| ORIGINAL | ENGLISH | COMMENT | CITATION |
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| i Becchi [IT] | The Becchi | May be referred to either in its Italian form or the glossed version with 'The.' | Viganò ACG303:..Istituti religiosi (ricordiamo 0i Becchi e Valdocco) e nell'esperienza vissuta di ognuno |
| identità carismatica [IT] | charismatic identity | Synonymous with 'Salesian identity' or the ''indole propria'' or special character of the Salesian. 'Vocational Identity' is an additional term employed frequently in our texts. In specific terms, the charismatic identity of Salesian of Don Bosco is to make welcome and to share the life of the young especially those who are poorest. It was a term often employed by Fr Viganò. | Vecchi ACG355:...necessario avere: comunità religiose con una chiara identità carismatica, assimilata e vissuta, |
| identità salesiana [IT] | Salesian identity | 'Identity' is a term which collocates widely in Salesian literature - charismatic, spiritual, Salesian, priestly, lay, to name but a few. Salesian identity could also refer to St. Francis de Sales, but more commonly on SDB lips it refers to the specific character of the gift of the Spirit represented in Don Bosco and his Salesians. | CG25comunità:..servitore dell'unità e dell'identità salesiana, maestro e guida pastorale, |
| identità vocazionale [IT] | vocational identity | Synonymous with other terms such as 'Salesian identity', 'charismatic identity', this term began its ecclesial journey with Vatican II's call to each institute to renew its sense of identity. The Special General Chapter (SGC) was the Chapter which carried out this renewal within the Congregation, from which came the renewed Constitutions. They directly employ the term (e.g. C.97). The term is applied either very broadly, in reference to the 'vocation' that stems from Baptism, or more specifically, either for a specific Christian vocation such s that of educator, or a specific type of consecrated vocation as in the case of the Brother, the Priest. Vocational identity determines the formation process, hence it will be found in the Ratio. Discussion of vocational fragility also returns to the need for a clear and strong vocational identity. | ACG363-famsal:..si è fatta sulle componenti che costituiscono l'identità vocazionale salesiana |
| Il Direttore Salesiano. Un ministero per l'animazione e il governo della comunità locale [IT] | The Salesian Rector. A ministry for the animation and government of the local community. | Title of guide for the Salesian Rector sometimes simply called the Rector's Handbook. | |
| il primo responsabile [IT] | The first in responsibility | In addition to being guide of the community the Rector is the first in responsibility for the mission. But the term is applied to the community in its own right too, especially within the EPC where it is first in responsibility for formation, spirituality, animation. Although it must be said that the Rector is similarly named for this responsibility within the EPC. | PV8:..Ciascuno di noi è il primo responsabile della sua povertà, |
| Ill.mo e benemerito Sig. Commendatore [IT] | My dear Comendatore | Of historical interest only. A salutation often found in Don Bosco's letters | |
| Immacolata (Concezione) [IT] | Immaculate (Conception), Mary Immaculate | The full term refers to a dogma of the Church concerning Mary's singular grace in being conceived without sin proclaimed on 8th December 1854. Often, in Don Bosco's and subsequent Salesian reference, it is shortened to 'The Immaculate'. The dogma and the event of its proclamation are especially significant in Salesian history. In the first 20 years of his life, before he had settled on the term Help of Christians, his reference was always to Mary Immaculate. The 8th December, a good ten years and more before the dogma was proclaimed, was the date he assigned to the start of his work. Cf Bartolomeo Garelli. The proclamation date was also the date Dominic Savio wrote up his simple programme of life under Don Bosco's tutelage at the Oratory. The Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, of which Dominic was a co-founder, became a school of preparation for boys who eventually were the beginnings of the Salesian Society. At Mornese, the Daughters of the Immaculate group of women were the basis for what became the Salesian Sisters. | DBCircolari:...Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione di Maria SS. 8 Dicembre 1885. |
| imborghesimento [IT] | tendency to become middle class | Given that rather large proportions of Salesian activity today take place in a context which in Don Bosco's time would be considered decidedly middle class, some care is required in understanding this term today. A clue lies in SGC and a letter of Fr Ricceri's in October 1974 where the English translates ''imborghesimento'' as 'soft and easy life' in contrast to the concept of work and temperance and Don Bosco's thinking about rolling up our sleeves and getting down to work . | CG25:...testimonianza di Dio, il superamento di ogni forma di imborghesimento, atonia e mediocrità. |
| impegno sociale [IT] | social involvement | The Italian ''impegno'' is a term that one seeks in vain before 1970 in Salesian texts, but from this time onwards it appears frequently. The SGC (1971-2) devoted a long article to Salesian commitment to justice in the world. | SSCS:.. per i giovani l'impegno sociale e cristiano di trasformazione della società. |
