Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (in Italian ''Salesiane Oblate del Sacro Cuore di Gesù'' with the abbreviation S.O.S.C.
[''Ann. Pont. 2007'', p. 1686.]) is an institute of religious sisters of pontifical right of Italian origin founded by
Salesian Bishop Mgr.
Giuseppe Cognata
Giuseppe Cognata (Agrigento, 14 October 1885 - Pellaro, 22 July 1972) was an Italian Catholic bishop and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was the founder of the Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a female religious institut ...
in 1933 at
Bova Marina,
Italy. The institute belongs to the
Salesian Family.
History
The institute was founded on December 8, 1933, in
Bova Marina by Mgr. Cognata, Bishop of the Dioceses of Bova (1933-1940).
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), coll. 387-388, voce a cura di G. Rocca. It was approved as institute of
pontifical right
In Catholicism "of pontifical right" is the term given to ecclesiastical institutions (religious and secular institutes, societies of apostolic life) either created by the Holy See, or approved by it with the formal decree known by the Latin nam ...
on January 16, 1962, and it was recognized by the Italian state on December 26, 1962. The
Holy See gave to it the
decree of praise on January 24, 1972;
and it formally joined the Salesian family on 24 December 1983.
Activities and expansion
The Salesian Oblates are dedicated to Christian education of the youth: they have kindergartens, schools, youth centres (oratories) and pastoral centers.
Besides Italy, their original country, they have communities in
Bolivia
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and
Peru.
[SOSC, 2005. Elenco Case. Retrieved July 29, 2013 from http://www.salesianesosc.org/1/elenco_case_675266.html]
Bibliography
* ''Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2007'',
Libreria Editrice Vaticana,
Città del Vaticano
Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—'
* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
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2007. .
* Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), ''Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione'' (10 voll.), Edizioni paoline,
Milano 1974–2003.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.salesianesosc.org/
Salesian Order
Religious organizations established in 1933
Catholic female orders and societies
1933 establishments in Italy