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terms marked with ^† are often without further comment. They come from the experience of people who have translated large tracts of Salesian literature, e.g. Fr Borgatelli’s translation of the Memorie Biografiche. In other words most of these terms are dated ones, found only or mainly in older Salesian texts. To view terms in context, click on the text indicator below the term (not all terms have one as yet). Use the 'find' facility in Notepad or other to find the precise location of the term in context Return to Finding Your Way
sacerdote Dbmagone.txt - perderlo in quella notte medesima, avevamo stabilito che il sacerdote D. Zattini, un	IT	priest	EN-EN	prete (priest), minister (ministero) and sacerdote (priest): three synonymous terms for practical purposes. The latter term refers more to the traditional ministry which has evolved from Old Testament times, and stresses the link with sacrifice. Prete (priest) on the other hand, is more connected to the term elder or old person, hence connected to hierarchy.	English has to turn to a phrase (sacerdotal ministry) to express the sense of sacerdote.
sacramento Dbdomsav.txt - questo augusto sacramento, e ardeva del desiderio di Return to top	IT	sacrament	EN-EN	The term, when capitalised in English is likely to refer to a specific sacrament (e.g. Sacrament of Baptism) or perhaps to the Church as the Sacrament of Salvation.
Sacro Cuore Cg20-4.txt - Cfr anche la Messa del 16 maggio 1887 al 23Sacro Cuore di Roma, in cui capisce, piangendo, tutta la sua vita	IT	Sacred Heart (Basilica) 耶穌聖心	EN-EN ZH	Built by DB in Rome	DB mentions the devotion to the Sacred Heart in his Giovane Provveduto but it is not a strongly prominent element in his spirituality. Don Rua, following the Church’s leanings at the time (1900) issued an instruction on the devotion for Salesians. It has received more recent impetus from JP II.
sala della comunità 371vecchi.txt - esposti all’interesse dei singoli (sala della comunità, biblioteca), facendo una selezione intelligente per presentare Return to top	IT	parish hall 團體室	EN-EN ZH	The new concept of the parish hall (there could be a better translation) as found in the Italian term here does not exist in English.	It really means a place where many things could happen ‘film, video, theatre, music, tied to the role of the parish as a community of faith. Umberto Eco credits DB as having founded, in the Oratory, a concept akin to what the ‘sala della comunità’ is intended to be.
Salesiane Oblate del Sacro Cuore SOSC	IT	Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart	EN-EN	Founded in Reggio Calabria in 1933 by Bishop Cognata	Members of the Salesian Family
Salesiani di Don Bosco SDB	IT	Salesians of Don Bosco SDB 鮑思高慈幼會士	EN-EN ZH	The SDB is retained in all language versions	Return to Index
salesianità CG25MESSAGGI1.txt - nell’educazione della fede, nell’audacia missionaria, nella formazione alla salesianità.	IT	Salesianity 慈幼會特性	EN-EN ZH	Despite its abstract feel it seems a useful term
salesiano Dbletrom.txt - qualcuno poi avvertiva ma in atto minaccioso e ciò raramente. Vi era qualche Salesiano che avrebbe desiderato	IT	Salesian 慈幼會士	EN-EN ZH	Noun and adjective	Note that we capitalise the term in English both as noun and adjective. Italian orthography rules allow uncapitalised form
Salesianum 383chavez.txt - Dal 28 al 31 maggio presso il "Salesianum" di Roma, si è svolto il raduno semestrale della Unione Superiori General	LA	Salesianum 慈幼會招待所	LA ZH	The Salesian Holiday House in Rome, attached to the Generalate. In fact more often used for major conventions. However, the term is also applied to some other Salesian Houses in other provinces	Return to Index
sanità, sapienza e santità 354vecchi.txt - crescita in sanità, sapienza e santità. Sulla medesima linea si è mosso il	IT	Health, wisdom, holiness 健康智慧聖德	EN-EN ZH	A trinomial of DB’s, his three S’s, which we cannot quite reproduce in English	Return to Index
