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慈幼會歷史中，尤其在早期的華道角，舉行過無數聖母無原罪瞻禮，並充滿無玷瑪利亞的臨在；當其時，鮑聖及其神子將他們交托給童貞聖母。1844年，首個慶禮院小堂祝聖；1847年，第二個慶禮院成立；1854年，瑪利亞始胎無玷信條正式宣告，舉行了不少隆重九日敬禮及瞻禮，為恭敬無玷聖母；同年亦慶祝無玷聖母善會成立，以及無人在霍亂疫災中染病；1861年，聖母保護了慶禮院免受雷擊；1887年，鮑思高神父開設他人生中的最後一所會院。同年十二月八日在比利時列日隆重敬禮聖體。 鮑聖慣常於接近禮儀年曆大瞻禮，尤其是聖母瞻禮，安排舉行重要事件，這不是神職策略，卻表達深切的信念，瑪利亞在他的一生、在慶禮院及修會中的臨在。他喜愛說：「一切始於一堂教理課。」這使他回憶起1841年12月8日，在都靈聖方濟．亞西西堂與賈來理的會面，這事件收錄在慶禮院回憶錄中。 這使他確信「一切來自上天的恩佑，藉聖母沛降人間，在聖方濟．亞西西堂熱切地誦唸的一遍聖母經，並青年賈來理的純正意向，開花結果。」 在很多慈幼會中心，慈幼大家庭都在中午十二時齊集一起誦唸一遍聖母經。「這是個優良傳統，使我們記起鮑聖對瑪利亞作出的偉大敬禮，因為慈幼會的神恩，確實來自天主之母瑪利亞的保護與引導。」慈幼大家庭聖人列品案代理人 Pierluigi Cameroni 神父說。「2011年12月8日，是準備鮑聖誕辰二百週年慶典首年的開端，讓我們把自己交托於聖母，祈求她賜予我們牧民愛德的恩寵，就是這份愛德，喚起了鮑聖的使命，並求她自進教之佑大殿圓頂高處，繼續降福護佑我們。」 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Salesian DNA (ANS - RMG – Rome, 7 December 2011) – 8 December, the feast of the Mary Immaculate, is a date that is loved and important in the Salesian world. In Valdocco, at the time of Don Bosco, the day was looked forward to, prepared for and celebrated with great enthusiasm. Today in many Salesian circles it recalls the beginning of the Oratory and the Marian Circle is celebrated. Salesian history, especially that of the first years at Valdocco, is filled with many celebrations of 8 December and the maternal presence of Mary Immaculate when Don Bosco and his sons entrusted themselves to the Virgin Mother. Te blessing of the first chapel of the Oratory (1844), the opening of the second Oratory (1847); the novenas and feasts in honour of the Mary Immaculate on the great solemnity of the proclamation of the Marian Dogma (1854); the consecration of Dominic Savio to Mary Immaculate (1854), the beginning of the Sodality of Mary Immaculate; the escape from the cholera (1854), the protection of the house at the Oratory from the lightning strike (1861); the opening of the last house by Don Bosco, at Liege in Belgium in honour of the Blessed Sacrament on 8 December 1887. Don Bosco’s custom of arranging important events close to liturgical feast, especially those of Our Lady, was not a priestly stratagem, but expressed a profound conviction about the presence of Mary in his life, in that of the Oratory and then of the Congregation. He loved to say “everything began with a catechism lesson” recalling the meeting with Bartholomew Garelli on 8 December 1841 in the sacristy of the church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Turin, as reported in the Memoirs of the Oratory. He was convinced that “all the blessings showered from heaven through the Madonna, where the fruit of that first Ave Maria said with fervour and a right intention with the boy Bartholomew Garelli, there in the church of St. Francis of Assisi”. In many Salesian centres the Salesian Family gather together at 12.00 for the Marian Circle saying a Hail Mary. “It is a tradition the recalls the great devotion that Don Bosco had for Mary how the Salesian charism came into being under the protection and the guidance of the Mother of God.” Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the causes of the saints of the Salesian Family, says. “On this 8 December 2011, the first year of preparation for the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco, let us entrust ourselves to her and let us ask her to obtain for us the grace of that pastoral charity which inspired Don Bosco in his mission and that from on high on the cupola of Mary Help of Christians, she may continue to bless and protect us.” |
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