(ANS – Rome) – A meeting of the Governing Council of the Salesian Historical Institute (ISS) and of the Editorial Board of the historiographical magazine ‘Ricerche Storiche Salesiane’ took place On Friday 7 February 2025 at the premises of the Pontifical Saesian University (UPS) in Rome. The following day, the ISS Assembly was held at the same venue.
Numerous topics were discussed during the two meetings, starting with the renewal of the Salesian Historical Institute’s (ISS) agreement with Salesian Headquarters, the Mary Seat of Wisdom Vice-Province and the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS); some points were discussed in depth and, above all, it was agreed that the transfer of ISS to UPS, as decided by the Superiors of the Congregation, can be considered definitive; the agreement was completed by the ‘Protocol of Intent’, the content of which specifies the terms of the cooperation, already implemented at various levels (cultural, informative, technological, logistical), between the individual institutions operating on the campus, in full respect of the legitimate statutory autonomy.
The recent update of the pages of the iss-acssa.org website, revised in order to better describe the activities of ISS and ACSSA members, was illustrated. This update requires the timely submission of news to be published. There was also a renewed invitation to identify the new coordinating secretary and the new editor-in-chief for the journal.
The various stages of preparation for the International Conference, organised by the ISS, which will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first Salesian Missionary Expedition, were illustrated. The conference will be held in Rome – UPS on 2-3 May 2025.
The meeting continued with a review of some recent events:
– the presentation of the volume: Giovanni BOSCO, Predicazione. Critical edition edited by Aldo Giraudo and Massimo Schwarzel. (= ISS – Sources, Series I, 18). Rome, LAS 2024, 22 November 2024, Rome, UPS;
– the photographic exhibition: Immagini di un mondo scomparso. Don Alberto De Agostini: l’uomo, la natura, l’arte, la scienza – Società Geografica Italiana – Rome, opened on 13 January 2025;
– the presentation of the ten volumes: Giovanni Bosco, Epistolario. Introduction, critical texts and notes edited by Francesco Motto. Vols. I-X (1835-1888). (= ISS – Fonti, Serie prima, 6, 8, 10-17). Rome, LAS 1991-2024, produced on 28 January 2025, Rome, UPS
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