salvezza DBscritti.txt -nostra perfezione e della nostra salvezza. Se vuoi crescere e diventare grande agli Return to top	IT	salvation 得救救恩	EN-EN ZH	The basic theme of DB’s spirituality was the salvation of souls, and it is in this phrase, salvezza delle anime, rather than as a lone term, that we often find the term in early Salesian discourse. More – he would add eterna, in other words, eternal salvation. Or we find an even more complete phrase alla maggior gloria di Dio e alla salvezza delle anime.	While the salvation of souls is still a term we recognise and use, the renewed theological viewpoints of Vatican II et al. have given us less individual references – salvation of the world, history of salvation, salvation of the young, Christ and his salvation, Christian salvation, the mission of salvation…
san Giuseppe Costituzioni1.txt - costituita da lui patrona principale a san Giuseppe e san Francesco di Sales,	IT	St Joseph	EN-EN	St Joseph, husband of Mary. St John Bosco chose St Joseph as one of two patrons (the other being St Francis de Sales) of the Salesian Society, while the chief Patroness was Mary Help of Christians. We do not know explicitly why he made this choice.	He also saw to the establishment of the St. Joseph Sodality at the Oratory, for working boys, and in each church he built there was an altar dedicated to St Joseph. At the Oratory he celebrated the Feast on 19th March at a time when it was not listed amongst the principal feasts.
santità Dbtrelet.txt - sanità, santità e la perseveranza nel cammino del Cielo.	IT	holiness	EN-EN	Do we say holiness or sanctity? It’s a choice, of course, but a rule of thumb in this author’s humble opinion is to choose the less Latinate of the two terms, hence holiness. The pursuit of holiness has been a catch-cry of Fr Chavez as Rector Major	We see the term today very much in the light of Vatican II’s encouragement to the people of God whose vocation is to holiness, rather than just in the limited sense of Saints with a capital S. Cf. vocation to holiness
Santo Return to top DBcenstor.txt - Oratorio del Santo Angelo Custode	IT	Saint 聖人	EN-EN ZH	While the term itself presents no particular difficulties, we often find it uncapitalised in Italian. English prefers to capitalise the term especially in reference to a person, e.g. Saint John Bosco. There is no need for a full stop after St if the term is reduced, since the word ends with ‘t.’	We also speak much more often these days of Saints/saints, and Fr Chavez often repeats the phrase Dear Salesians, make yourselves saints, which are the words of Pope John Paul II addressed to the Salesians. We are returning to the familiarity with which DB himself used the term in the presence of his boys and his Salesians..
Santo Padre Dbletrom.txt - via del Signore nella quale esso stesso vi desidera. A questo fine il Santo Padre che io ho visto venerdì 9 di	IT	Holy Father	EN-EN	A consistent and informal reference to the person of the Pope. Other synonyms are Supreme Pontiff, Vicar of Christ, Successor of Peter.	Don Bosco more frequently used the formal title Supreme Pontiff when referring to the Pope, given especially the context where he wanted to emphasise the authority of the Pope
santuario PGmanCapitolo 4.txt - Un Santuario è un centro di spiritualità popolare che può avere una notevole	IT	Sanctuary, Shrine 聖殿	EN-EN ZH	The small Shrine to Mary Help of Christians at The Becchi was among the first of the Shrines built by the Salesians
Savio, Domenico Dbdomsav.txt - SAVIO DOMENICO Return to top	IT	Savio, Dominic 道明沙維豪	EN-EN ZH	1842-1854. The first Saint in the Salesian Family, and the youngest Saint in the Church at 15 years of age.	Sometimes – too often – we find a careless Domenic instead of Dominic in English.
scelta vocazionale CG25alleg2.txt -processi di crescita per i giovani. Essa, infine, promuove la scelta vocazionale di ogni	IT	vocational choice	EN-EN	The term scelta in its many variants, of which scelta vocazionale is one, always implies a fundamental choice. A synonym is choice of a state of life.
