Presencia salesiana en Sígsig: su impacto en la educación femenina entre 1950-1980

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the influence of the work of the “Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice” in the Sígsig canton, from the 50s to the 80s. This incidence implies the impact that this congregation has had at the level of education and society, mainly with the “Sigseñas” women, objective to analyze this impact and the historical repercussion of the Salesian presence in Sigsig, also identifying the fundamentals and principles of Salesian pedagogy such as Don Bosco's preventive system based on reason, love and religion, together with the pedagogy of charity and the stimulus of Maria Mazzarello, founders of the congregation whose teaching method is present in Sigsig. In the same way, carry out a construction of the collective history of the canton, based on the testimonies of Sigsig women, who have experienced first-hand the incidences of this Salesian presence in Sigsig, seen from the educational point of view with the work of the current school. María Mazzarello”, and from a social perspective where the great devotion present in the Sígsig to the “Maria Auxiliadora” is exposed, a practice instilled by the Salesian congregation.