Encountering Anew the Familiar: The Introduction to the Devout Life at 400 Years

The International Commission on Salesian Studies just published a hardbound book to mark the 400th anniversary of the Introduction to the Devout Life. Joe Chorpenning edited this collection of symposium papers delivered last year in Annecy. Titles include: Four Centuries of Editions of the Introduction to the Devout Life: Bibliographical Lessons; Viviane Mellinghoff-Bourgerie The Introduction to the Devout Life as Spiritual Classic; Wendy M. Wright The Introduction to the Devout Life, Spiritual Direction, and Oblate Formation; Lewis S. Fiorelli, O.S.F.S. “In Our Image and Likeness” (Genesis 1:26): Image-Making and Spiritual Formation in the Introduction to the Devout Life; Joseph E Chorpenning, O.S.F.S. “Chains of Love: The Eternity of Friendship in the Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales;” Daniel P. Wisniewski, O.S.F.S. Modern Adaptations of the Introduction to the Devout Life; Michel Tournade, O.S.F.S. Appendix: Homily at the Eucharistic Liturgy Closing the Symposium, “Encountering Anew the Familiar: The Introduction to the Devout Life at 400 Years;” Aldino Jose Kiesel, O.S.F.S.