Scholasticus S.	LA	Seminarian S 修生	EN-EN ZH	This term is to be found in the Year Book in reference to the Salesian student at a seminary (philosophy, theology)
scientifico Anim87Capitolo 2.txt - azione con l'aiuto di un quadro valutativo scientifico e aperto; e quando, nello stesso tempo, lo	IT	scientific (in a very general sense – cf comment)	EN-EN	The English term means what it says – not so the Italian. scientifico may be applied to a general range of well-prepared items or discussions	congressi scientifici in the 19^th century often could deal with politics rather than strictly with science. Return to Index
sciuscià 383chavez.txt - valida, oggi come 50 anni fa quando fu creata per impulso della Chiesa e della Congregazione per curare gli sciuscià, Return to top	IT	shoeshine boys 擦鞋童	EN-EN ZH	From English shoe and shine. In 1945 immediately post-war, Pius XII invited the Salesians in Rome to do something for the children on the streets, called sciuscà at the time of the American forces occupation. They accepted this.	In 1948 Borgo Ragazzi Don Bosco opened in Rome specifically for street children. While some of those who attended the Oratory in DB’s time were of this kind, it is too facile to assume that most oratorians were street kids. In fact many had paid work. The fact that they were found on the street had more to do with a place to congregate than a state of existence.
scritture contabili ordinarie	IT	daily accounts 日常帳目	EN-EN ZH	Accounting terminology
scrutinium Cg20-2.txt - giovani a scoprire il loro impegno cristiano durante il processo formativo. Un serio scrutinium sul clima e la	LA	scrutiny, evaluation 檢討	EN-EN ZH	Besides the more general use of the term there is a scrutinium paupertatis, for example, as a community exercise to review its actions of poverty. Also a review for those in initial formation – more likely termed as periodic evaluation or check-up in this latter context	Return to Index
scrutinium castitatis	LA	scrutiny on chastity 貞潔檢討	EN-EN ZH	There is no specific mention of scrutinium castitatis in the C&R. It is mentioned in the index to the Rectors Manual 1982 but not in the paragraph it refers to - at least not in the precise words.	In the planning outline of the RM and Council 2002-8 under the heading of ‘primacy of spiritual life’ there is reference to each province establishing periodic scrutinies on each of the evangelical counsels.
scrutinium orationis Return to top	LA	scrutiny on prayer 祈禱檢討	EN-EN ZH	There is no specific mention of scrutinium orationis in the C&R. It is mentioned in GC21 however, which required each community to make a periodical review of its prayer life (GC21 60b).
scrutinium paupertatis ACG384 - scrutinium paupertatis - ita.txt - - incentivare la redazione dello 7scrutinium paupertatis a livello ispettoriale,	LA	scrutiny on poverty 神貧檢討	EN-EN ZH	The term finds mention in a circular letter by Fr Ricceri on poverty, and was then followed up further by Fr Viganò. The concept, rather than the precise term, is contained in R 65.	In recent times, the planning project of the RM and Council 2002-8 specifically indicates that the scrutinium paupertatis should be carried out annually
scuola ^†scuola di fuoco Costituzioni2.txt - i giovani casa che accoglie, parrocchia che evangelizza, scuola che avvia alla vita	IT	school ^†accelerated course/learning, ^†intensive training programme	EN-EN	A school is a school is a school – but the Italian term would not be used of a ‘school’ at tertiary level, where facoltà is the term.	But facoltà is not plain faculty – a school of liberal arts may also have separate faculties in English, so one needs care with the term
scuola di... Sgs.txt - La loro preghiera era scuola di amore di Dio: esprimeva la gioia dell'incontro	IT	school of....	EN-EN	The term school of (Don Bosco, prayer, spirituality, faith, holiness....) has been a frequent reference in recent years where school here takes on a symbolic meaning for all that Don Bosco's method and approach and style means.	Different variations have received emphasis at different times: GC21 - school of work. GC23 - school of faith, school of prayer, school of holiness, and so on.
