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INAUGURATION OF JUDICIAL YEAR 2017 TAR CAMPANIA
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24 February 2017
The inauguration ceremony of the CAMPANIA TAR Judicial Year 2017 was held. Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari intervened for the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
SALESIAN COMMITMENT TO MIGRANTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM "MIGRATION AND PEACE"
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22 February 2017
(ANS - Vatican City) - The Salesians are children of a migrant, Don Bosco, who came from the rural areas of Castelnuovo d' Asti and moved to Turin. Its first recipients were young migrants and the first missionaries in Argentina had to take care of Italian migrants. But above all, today, Salesians work with and for migrants, especially children and young people, on all continents.
That's why the Salesians have spoken at the International Forum "Migration and Peace", which is taking place these days (21-22 February) in the Vatican.
The event, organized by the Ministry for the Service of Integral Human Development, the "Scalabrini International Migration Network" (SIMN) and the "Konrad Adenauer Foundation", yesterday also saw the intervention of Pope Francis, who welcomed the participants in the Clementine Room. In his speech, the Pontiff asked to be close to the people who flee from situations of danger by proposing four key words: welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating.
For their part, Don Martín Lasarte and Don George Menamparampil, Salesians, of the Sector for Missions, had the opportunity to present the approach and the different articulations of the work of the Sons of Don Bosco with migrants. They are privileged recipients of the Salesian mission, given that more than half of the 65.3 million refugees/populated (UNHCR data) are minors and the other half are mostly young, i. e. the first beneficiaries of the Salesiancharism.
In the various Salesian presences - schools, vocational training centres, oratories, social works and parishes - there are about 10.6 million people in direct contact in more than 130 countries around the world, of whom it is estimated that 16% are refugees, internally displaced persons or first or second generation immigrants. In Italy, for example, in the 50 vocational training centres, migrants account for 20% of students.
The Salesian mission therefore involves some 1.7 million people in a situation of human mobility, including some 400,000 refugees/populated persons/asylum seekers.
Interventions against them, without excluding emergency operations whenever necessary, have as their priority the development of educational processes that, within a sufficient time span, can offer migrants the means to integrate themselves into the world of work and therefore into host societies.
On the other hand, Salesians also work to transmit to host societies the values of solidarity proper to the Gospel.
They also work with specific initiatives to combat the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, such as those of the NGO "People's Action for Rural Awakening" in the Indian region; or "Stop Treatment", in collaboration with the NGO "International Volunteering for Development" in West Africa and Ethiopia.
Finally, the Salesian side also noted the need to strengthen and make more systematic at a global level the collaboration with other Catholic institutions active in the same sector.
FROM NAPOLI TO VIETNAM: THE ELDEST RECTOR CONTINUES HIS MISSION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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22 February 2017
Immediately after the Neapolitan day for the inauguration of the virtual Salesian Oratory, the Rector Major of the Salesians Don Ángel Fernández Artime, accompanied by Don Václav Klement, councillor for the region of East Asia-Oceania, and by his Secretary, Don Horacio López, embarked on a multi-stage journey with final destination in Dalat.
First Don Á. F. Artime met the Daughters of Maria Ausiliatrice in Tam Ha; he greeted the migrant students of the school and spoke with the religious about the richness of communion in the Salesian Family. Then, after a brief flight, he reached the parish "Maria Ausiliatrice" in Lien Khuong, where he met with more than 500 members of the Salesian Family, in a festive animated encounter with dances, songs and cultural events. Only in the evening did the Rector Major reach the "Don Rua" community in Dalat, where he offered the thought of the Salesian "good night".
On the morning of Friday 24 February, the 10th Successor of Don Bosco had the second meeting with the Salesians. According to Don Á. F. Artime are these are the most important moments of his animation visits, and it can be calculated that in the first 3 years of the sexennium he met face to face already 7,200 Salesians.
There are many ideas offered during the meeting. On the theme of communication, the Rector Major recalled that "the Church in the world needs visibility, and we too, as a Congregation, need to make known the so much good that we do. It is important to give a hand to the action of Providence, but always with great humility ".
He then expressed great appreciation for the charismatic rooting of the Salesians of the province, with the presence of many Salesians Coaddiutors and many missionaries ad gentes.
From a future perspective, he said:"The most dangerous thing is to be satisfied with what has always been done in the past. (....) As Pope Francis repeats, attentive to the temptations of clericalism: grow as Salesians, generous and committed! (....) For the future it is necessary to think about new works in the North and different expressions of the educational mission ".
