Catholic Missionaries of the ‘Holy Land’ and the Nahda

The Case of the Salesian Society (1904–1920)

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ID12958209
AuthorsPaolo Pieraccini (University of Florence, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume32
Issue3-4
Pages311-341
Publication date2019-11-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences and Missions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1874-8945 • E-ISSN: 1874-8937
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18748945-03203020
OpenAlexW2984126409
LanguageEN
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, some Palestinian and Lebanese Salesians, influenced by the Arab Renaissance movement, began to claim the right to oppose the ‘directorships’ of the institutes of the Don Bosco Society in Bethlehem and the surrounding area. They also began to request better recognition of their native language, in schools and within the religious community. They clashed with their superiors who, in the meantime, had signed an agreement with the Salesian government in Rome, committing them to developing the Italian language in their teaching institutes. The struggle became particularly fierce after the Holy See rebuked the Palestinian religious congregations for teaching the catechism and explaining the Sunday Gospel to people in a foreign language and urged them to do so in Arabic. The clash caused a serious disturbance within the Salesian community. Finally, after the First World War, the most turbulent Arab religious were removed from the Society of Don Bosco. All converged in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, where they continued forcefully (but in vain) to put forward their national demands. This article is based on several unpublished sources

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