scuola agricola 379chavez.txt - palazzo vescovile, noi siamo stati trasferiti in corpo e anima alla Scuola Agricola, dove	IT	agricultural school 農業學校	EN-EN ZH	Has long been part of the Salesian tradition, along with the ‘scuola professionale.’	Return to Index
scuola professionale 387chavez.txt - Don Bosco ad aprire una scuola professionale nella sua città. I Superiori, d’accordo con Return to top	IT	training institute 工業學校	EN-EN ZH	Cf. discussion of professionale elsewhere. Be aware that in parts of the English-speaking world professional really means as applied to law, engineering, medicine etc, which would make a professional school something more than Don Bosco might have had in mind!!	The scuola professionale is distinct from the technical school, but this latter term may sometimes be used in English
scuole domenicali Dbmosf.txt - 3° Scuole domenicali - Scuole serali	IT	Sunday classes 主日學	EN-EN ZH	Not ‘Sunday school’ as understood in the normal context of ‘after Mass’ catechism, but actual classes Don Bosco set up for students who could not attend school during the week.	He began these in 1845. cf. also ‘evening classes.’
scuola di fede Cg23.txt - ad essere "scuola di fede" per i giovani. Essa è soprattutto "missionaria", fa	IT	school of faith	EN-EN	The term came from GC23 and was one of three related terms offered to described the Salesian community today: sign of faith, school of faith and centre of communion and participation.	Analogously, other 'school of..' phrases have come into being: school of prayer, school of spirituality, school of sanctity (or holiness), all developing the basic term school of faith.
scuole serali DBpianreg.txt - opera onde fossero erette a S. Pelagia. Lo stesso municipio prese in considerazione le scuole serali,	IT	evening classes 夜校	EN-EN ZH	An idea which DB borrowed and which turned out to be one of his most successful educational ventures in the early Oratory days	Return to Index
secolarismo chavezFMA02.txt - identificare con il neoliberalismo e il secolarismo, che si esprimono Return to top	IT	secularism 現世主義	EN-EN ZH	As used in Salesian texts, secolarismo has a negative sense, the opposite to the primacy of the religious dimension in our lives.	Secularism is seen as a radicalisation of secularisation, the elimination of the sacred from things.
secolarità Cg24 DocCap.txt - Salesianità, secolarità, consacrazione sono i cardini della loro vocazione Return to top	IT	secularity 俗性	EN-EN ZH	The generally positive employment of this term in Salesian literature is a phenomenon of Vatican II. Prior to that, the term had the sense of ‘fuga mundi,’ flight from the world, and was generally a negative thing. Salesian secularity is a phenomenon that we now see in groups such as the Volunteers of Don Bosco VDB and the Volunteers With Don Bosco CDB. It does not stop there – there are many other groups along these lines.	As used in Salesian texts from Fr Ziggiotti onwards, In Fr Ricceri’s period of leadership the SGC took up consideration of the range of terms: secularisation, secularity, secularism. The first of these terms is indicated as an historical process by which men and women take up responsibility in the world. Note the term secularity most often collocates with consacrata or consacrazione, in post-Vatican II texts, therefore is seen as a positive dimension of human existence. Not to be confused with secularisation (as now understood in negative terms) or with secularism which either in English or Italian are perceived to be negative.
secolarizzazione eg12-Comunicazione fra segretaria ispettoriale e segretaria generale.txt - di esclaustrazione o di secolarizzazione "ad experimentum" o anche vivono fuori	IT	secularisation 俗化	EN-EN ZH	A technical term in canon law for a priest who leaves his Congregation and is incardinated in a diocese	There is also another meaning of ‘secularisation’ referring to a supposed process in the contemporary world. This latter meaning is open to much interpretation and indeed misuse as a cover-all for all problems today!
