Opera Omnia

CONTENTS
Abbreviations page 10
Foreword 11
I. Formation of the text of ATP - II. The three different editions of ATP - III. The ATP in the pastoral theology of the time - IV. The more important themes of ATP - Conclusion
Notices 47

NOTES IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY
Frontispiece III (Page original volume) 49 (Page present volume)
Dedication V 51
[Foreword] (Card. Richelmy) VII 53
Preface to the 1^st edition IX 55
Preface to the 2^nd edition XI 57

THE POINT OF DEPARTURE
Single head. The priest 1 59
His practical life - Division of the subject matter - Notices

FIRST PART
ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF ZEAL
Introduction 5 65

Head. I On piety in general 7 66

Head. II The practices of piety 10 69
Method of life (Schedule-Rule) - Meditation - Books most advised for Meditation - Spiritual reading - Books for spiritual reading - Lives of Saints most suitable for reading by Priests - Breviary - The Holy Mass - Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament - Examination of conscience - Apostolic Union - Confession - Devotion to Mary Most Holy - Devotion to St. Joseph - Devotion to the Guardian Angel - The Souls in Purgatory - Aggregation of Priest-Adorers - League of Priest-Reparators

Head. III The fruits of piety - Priestly virtues 36 94
Obedience - League of Priests pro Pontifice et Ecclesia - Chastity - Humility - Charity - Signs of laxity

Head. IV Study 52 108
Regarding study in general - Subject matters to choose - Recreations

Head. V Administration of material goods 62 117
General Idea - Land overseer, tenant, farmer? - Care of buildings - Care of moveable goods - Alms and savings - Testaments

SECOND PART
ON PASTORAL CAREAND OF ITS GENERAL MEANS
Preamble 79 135
Notice 79 136

Head. I On pastoral action in general 81 137

Head. II General norms for the clergy as regards the care of souls 88 143

Head. III Relationships of the priest 97 151
Between parish priest and vice-curate - Relationship between parish priest and neighboring parish priests - Relationships between the parish priest and priests living in the parish - Relationships between priests and laity, between parish priest and relatives - Relationship between the parish priest and employees - Between the parish priest and the town's authorities - Between the parish priest and teachers - Between parish priest and sacristan - Between the parish priest and the sick - Between the parish priest and families - Between the parish priest and the sisters - Between the parish priest and the nursery school - Between the parish priest and the hospital - Between the parish priest and the evil ones or enemies

Head. IV On pastoral action of some priests 144 191
Regarding the parish priest's pastoral action - Some undertakings for the pastoral action of vicars forane - Norms for chaplains - Norms for priest-teachers

THIRD PART
ON SOME PARTICULAR WORKSPROPER TO THE PRIESTLY ZEAL
Head. I Confession 164 209
Importance and general principles - Pieces of advice on confession in general - How to conduct one's self in the confessional with different kinds of penitents - Penance - Admonitions - Absolution - More ordinary general admonitions - More ordinary particular admonitions - The confessor's conduct - Two solved questions for practice - The confessor and celibacy - The confessor and the married state - How to promote frequent confession

Head. II On Holy Communion 198 238
How to have frequent communion - League for frequent communion - Eucharistic education of children - Eucharistic three-day devotions - How to let communion bear fruits - Mark of benefits from Holy Communion

Head. III Ceremonies 211 250
On ceremonies in general - Holy Mass (On holy days) - Mass (ferial) - Vespers - Hour of adoration - The Holy Forty-hour devotion - Other Eucharistic ceremonies - Month of May - Honoring Mary - The Rosary - Feasts and solemnities of Mary Most Holy - Little clergy - Choirs - Housekeepers of the Most Holy Sacrament - Union of children for accompanying the Holy Viaticum - The Page children

Head. IV Preaching 240 276
Need - Qualities of the Preacher - Notes [on two particular cases] - Qualities of the preaching - Some practical pieces of advice - Where to draw the material - Topics for various seasons - Some short preachings suggested by zeal - How to fight dancing through sermons - For the Spiritual Exercises - Speaking to distinct classes - Books useful for preaching and reading - For young preachers - To make the fruit of preaching possible and lasting - Conclusion

Head. V Catechism 281 313
Methods of awarding - Conduct catechism classes well - Some aids for the catechist - Catechism in church or Parish School of Catechism - Oratory - Appendix - Some notes - Society of the Christian doctrine

Head. VI Principal devotions and associationsthe priest has to spread 314 343
Devotions convenient for all - Devotions convenient for special classes of persons - Means for spreading them - Different organizations accessible to all

Head. VII Catholic Action 323 352
General principles

Head. VIII Particular Catholic Action activities 332 360
Unione popolare (People's union) - For the school problem - Oratories for boys - Oratories for girls - Class of religion - Evening and winter classes - Roving libraries - Good propaganda - Cultural centers - Training for cooperators in Catholic Action - Particular Catholic Action activities - Religious Catholic Action - Catholic youth - Youth circle - International Catholic Association of organizations for the protection of young women - Electoral Action - Catholic Women - Economic action - Notes

Head. IX The religious vocations 354 382
And what practical norms?
Head. X Organizing feasts 359 387

Head. XI Construction of churches 369 389
Cleanliness in churches - Society of the Friends of Christian Art
INDEXES
INDEX OF BIBLICAL QUOTES 401
INDEX OF CHURCH DOCUMENTS 402
INDEX OF PERIODICALS AND MAGAZINES 403
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX (quoted by the curators) 404
INDEX OF AUTHORS 407
INDEX OF ASSOCIATIONS 416
INDEX OF PLACES 418
INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS 419
ANALYTICAL INDEX 423
TABLE OF CONTENTS 429

VTO MY DEAREST FRIENDS,
THE MOST REVEREND YOUNG PRIESTS
AND THE VENERABLE CLERICS
OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBA

VIIFOREWORD¹
To procure holy Priests for our populations is a work truly worthy of a Seminary Superior (the author is a Seminary Spiritual Director); to especially insist on the practical means of zealously and fruitfully exercising the pastoral ministry is a work that is doubly commendable and very necessary to these days. Let the Appunti di teologia pastorale by Theol. Alberione be blessed. In it shine together solid doctrine and practical sense, because of which the exercise of true pastoral ministry comes easy. Let the young ones as well as the older ones willingly read the pages drawn from a living love of virtue, added to the study of the norms most suitable to our times in view of making Christian life re-flourish. And above all may the Lord, with the most abundant effusion of his most chosen grace, grant that his Ministers on earth, winning over themselves and suffocating every voice of indolence and of self-love, conform themselves to these lessons, proposed to them by Divine Providence itself.
Turin, 2 February 1913.

A. Card. RICHELMY
Archbishop of Turin

THIRD PART
ON SOME PARTICULAR WORKS
PROPER TO THE PRIESTLY ZEAL
In the second part, we discussed the practical principles about which pastoral care and priestly zeal, especially of parish priests and the clergy in general, should be informed. Here we would discuss the particular activities that a good minister of God has to undertake for the good of souls. Not all shall be discussed: only the principal ones: confession, communion, preaching, catechesis, Catholic action, etc. For many other practical norms, one can consult: Enchiridion parochorum seu institutiones Theologiae pastoralis. - Berencio¹ - (Pavia, Tip. del Seminario vescovile), and Krieg, etc.