Don Bosco Publishing House
The Don Bosco Publishing is a specialist publisher of elementary education and religion sponsored by the Catholic religious order Salesians of Don Bosco .
history
In 1925 the Salesianer-Verlag , the forerunner of today's Don Bosco Verlag, was founded in Munich . In 1938 the publishing house was banned by the National Socialists and the rooms were sealed by the Gestapo . In 1943, a bomb attack also destroyed the publishing house with all its inventory and the archive.
After the Second World War , the Salesian Don Boscos Edmund Johannes Lutz campaigned for the founding of the publishing house, which took place in 1948. His commitment and the intercession of the famous writer Erich Kastner is due to the fact that the American military government the Don Bosco publishing the on August 12, 1948 License granted to publish educational and pastoral media in the context of Don Bosco. The publishing house discovered potential as a writer early on, for example Luise Rinser in 1952 with her Christmas play You drew with the star .
In 1963, Don Bosco Verlag acquired the Lindauer Verlag Kleine Kinder in order to expand the previous program structure to include elementary education . Works by authors such as Elfriede Pausewang - the mother of the author Gudrun Pausewang - have seen numerous reprints to this day. In 1988, after the death of the managing director Johann Ernstberger, the Salesian Don Bosco Alfons Friedrich took over the management of the publishing house. In 1987 the publishing house first published texts by Elli Michler , and in 1989 the well-known text I wish you time . In 1995 the Don Bosco Verlag took over the Hildesheimer Bernward Verlag with its publishing focus on aids for pastoral practice and religious education. The catechetical publications have since been published by Don Bosco under the Bernward label .
In order to better face economic and social challenges, Don Bosco Medien GmbH was founded in 1999. In addition to the book publisher, it also includes a magazine editorial, print and design, specialist book trade and a monastery shop as business areas.
In 2003 the publisher published the diary entries of Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein , who died in an accident and who became a bestselling author posthumously with the book Filippa's Engel .
The 60th anniversary of Don Bosco Verlag was celebrated in 2008.
Corporate philosophy
The Don Bosco Medien GmbH follows the concerns of the order's founder Johannes Bosco (1815–1888), the program is rooted in the work of the Catholic Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco , which is dedicated to the education and training of children and young people. Their products and services are committed to the guiding principle “Give life perspective” and are aimed at all those who provide educational or spiritual support to fellow human beings, especially children and young people.
Program areas
The publisher's offer, with around 550 available media, is aimed at day-care centers, schools, families, parishes and people who are active in senior work and adult education.
The elementary education program area includes:
- Holistic practical help for day-care centers, after-school care centers, elementary schools and for parents on the topics of language and literacy, science, mathematics, technology, music, the environment, art and creativity, exercise and health
- Game books for child, youth and senior work
- Basic books for basic, advanced and advanced training of educators in day-care centers
The religion program area includes:
- Practical help for the catechesis of children and the sacraments
- religious adult education
- spiritual companion for lifestyle and religious spirituality
- theological textbooks
- Salesian themes
The gift book and gift items program area includes:
- Collections of poetry, e.g. B. by Elli Michler
- innovative stationery items, such as B. Note boxes, calendars, fans and wishful hearts
The family program area, which has been running since 2007, includes
- Game books that parents use to encourage kindergarten and primary school children
- Practice companion for young parents