secolarizzazione Rfcap12.txt - le sfide della nuova cultura, della secolarizzazione, dell’evangelizzazione);	IT	secularisation 俗化	EN-EN ZH	Cf. also secularismo, secularità. Note the use of secolarizzazione in Salesian texts, especially since Fr Viganò, is with its normally received negative (but often uncritically so) sense.	Return to Index
Sede Apostolico Return to top	IT	Apostolic See	EN-EN	In Canon Law the terms Apostolic See and Holy See refer to the Pope (Roman Pontiff) and the Roman Curia together as the form of Government of the Catholic Church. A synonym, the See of Peter, is more personalised but the reference is still administrative. But the term Apostolic See is theoretically more embracing in that it could originally have applied to five Sees founded by the Apostles (Rome, Jerusalem, Antioch, Constantinople, Alexandria). Certainly within Salesian documentation its only reference is to the Roman See	While in practice Vatican City and the Holy See appear to be identical entities, they are not. Ambassadors are accredited to the Holy See, not to Vatican City. The Holy See does not dissolve on the death of the reigning Pope.
segno e strumento Cg20-2.txt - La Chiesa, che è in Cristo come un Sacramento o segno e strumento dell' intima unione con Dio e dell' unità	IT	sign and instrument	EN-EN	Not to be confused with signs and bearers... this reference comes from Redemptoris Missio 18 when it speaks of the "seed, sign and instrument" which is the Church in its mission to build the Kingdom of God.	The Church is the sign and instrument of salvation for the world. The term is also to be found in C 66 in reference to the Rector of the community who is the sign and instrument of communion between brothers seeking the Lord's will.
segni dei tempi Return to top Costituzioni2.txt - segni dei tempi, con spirito di iniziativa e costante duttilità le verifichiamo e	IT	signs of the times	EN-EN	The term has its origins in Scripture: Mt 16:4 You know how to read the face of the sky but you do not know how to read the signs of the times. Pope John XXIII made the first use of the term in modern Catholic social teaching to refer to the principal characteristics of the age emerging from the collective unconscious in the human community in forms of shared understanding and social movements. Pacem in Terris. He identified items like the women's movement, movement for workers' rights and the end of colonialism.	The theological importance of the signs of the times is that they embody and reflect the movement of the Holy Spirit in human society. The term is a frequent reference in post-Vatican II Salesian documentation.
segni e portatori del amore di Dio ai giovani 384chavez.txt - apostolico di Don Bosco: «essere nella Chiesa segni e portatori dell’amore di Dio ai giovani, specialmente ai più poveri»	IT	signs and bearers of God's love for the young	EN-EN	Readily recognised as a line from the Salesian Constitutions, often shortened to signs and bearers, or signs and bearers of God's love.
segretario generale eg12-Comunicazione fra segretaria ispettoriale e segretaria generale.txt - Per quanto riguarda poi le pratiche di carattere giuridico, il Segretario generale e il Procuratore	IT	secretary general 總書記秘書長	EN-EN ZH	A role at the service of the Rector Major and Council
segretario ispettoriale SDB-Regolamenti-i.txt - per nominare il segretario ispettoriale (1 59 R);	IT	provincial secretary 會省秘書	EN-EN ZH	Also has the role of a notary	Return to Index
selvaggi DBCircolari.txt - aver catechizzate e battezzate varie tribù di selvaggi, a prezzo di stenti e pericoli Return to top	IT	savages 野蠻人	EN-EN ZH	A term to be found in DB’s time and certainly in his own use as he looked toward mission territories like Patagonia, Australia. A definition from a dictionary of his own time (Dizionario di cognizioni utili, Torino 1864) attempts to describe ‘savages’ as having broad shoulders, enormous heads, black curly hair, short beard, expressionless face, and around three metres tall!	The question is how to translate this term today, since ‘savages’ sounds too strong. The term did have an ambiguous feel even for Don Bosco, since there was still the Romantic period sense of the noble savage in the literature of the time, nor should we forget that the concept first came to Don Bosco in the context of a dream about peoples who could be saved, and that one of these people, Zefferino Namuncurà, is on the road to the altar! Today we might consider glossing the word as ‘tribal people’ or something similar.
