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From Delegation to Province
- historical study of Philippines published in Manila
MANILA: 10th February 2007 --Fr Nestor Impelido's detailed study of the growth
of the Salesians in the Philippines has been released under the title of
Salesians in the Philippines: Establishment and development from Delegation
to Province (1951-1963). It is the result of work that Fr Impelido has done
as a member of the Istituto Storico Salesiano-Roma, Studi - 24 - LAS ROMA
2006, 384 p. [20 photos included], but this new version is a Philippines-Manila
production.
The work is dedicated to the memory of Fr
Carlo Braga and the first Salesians who introduced the Philippines to the
Salesians. In his presentation of this new edition, Fr Wong, current provincial
of the Philippines North province says: '...moreover it is a crucial work in
order to conserve the patrimony of those who founded the Salesian presence in
the Philippines. The fact is that we are losing, little by little, our veteran
founders, and surely we do not wish to lose the wealth of the Salesianity they
lived for us. What the study wishes to remember is not structures but
Salesians defined by a charism who laboured in the Philippines in witness of
their love and fidelity to St. John Bosco'.
Printed in
Manila-Makati: DB Printing Press, January 2007. Queries may be directed to
dbpress@info.com.ph
Fr Impelido is a member of the
ACSSA or Associazione Cultori di Storia Salesiana, and works for the Istituto
Storico Salesiano in Rome, though currently based in the Philippines. He has a
doctorate in Church History from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
His thesis was a study of the religious conditions in the Philippines in the
first half of the 18th century (1700-1750) based on the pastoral writings of the
Religious Orders. He is professor of Modern Church History and Philippine Church
History at the DBCS in Manila.
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