THE POOR AND ABANDONED PART 2 The Church’s Response

Porta Palatina / Porta Palazzo

• Founding goes back to 3rd century BC

• The tribe known as the “Taurini” settled along the Po

• The Romans renamed it “Augusta Taurinorum”

JB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 2I. TORINO’S LONG

HISTORY AND

IMPORTANCE

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Gaius Iulius Caesar

“Augustus of Prima Porta”

Taurini – taurus – toro - torino

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• In 1563 it became the capitalof the Duchy of Savoy 5

STEMMA –House of Savoy

King Carlo Alberto

•At Don Bosco’s time,it was the home of the King and his familyand capital of theKingdom of Sardegna

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STEMMA ofThe Kingdom of Sardegna

Il Palazzo RealeJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 7

Torino today – the Po River JB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 8

Il Palazzo RealeJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 9

Il Palazzo Reale and its gardens, with the Alps in the distanceJB: The Poor and Abandoned, part II 10

18th c – too numerous, ill-screened, ill-educated, ill- employed

1789 – 1 priest/70 inhabitants of Torino 1861 – 1/335 (majority found in cities, rural

villages struggling)

II. SITUATION OF THE CLERGY

Ordinations steadily declined 1831-1880 (Seminary closed by Fransoni from 1848): 1831-1840 – 663 / 1871-1880 – 196

1881-1890 – rises to 412 as liberal revolution ends, normalcy returns

La Consolata

Ministerial Employment:1. Diocesan Pastoral Structures (1/3 of

Diocesan clergy)2. teaching/administration3. living on benefices with or without

pastoral obligations

View of Torino from Monte dei Cappuccini

Torino had 800 Priests in 1841 – many left to find their own employment; others lived on independent wealth and wereof no more concern to the Bishop

A room of the royal palace

Don Bosco:◊ “Our efforts must aim at safeguarding the faith and the moral life of the category of young people whose eternal salvation is more at risk precisely because of their poverty. This is the specific purpose of the Congregation of St. Francis de Sales, first established in Torino in 1841.”

Cotton mill USA

◊ “(the young) most fragile, yet most valuable, component of human society”

◊ “The causes of their ruin: parental neglect, idleness, mixing

with bad company, especially on Sundays and holy days”

◊“It is so easy to inculcate in their young hearts moral and religious principles – of order, good behavior, respect, religious practice”

Coal miners

◊ “if they’re found to be ruined at that young age –it’s more due to thoughtlessness than ingrained malice”

“Midnight atthe Glass Factory”

◊ “They need some kind person to care for them, work for them, guide them in virtue, and keep

them from evil”

CAFASSO BOREL GUALA BOSCO

COTTOLENGO COCCHI BAROLO BAROLO

IV. CHARITABLE WORKS AND THEIR FOUNDERS

Don Giovanni CocchiParish of the Annunciationestablished little hospital

for poor elderlyhostel for poor and

abandoned girlsAssociation of Daughters of MaryOratory of the Guardian Angel

Battle of Novara, 1848 - Archbishop Fransoni

◊ Collegio degli Artigianelli

◊ Collegio degli Artigianelli

◊ Oratory of St. Martin in Dora Mills

Don Giuseppe Cottolengo

Charitas Christi urget nos

◊ La Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza

Hospital complex in DB’s day

Don Cottolengo’s remains

The “large church”

in Don Bosco’s Day

Julie Colbert Falletti Carlo Tancredi Falletti (Marchese and

Marchesa di Barolo)Barolo Foundation for Works of Charity

(Opera Pia Barolo)

atrium

Palazzo Barolo

STEMMA

Palazzo Barolo

Falletti Genealogical TreeSTEMMA:Opera Pia Barolo

-1819 de la Salle Brothers brought to run boys’ primary school-1821 Sisters of St. Joseph from Chambéry to run first girls’ primary school-1821-1822 the Rifugio (Refugium Peccatorum)

The Rifugio and Priests’ house

- 1825 Sacred Heart nuns to educate young noble women

- 1829 first nursery school- 1832 tuition-free school and soup kitchen- 1832 Convent of St. Mary Magdalene

STEMMA: Barolo Family

Palazzo Barolo, interior

-1834 Congregation of Sisters of St. Anne of Divine Providence-Juliettes-Convent for Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament-Association for Perpetual Adoration-1844 Tertiaries of St. Mary Magdalene

- 1845 Ospedaletto di Santa Filomena

- Parish of St. Julia

1. St. Francis of Assisi Church & Convitto2: Refugium Peccatorum3: Palazzo Reale7: Valdocco

8: la Consolata9: Cottolengo Hospital10: Palazzo Barolo11. Porta Palazzo

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SOURCE READINGS: LENTI: Volume IIGIRAUDO: 106-111

HOMEWORK: MO 111-132SDB 67-80