senso di appartenenza SDB-Regolamenti-i.txt - salesiana e tramite il suo delegato, cercherà di favorire il senso di appartenenza e	IT	sense of belonging	EN-EN	The general meaning of the term is clear enough. In the 2002-8 six year period the General Council, it is one of the expressed aims at every level of the Congregation, to give confrere a sense of belonging to Congregation, region, province, local community.	It is more than a pious wish. A strong sense of belonging and identity is vital to the happiness of individuals and to the effectiveness of the Salesian mission.
sequela Christi Return to top CG25comunità1.txt - cogliere la vita come dono e compito, espressione della "sequela Christi"?	LA	sequela christi, the following of Christ	EN-EN	The term is more often left in its Latin form. Note that the Italian form is almost identical, differing solely by an 'h'. It is an ancient term in Christian spirituality, in reference to either the apostolic following of Christ, or the imitatio christi in general Christian life.	Today the term is clearly recognised for its use within the context of Consecrated Life
servizio ai giovani, servizio dei giovani RFCN_Cap_2.txt - servizio ai giovani nella Congregazion SDB-Regolamenti-i.txt - servizio dei giovani poveri: dei giovani anzitutto che, a causa della povertà	IT	service of the young	EN-EN	One of the terms used to describe the Salesian project (cf. C.21). Understood to be an ecclesial service since Salesian activity is part of the Church's ministry	Our historical commitment to the young inherited from Don Bosco
servizio di animazione CG25strutture1.txt - Mentre il servizio di animazione dei Consiglieri di settore nelle Ispettorie è stimato per	IT	service of animation (the)	EN-EN	A reference to the twin service of animation and government carried out by authority
servizio di autorità 380chavez3.txt - utili per il loro servizio di autorità. Return to top	IT	service of authority	EN-EN	The phrase comes directly from the Constitutions, and has behind it the sentiments of C.121 which indicates that authority is exercised in the name of and in imitation of Christ as a service to one's brothers in the spirit of Don Bosco to help them follow out God's will. In practical terms the service of authority is carried out by persons with specific roles, by bodies (councils, advisory groups) and by activities (of different sectors or departments). Additional references to service are in such terms as serivce of the mission, our pastoral and educative service.	The Service of authority refers to the world, provincial and local levels. At world level, other than the Holy Father who is the ultimate authority, the General Chapter has the supreme authority in the Congregation and elects the Rector Major who has ordinary power of government. At the next level down, of juridical circumscriptions (province, vice province, special circumscription) is the superior of that circumscription, and finally at the local level, the local superior or Rector. In each case these community guides are a priest.
Servo di Dio Progetto personale - Formazione iniziale italiano.txt -Così pure il Servo di Dio Don Giuseppe Quadrio	IT	Servant of God 天主忠僕	EN-EN ZH	A cause can only be introduced if the person has gained fame already for holiness (in general opinion), has practised Christian virtues to an heroic degree and if there are no insuperable obstacles to canonisation.	Naturally all these have to be established and eventually proven, hence the ‘process.’ Cf. ‘cause for canonisation.’
sessennio SDB-Regolamenti-i.txt - In particolare, durante il sessennio del suo mandato stabilirà per ogni ispettoria	IT	six year period 六年期	EN-EN ZH	refers usually to the six year period between general chapters	Return to Index
settore CG24 Deliberazioni.txt - Generale, nello stesso settore dl attività (Cost. 142) Generale (nella sua articolazione di consiglieri di settore e Return to top	IT	sector 部門	EN-EN ZH	a sector is a key area of Salesian mission – there are seven such currently defined. Reference is sometimes made to settori di attività or sectors of activity	The finance area is one of these but most refer to that as a department – it is however a sector in the first instance. A synonymous term is aree di animazione or areas of animation
significatività POI it.txt - considerassi e pianificasse le sue possibilità di sviluppo per assicurare la qualità e la significatività	IT	significance, meaningfulness 意義	EN-EN ZH	cf. also the longer phrase significatività della presenza salesiana.	Mandated by GC23 as a criterion for evaluating the value and impact of each Salesian work. The word had appeared earlier during Team Visits
significatività della presenza salesiana 372vecchi.txt - significatività della presenza salesiana, qualunque sia il tema messo a fuoco.	IT	impact of Salesian presence 慈幼會事業的影響	EN-EN ZH	the Italian word, significatività borrowed from the world of statistics, refers to statistical significance, but note that Vecchi in his description, links it to ‘signs.’	The word and its use as a criterion gained currency in Salesian usage in the six years preceding GC23. Viganò at one point said that it sums up our global effort at renewal in the Congregation, to become signs (of God’s love) again for young people.
