarly. 258 pp paperback    $12.50

YM Don Bosco: Religious Outlook and Spirituality, by Pietro Stella, translated by John Drury. 1996. Thought and practice of Don Bosco the writer, preacher, teacher, spiritual guide of the young, and founder in the religious and spiritual context of 19th-century Italy. 616 pp  pbk  $36.00, cloth $49.00

YM Don Bosco: Life and Work, by Pietro Stella, translated by John Drury. 1985. Scholarly--first historically critical study of Don Bosco, concen-trating on theological, religious, and political background; appendix "Don Bosco & the Death of Charles." 344 pp hardcover $47.50

YM The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco, by Giovanni Battista Lemoyne, et al., translated and edited by Diego Borgatello. Essential for full knowledge of Don Bosco. hc. Vols. 1-4, 6-19 available.   Each vol. Hardcover at $35.00 to $45.00 (depending on length). Details on contents of each volume are available.  Request further information from sdbsue@aol.com


  • Other Salesian Works:          

"The Zeal of the Salesians is Just the Thing...":  Founding the Salesian Work in New York, by Michael F. Mendl.   Study of the establishment of the Salesians in New York in historical context, 1883-1908. 1998, iii + 122 pp notes, bibliography pb/plastic-bound       $13.00

AD First Lady of the World, by Peter Lappin. Survey of devotion to Mary, including Don Bosco and Mary Help of Christians. 192 pp pbk    $10.00

YM Every Day With St. Francis de Sales, by Arnold Pedrini.  Daily readings from St. Francis de Sales for reflection and prayer.  Edited by Francis Klauder. 1985. 380 pp pbk   $13.00

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St. Francis de Sales: Don Bosco's Patron, by Arnaldo Pedrini, translated by Wallace Cornell; edited by Francis Klauder. 1988. 149 pp paperback $8.95

YM Saint Mary Mazzarello: The Spirit of Joy, by Domenico Agasso, translated by Sr. Louise Passero, FMA. The life of the dynamic woman who collaborated with Don Bosco in founding the Salesian Sisters. 222 pp pbk (Boston: Pauline Books, 1996)    $9.00

YM Savio: A Study Guide for Parents, Priests & Educators, by Fr. Joseph Aubry, translated by Fr. Joseph Boenzi, SDB. 1979. Accompanies Don Bosco's biography of St. Dominic Savio. Historical insights, spirituality, and practical lessons. 69 pp pamphlet $2.50

AD By Love Compelled, by Peter Rinaldi, 2d edition, 1992. Biography of Blessed Philip Rinaldi, Don Bosco's 3d successor. 215 pp + illus pbk $5.00, hard cover $10.00

AD Zatti! by Peter Lappin, 1987. Life of Blessed Artemides Zatti, brother, missionary to Patagonia. 77 pp pbk $2.50


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