| impresa [IT] | business, business venture, enterprise | The Italian term can have a general reference, e.g. to an ''impresa missionaria'' or ''apostolica''. But in more recent times, when applied to the field of social communications it implies something closer to ''azienda'' or 'business venture'.In the Salesian Social Communication System, business ventures are given an important role, especially in terms of the formation of Salesians to work in this environment, and the place that provincial, inter-provincial or region, inter-regional organisation plays. | SSCS:...una opera o impresa che già funziona professionalmente e che è già consolidata |
| in definitiva [IT] | after all, when all is said and done. | | |
| incaricato [IT] | person in charge | A form seen in some Salesian documents (mainly from India) is 'incharge' or 'in-charge'. This seems to be a transliteration of the Italian | PGmanCapitolo 4:..L'incaricato dell'Oratorio-Centro Giovanile |
| incassi [IT] | incomes | Accounting terminology. | |
| inculturazione [IT] | inculturation | Note that this is distinct from 'enculturation'. It means integrating Christian faith in human culture(s). The term begins to appear in ecclesial documents from about 1979 onwards, with a sort of definition from Pope John Paul II who saw it, in a comment he made to the Pontifical Biblical Commission, as a term which expressed very well one aspect of the great mystery of the Incarnation. Its appearance in Salesian vocabulary can be owed in a particular way to representatives from Bangalore (India) at the Special General Chapter 20 (1971-72)... which is interesting since it has been claimed that the term really came into existence in 1973 from a Protestant theologian teaching in New York! The Jesuits took it up at their 32nd GC (1975) translating it as ''inculturatio'' (since Latin does not permit ''enculturatio''). The term appears often in the phrase ''inculturazione del Vangelo'' (inculturation of the Gospel). While the noun form works easily enough in English, there is still some resistance to it as a verb. Italian only has the word ''inculturazione'' since ''en-'' is not a prefix in that language. It may use the word ''socializzazione'' to express what English means by 'enculturation'. Salesians have their own particular contribution to give to an understanding of inculturation in practice, given the capacity of the Salesian charism to inculturate the Gospel message in the world and to inculturate itself in so many cultures. | Chavez ACG381:...ha giocato un ruolo importante anche sull'inculturazione del carisma. |
| industrie [IT] | stratagems, tricks, inducements | A term used by Don Bosco. | DBCircolari:...Persuadetevi, o cari miei figliuoli, che simili industrie attireranno su di voi |
| inserimento sociale [IT] | slotting into society | 'Insertion' is not really the sense of the Italian word in this context; it is more one of fitting in, involvement, even with a sense of commitment. | PGmanCapitolo 2:...Il gruppo giovanile deve guardare allo sbocco nell'inserimento sociale |
| inserirsi [IT] | to participate | Avoid glossing with 'insert' unless it is clear that this is the better choice. | SDB-Regolamenti:..inserirsi nei circuiti della stampa, del cinema, della radio e della televisione; |
| intenzionalità [IT] | deliberateness (of) | 'Intentionality' is too Latinate. | RFCN_Cap_2:..l'impegno a mantenere l'intenzionalità vocazionale salesiana come criterio di orientamento |
| Interamerica [IT] | Interamerica | Current Salesian Region | |
| internato [IT] | boarding establishment | Could be a hostel, even a boarding school. Antonym to ''esternato''. | Chavez ACG387:..l'internato nella storia salesiana. Oggi è opportuno dotarli di un buon Progetto Educativo-Pastorale |
| intervento [IT] | statement, intervention | Avoid glossing with 'intervention' unless it is clear that this is the better choice, | Rfcncap1:..che il candidato manifesta; il suo intervento rimane nell'ambito di una consulenza |
| invigilatore [IT] | invigilator | A role to be found in DB's Regulations for the Oratory. | |
| Irmas de Jesús Adolescente IJA [IT] | Sisters of Jesus, Adolescent | Founded in 1938 in Campo Grande Brazil by Bishop Prinate. Members of the Salesian Family | |
| irrinunciabile [IT] | inalienable (or in context, 'cannot be done without') | | |
| ispettore [IT] | provincial | DB chose terms which had resonance within civil society at the time (inspector), rather than an ecclesiastical term. Cf. also the Provincial's manual. | DBCircolari:..Pia Società, eleggo e nomino D. Francesco Cerruti, attualmente Ispettore dell'Ispettoria... |
| ispettoria [IT] | province | The term goes back to DB himself. | Dbtrelet:..assai opportuno che tu qualche volta lungo l'anno raduni i direttori della tua Ispettoria |