significità	IT	meaning, meaningfulness significance	EN-EN
sinergia 358-programma9620.txt b. Curando la 0sinergia con altri organismi, istituzioni, agenti o iniziative educative	IT	team work, working together 協作	EN-EN ZH	in general avoid glossing as synergy
sistema DBCircolari.txt - a formare un sistema ordinato, che abbraccia su vasta scala tutte le classi che formano Return to top	IT	system 系統	EN-EN ZH	most frequently applied to the preventive system but in recent years has been used in a wider sense e.g. the Salesian system of social communication. It was Don Bosco himself who offered this wider perspective when he referred to 'an ordered system' of communication.
sistema preventivo Dbmem.txt - Si facciano sacrifizi pecuniari e personali, ma si pratichi il sistema preventivo ed avremo delle	IT	Preventive System 預防教育法	EN-EN ZH	English usually capitalises this term but not necessarily
sistema salesiano di comunicazione sociale 390chavez.txt - Comunicazione Sociale, intitolato Sistema Salesiano di Comunicazione Sociale; e gli	IT	Salesian Social Communication System 慈幼會大眾傳播系統	EN-EN ZH	The term communication system gained its first use in Salesian circles through Fr Antonio Martinelli in preparation for the World Gathering of Salesian Bulletin Directors 1998.	Fr Martinelli defines the Salesian Social Communication System as an integrated and unified communication project
Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki CSM	EN	Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki CSM	EN-EN	Founded in Japan (Miyazaki) in 1937 by Fr Cavoli under direction from Mons. Cimatti	Members of the Salesian Family
Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary SIHM	EN	Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary SIHM	EN-EN	Founded in Bangkok Thailand 1937 by Bishop Pasotti	Members of the Salesian Family
soci esterni 318vigano.txt - «Soci esterni» aggregati alla Società di San Francesco di Sales, che avrebbe voluto inserire nelle Costituzioni dei	IT	extern members 在外成員	EN-EN ZH	DB had attempted (without success) to have Rome recognise a form of external membership in the Salesian Constitutions. Even some of his early ascritti (we would say novices) had such a long novitiate that they were really a kind of socio esterno, e.g. coadiutori or famigli without vows (while some, obviously also took vows).	Return to Index A synonymous term is membri esterni
società 304vigano.txt - novità perenne. Il Rettor Maggiore della Società di S. Francesco di Sales Return to top	IT	society 社會	EN-EN ZH	As in Salesian Society This was the term used, even preferred by DB. In 1869 Rome recognised the Salesian Society as a Congregation of simple vows and in June 1884 (28^th) definitively as a clerical Congregation.	DB claims that Pius IX advised him to use society since it indicated a group of citizens freely associating and could therefore avoid the suppression laws. DB fought strongly to retain ‘secular’ elements to his organization but was gradually forced by Rome to change this.
società dell'allegria Dbmosf.txt - I compagni - Società dell'allegria - Doveri cristiani	IT	cf. comment 同樂會	ZH	The question is do we leave it as it is or translate it? It means ‘society of cheerfulness’ but whatever we try in English sounds corny – especially ‘Glee Society’!	Return to Index Though it was a small, boyish effort at the time, and soon dissolved once John Bosco entered the seminary, the concept behind it ultimately developed into Don Bosco's extensive work for the transformation of society. When he developed his 'good Christian, honest citizen' line, he gradually widened his understanding of this phrase to include the transformation of society more generally.
