Salesian Center Studies
Linked below are publications about Salesian Spirituality from the staff of the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture.
For their current speaking engagements and lectures on other subjects, visit the ► Salesian Center Presentations page.
► link to studies by
Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS
Director of the Salesian Center
► link to studies by
Rev. Alexander Pocetto, OSFS
Senior Salesian Scholar► link to studies related to the Venerable Father Louis Brisson (1817-1908)
produced by the staff at the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture
- "As the Salesian/Oblate World Turns"
- "Becoming Who We Are: The Salesian Center for Faith & Culture at DSU" (Journal for Catholic Higher Education)
- "Center Valley Has Reason to Hope"
- "Christian Humanism and the General Education Core at DSU"
- "Eucharist and the Theopoetics of Encounter according to St. Francis de Sales"
- "The Eucharist: Martyrdom of Love"
- "An Introduction to the Introduction: On the 400th Anniversary of de Sales' Devout Life"
- "Jewel of Perfection: The Spiritual Directory as a Privileged Means of Propagating the Salesian Spirit"
- "John Paul II, Francis de Sales, and the World Day of Communications"
- The Mystical Exposition of the Canticle of Canticles (► monographs)
- "Peace Without Justice: Not Only Possible But Necessary!"
- "Playful Prayer: Imagination and the Task of Theology in a Salesian Perspective"
- Praying with Francis de Sales (► monographs)
- "The Real Story on St. Francis de Sales"
- St. Francis de Sales and the Canticle of Canticles (► monographs)
- St. Francis de Sales as Preacher (► monographs)
- St. Francis de Sales: Patron of Journalists (► monographs)
- "St. Jane de Chantal and the Culture of Sanctity"
- "Salesian Simplicity: How a 'little virtue' goes a long way!"
- "Salesian Spirituality: An 'Every Day' Approach to Holiness"
- "Something Sacred: The Real Contribution of Salesian Spirituality for Our Virtual Culture"
- "A Song of Prayer: Reading the Canticle of Canticles with St. Francis de Sales"
- "The Eucharist: Enacting, Encountering, and Enabling Charity"
- The Legacy of St. Francis de Sales (► monographs)
- "The Soulful Homily"
- "To Live & Learn ... It Helps To Hope!"
- "Two Saints You Meet in Heaven: Paul & Francis de Sales"
- Windows of the Basilica (► monographs)
Rev. Alexander Pocetto, O.S.F.S.
- "Communion, the Priesthood and Fr. Louis Brisson"
- "Community, Communication, and Ecstasy"
- "Compassionate Love & Salesian Spirituality"
- Drawing Out the Goodness: From Allentown College to DeSales University (1964-2001) (► news article)
- "Ecclesial Dimensions of Salesian Thought"
- "Francis de Sales, Galileo, and the Autonomy of Modern Science"
- "Freedom to Love: A Close Reading of Francis de Sales' Letter of 14 October 1604 to Jane de Chantal"
- "From Despair to Hope: One Student's (Francis de Sales, 1567-1622) Struggle with Truth"
- "An Introduction to Salesian Anthropology"
- "Jean Pierre Camus (1584-1652) as Disseminator of Salesian Spirituality"
- A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ and Saint Francis de Sales (► monographs)
- "Living the Mystery of the Visitation: The Early Visitandines as Educators"
- "Love and Critical Thinking: A Salesian Reflection"
- "Love and Faith, St. Francis de Sales, and the New Evangelization"
- "Mary de Sales Chappuis (1796-1875) as Apostle of the Salesian Spirit"
- "On Being Human: A Salesian Perspective"
- "Positive Psychology, St. Francis de Sales, and the Formation of Character" (forthcoming in Studies in Religion)
- "Rabelais, Francis de Sales and the Abbaye de Theleme"
- "Self-acceptance, Self-knowledge, and Salesian Spirituality"
- "Self-acceptance, Not Self-esteem, as a Basic Principle of Salesian Pedagogy"
- Sermons on the Eucharist, 1597 by St. Francis de Sales (► monographs)
- "Spiritual Friendship in Salesian Spirituality"
- The Concept of Freedom in the Writings of St. Francis de Sales (► monographs)
- "The Image of Jacob's Ladder in the Writings of St. Francis de Sales"
- "The Salesian Mission of DeSales University"
- "The Sternness of the Gentle Francis de Sales"
Studies related to the Venerable Father LOUIS BRISSON (1817-1908)
- Thomas Dailey, OSFS - presentation on Fr. Brisson ("Noontime Nuggets" series; slides from Herbert Winklehner, OSFS)
- Thomas Dailey, OSFS - "The Spiritual Directory as a Privileged Means of Propagating the Salesian Spirit"
- Thomas Dailey, OSFS - Founders' Day homily, 2006
- Thomas Dailey, OSFS - Founders' Day homily, 2007
- Thomas Dailey, OSFS - Founders' Day homily, 2012
Alexander Pocetto, OSFS - "Blessed Louis Brisson, the Laity, and the Social Dimensions of the New Evangelization" - Alexander Pocetto, OSFS - "Communion, the Priesthood and Fr. Louis Brisson"
- Alexander Pocetto, OSFS - "The Spiritual Directory in the American Oblate Tradition"
- Alexander Pocetto, OSFS (editor) - Father Louis Brisson (1817-1908): A Documented Biography** ** not available online
- International celebration of the Centenary of the Death of Fr. Brisson (I.C.S.S. newsletter)
