Gaudium et spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, was one of the four constitutions resulting from the Second Vatican Council. Together, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium (LG), and the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (GS) stand as the two pillars of the Second Vatican Council. The Dogmatic Constitution treats the nature of the church in itself; the Pastoral Constitution treats its mission in the world.
Inter mirifica On the Means of Social Communication is a decree made by the council at Vatican II and it was promulgated on December 4, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. It is composed of 24 points, with the aim of addressing the concerns and problems of social communication. Inter mirifica identifies social communication as the press, cinema, television, and other similar types of communication interfaces. The title is taken from the opening lines of the document and means "among the wonderful".
The Salesians of Saint John Bosco (SDB), formerly known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution and named after Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
Guilford Young College is a Roman Catholic senior secondary college, with campuses located in the Hobart suburbs of Glenorchy and Hobart City in Tasmania, Australia. The College provides education to students in Year 11 and Year 12, offering more than 100 Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), pre-tertiary and Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses. The college is named in honour of Sir Guilford Young who served as the eighth Archbishop of Hobart from 1955 to 1988.
Salesian College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone. Founded on the philosophies of Saint John Bosco, the college aims to offer a Salesian ideal of education. Salesian comprises two campuses – Bosco being the school's main campus and Mannix catering solely for one year level. The reason for this is because of all the camps and student experiences in the Mannix campus.
Dunlea Centre, prior to 2010 known as Boys' Town Engadine, is an Australian residential secondary school for adolescent young people and their families; the Centre is focused on working with young people where there are identified behavioural issues. Boys' Town Engadine – Dunlea Centre helps children, young people and their families to overcome the most severe disadvantages – problems such as abuse, homelessness, long term unemployment, mental health issues and the challenges of disability. The school is located in the Sydney suburb of Engadine, New South Wales and is run by the Roman Catholic Salesians, a religious order of priests, in conjunction with specialist teachers and social workers.
John Melchior Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco[ˌdɔm ˈbɔsko], was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill-effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System.
Don Bosco Technical Institute, also known as Don Bosco Victorias is a co-educational Catholic high school and grade school in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines combining college-preparatory academic courses and technical education. Before going on to Grade 9, the student must choose from three technology courses to continue with throughout the next two years. Students can graduate in four years with a high school diploma and a certificate indicating the technology course taken.
Thornleigh Salesian College is a Roman Catholic secondary school in the Astley Bridge area of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.
Salesian College, is an independent Roman Catholic school in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. It admits boys from the age of 11 to 18, and girls in the Sixth Form. The College was founded in 1901 as a small preparatory school for boys, but soon expanded to provide boarding secondary education owing to its increasing popularity.
Don Bosco Technical Institute in Tarlac City, or simply Don Bosco Tarlac, is a private Catholic school for pre-school, grade school and junior high school boys. In 2016, it opened its co-educational senior high school department. The first ever Don Bosco school in the Philippines, it is the only academic-technical school in Tarlac. Its campus is located in Sto. Cristo, Tarlac City, Philippines.
Don Bosco School, Park Circus is a private, Roman Catholic, English-medium school for boys in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1958 and is part of the Salesians of Don Bosco. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.
Spes is the Roman goddess of hope.
Dominic College is a Catholic, co-educational, day school, located in Glenorchy, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Don Bosco Formation Center (DBFC), formerly known as Don Bosco Missionary Seminary (DBMS), is a Salesian House run by the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB). It is located in Lawaan III Talisay City Cebu, Philippines. It was established to provide salesian formation for the candidates to the priestly and religious life of the Salesian Province of Mary Help of Christians (FIS) in the Philippines.
Peter Antony Moran is the former Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland.
A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Roman Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco, and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environment. According to promoters, a Salesian school is a house, church, playground, and school where students find a new way of life, and prepare for their future as good citizens of their country, while being faithful to their own religion.
Xavier College is a Catholic co-educational secondary college founded in 1995 in the town of Gawler, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Adelaide. It operates according to the traditions of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The school enrols approximately 1,000 students in years 7 to 12. Its patron is the priest and saint John Bosco.
Louis Mathias was a priest of the Society of St Francis de Sales, missionary to India, first Catholic bishop of Shillong, and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (1935-1952).
St John Bosco College is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form for boys and girls, located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England.