Società di mutuo soccorso Dbmosf.txt - Il primo di giugno dell'anno stesso si die principio alla Società di mutuo soccorso per impedire che i nostr Return to top	IT	Mutual Help Society 互助會	EN-EN ZH	The full title of this society was Società di mutuo soccorso di alcuni individui della Compagnia di San Luigi eretta nell’Oratorio di S. Francesco di Sales.	We note immediately that it was an offshoot of the St. Aloysius Sodality. Members had to be members of this and paid 5 cents each Sunday. A member who fell sick was given 50 cents a day until recovery.
Società Salesiana di San Giovanni Bosco Cg23.txt - Siete un Capitolo Generale, rappresentate tutta la Società Salesiana di San Giovanni Bosco	IT	Salesian Society of St John Bosco 鮑思高慈幼會	EN-EN ZH	Or in short form simply Salesian Society
Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii	LA	Society of St Francis de Sales 慈幼會	EN-EN ZH
socio eg08-Casa Religiosa e Comunità Locale.txt - canonica o chiusura, l’ascrizione di un socio ad una Casa, la nomina del Direttore,	IT	members 會友成員	EN-EN ZH	Plural soci. The term was used by Don Bosco to refer to members of the Society of St. Francis de Sales and has continued in use in more formal settings e.g. C&R R. 52.	Today in casual or spoken reference we would hear confratello/i, confrere(s) instead of soci. The latter can be found in written form only
socius	LA	socius 會員	LA ZH	The term tends not to be translated since its translation would need to be descriptive, e.g. assistant to the director of novices
sogno Return to top Dbmosf.txt - Un sogno	IT	dream	EN-EN	Whatever the more complex analyses of dream might be, for Salesians, the reference is especially to the 1st dream of Don Bosco at age 9 and the many (hundred or more) recorded subsequent dreams. The 1st dream, then, has a foundational role in the Salesian story. They are important, too, for what they reveal about Don Bosco's capacity to provide a narrative story and ultimate history of the Congregation. Cf Memoirs of the Oratory	Also regarded as being of foundational importance is the Dream of the Ten Diamonds. The Salesian magisterium has accorded this dream great importance in terms of Salesian spirituality and our future. Walter Nigg in a famous comment, wrote of a dream reality for Don Bosco - his dreams were a message coming from his inner life as a human being but also a form of revelation from God.
solidarietà SDB-Regolamenti-i.txt - le norme per una concreta solidarietà fra le case dell'ispettoria e gli aiuti che le	IT	solidarity 團結互助	EN-EN ZH	While not a ‘Salesian’ word (it belongs rather to JP II), in the late 1990s the RM introduced a Solidarity Fund and provinces were encouraged to have a solidarity plan - all as a way of helping out in situations that needed financial assistance.	Return to Index
Sommo Pontefice Strenna05.txt - consolazione di vedere sancite dalla infallibile Autorità del Sommo Pontefice molte cose Return to top	IT	Supreme Pontiff	EN-EN	This is the formal term expected in, for example, letters from the Holy See to the Congregation. Don Bosco tended to use this reference more than Santo Padre or Holy Father, though he would have used the latter in conversation either with the Pope or about the Pope.	C. 125 refers to the Supreme Pontiff as the ultimate superior of the Salesian Congregation. Salesians do not take a fourth vow of obedience to the Pope, but in many ways live the spirit of such a vow.
SPCI	EN	SPCI	EN-EN	Salesian Provincial Conference of India. Conference of the Provincials of the Indian provinces. After GC25 changed to SPCSA - Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia.
SPCSA	EN	SPCSA	EN-EN	Salesian Provincials’ Conference of South Asia. Conference of the Salesian provincials of the region of South Asia. It includes the provinces / vice-provinces of India and the vice-provinces of Sri Lanka (LKC) and Myanmar (MYM).