| istituti religiosi [IT] | religious institutes | The term here is in the plural since it is found more frequently in this form in Salesian documents. Institute is the more general term used in Canon Law applied to groups formed around a particular charism. Synonymous terms are 'institutes of consecrated life', 'religious orders', 'religious congregations'. Cf. also ''istituto religioso'' above. An 'order' is, technically, a group taking solemn vows. A Congregation's members take simple vows. The Salesian Sisters (FMA) normally refer to themselves as an Institute. SDB's more often than not call themselves a Society or a Congregation. | CG20-3:..Rinnovamento degli Istituti religiosi indica chiaramente che esso deve ispirarsi al Concilio, |
| Istituto clericale [IT] | Clerical Institute | The term is taken directly from the Code of Canon Law and indicates that the service of government of the community, in the Institute's tradition, is entrusted at all levels to a confrere who is a priest. | EG11-Amministrazione dei beni temporali:..maggiore nell'Istituto clericale di diritto pontificio. |
| Istituto di diritto pontificio [IT] | Institute by Pontifical Right | Being an institute by pontifical right gives the society an exemption, which is not to be seen in negative terms as 'not' being responsible to the local ordinary, but in positive terms as fostering the unity of the Congregation worldwide. It also underlines our availability of service to the universal Church. | PV2:..Un Istituto di diritto pontificio, e non semplicemente diocesano: |
| Istituto di Scienze della Comunicazione Sociale ISCOS [IT] | Institute of Sciences of Social Communication | Now raised to status of a faculty of UPS. | |
| istituto magistrale [IT] | teachers' college | | Viganò ACG332:..he egli andava a fare alla Casa generalizia di Nizza Monferrato, dove funzionava un fiorente Istituto Magistrale: |
| Istituto Ratisbonne [IT] | Ratisbonne Institute | Salesian seminary and study centre in Jerusalem which used be located at Cremisan near Bethlehem. Often we see 'Salesian Monastery Ratisbonne' in the official title - this is to fulfil Israeli law regarding its financial status. | |
| Istituto religioso [IT] | | Religious institutes differ from Secular institutes where profession of the gospel counsels is not lived out in community, and from Societies of Apostolic Life where though there is community, there is no bond of public vows. Cf also ''istituti religiosi'' above. | Vecchi ACG365:..Mi ha impressionato leggere in una Regola di un istituto religioso queste indicazioni sul lavoro: |
| Istituto Salesiano per le Missioni [IT] | Salesian Missions Institute | The juridical entity known as the ''Istituto Salesiano per le Missioni'' (Salesian Missions Institute), located at Turin-Valdocco, Via Maria Ausiliatrice no. 32, was the wish of Bl. Philip Rinaldi, 3rd Successor of Don Bosco. | |
| Istituto Secolare [IT] | | Amongst the many possible forms of Religious Life in the Church, the Secular Institute is a contemporary form. Part of Consecrated Life, members of a Secular Institute profess the evangelical counsels discretely, almost in hidden fashion by contrast with the visible manner of Religious profession. The Volunteers of Don Bosco are a Secular Institute by Pontifical Right (since 1978). The Volunteers With Don Bosco (CDB) are not yet a Secular Insitute but aim for this recognition. | Viganò ACG298...secolarità consacrata; essa infatti è propria dei laici membri di un Istituto secolare |
| Istituto Storico Salesiano ISS [IT] | Salesian Historical Institute ISS | Founded 1981 in order to place a scientifically and technically valid study of documents of the Salesian heritage in the hands of scholars and other interested persons. The acronym is retained in all languages | Vecchi ACG361:...La Congregazione ha voluto la fondazione dell'Istituto Storico Salesiano. |
| IUS [IT] | Salesian Institutions for Higher Education(IUS), or, IUS: Salesian Institutions for Higher Education | IUS was simply an acronym until 2001 where, until then, it was the acronym for ''Istituzioni Universitarie Salesiane''. The letters have been retained, but the preferred expanded term no longer directly relates to them acronymically, at least in English, and the term is now officially stated in its English version rather than in Italian. | Vecchi ACG361...cresciuto in questi anni il numero di istituzioni universitarie salesiane. |
| istruzione [IT] | | The Italian term is almost synonymous with ''educazione'' and ''formazione'' but tends to be used to mean the acquisition of skills and here can contrast with ''educazione'' understood as gaining broad knowledge, acquiring attitudes. Often best glossed as 'education' in English except where it clearly means gaining specific competencies. | PGmanCapitolo 4:...privilegiando l'aspetto educativo su quello meramente di istruzione |
| Italia-Medio Oriente Italy-MOR [IT] | Italy-Middle East | Current term for Salesian region. | |
| iter [LA] | Iter | Tends to remain untranslated from Latin. If translated could be 'path followed'. | Viganò ACG332:.. iter della Causa |
| itinerario [IT] | curriculum, progress made,.... | Depends on context; avoid 'itinerary' unless it is obviously that with its usual English meaning of a journey outline. | |
| it non osta [IT] | nihil obstat | | |
| Iuvenum Patris [IT] | Father of the Young | Letter of Pope John Paul II to Salesians, Salesian Family, youth, Christian educators on occasion of 1988 centenary of Don Bosco's death. On this occasion JPII bestowed the official title of 'Father and Teacher of Youth' on DB. | Vigano ACG330:..la preziosa Lettera ''Iuvenum Patris''; | (:nl:) |