Finally, a special mention addressed it to the various Salesian parish priests present:"Do not be afraid that your parish may be profoundly Salesian - it is the desire of the Bishops and the Church! (....) Each of the more than 2200 Salesian parishes is entrusted to the Congregation and the local community, not personally to the parish priest. This Community responsibility is a guarantee of Salesian identity.
The Rector Major met about 1200 young people from Salesian works in the area.
XITH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
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22 February 2017
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, which was the first observer member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, took part in the work of - and contributed its 20 years’ experience in building peace and dialogue to - the 11th Plenary Session of PAM. Moreover, the idea for PAM began in Naples in the headquarters of the Fondazione itself.
MEETING WITH FILIPPO SCIANNA AND BUDDHISTS OF THE LAMA TZONG KHAPA INSTITUTE
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18 February 2017
A meeting was held in the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo – Museum of Peace with the lawyer. Filippo Scianna, director of the Lama TzongKhapa Institute in Pomaia, has been one of the most prestigious Buddhist institutes in Europe for 35 years.
The director Scianna and the participants expressed admiration for the Museum of Peace and for the emotional "atmosphere" that you can breathe in the real paths.
CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF FRANCO RIZZI
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18 February 2017
President Michele Capasso and all the members of the Fondazione Mediterraneo express their deep condolences for the death of Prof. Franco Rizzi, historical secretary general of UNIMED, founder member of the Italian Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation since 2004 and companion of many battles for dialogue, peace and cooperation between peoples.
On the occasion of the recent death of Predrag Matvejevic', co-founder of our Foundation, Prof. Franco Rizzi had greeted him with this message, taken from a text by Matvejevic, which we share here in memory of our two great Friends:
The sea and shore, the islands in the sea and the ports on the shore, the images that offer us each other change during the trips and during the landing places. The Mediterranean remains the same, but we do not.
By, dear Franco!
THE MAJOR RECTOR OF THE SALESIANS WITH AMBASSADORS OF PANAMA AND GUATEMALA VISITING THE PEACE MUSEUM
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17 February 2017
Don Ángel Fernández Artime, Don Bosco's Rector Major of the Salesians - accompanied by Don Horacio Lopez and the Ambassadors to the Holy See of Panama, Miroslava Rosas Vargas, and Guatemala, Alfredo Vàsquez Rivera, visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT and the emotional paths dedicated to "DON BOSCO THE POWER OF LOVE".
To welcome the Rector Major and the guests, the president Michele Capasso, the Hon. Claudio Azzolini and Pia Molinari.
Serena Angioli, councillor for the Mediterranean, participated in the visit to the European funds and young people of the Campania Region.
The Rector Major expressed his appreciation and thanks, on behalf of Don Bosco, for this unique place that will spread, even more, the message of Don Bosco in the world. Particular emotion was expressed during the itineraries dedicated to Don Peppe Diana, Pino Daniele and Raffaele Capasso.
The Ambassadors of Panama and Guatemala have assured the involvement of their respective countries in peace initiatives to be held with the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
THE MAJOR RECTOR WITH THE SALESIAN FAMILY GATHERED AROUND THE MOLINARI PEACE TOTEM
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17 February 2017
The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Don Ángel Fernández Artime, with representatives of the Salesian Family - from the Magnificent Rector of the Salesian Pontifical University Don Mauro Mantovani to the Inspector IME Don Pasquale Cristiani to the Daughters of Maria Ausiliatrice- gathered around the "Totem of Peace" by sculptor Mario Molinari: The symbol that the Fondazione Mediterraneo is spreading throughout the world.
On this occasion the Rector Major paid homage to the monumental work, symbol of migrants and solidarity.
MUSEUM OF PEACE: INAUGURATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR THE EMOTIONAL PATH DEDICATED TO "DON BOSCO AND YOUNG PEOPLE"
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17 February 2017
Hundreds of young people from the Don Bosco schools and immigrants welcomed in the Family Houses have inaugurated, with the Rector Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime, the emotional path dedicated to "Don Bosco and young people" in the premises on the ground floor of the Museum of Peace - MAMT, overlooking Piazza Municipio.
After writing their names and various messages on the digital boards, young people and migrants gathered around the tenth successor of Don Bosco in a warm embrace of sharing and love.
INAUGURATED THE "DON BOSCO HALL" OF THE PEACE MUSEUM
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17 February 2017
The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco Don Ángel Fernández Artime - accompanied by Don Horacio Lopez and the Ambassadors to the Holy See of Panama, Miroslava Rosas Vargas, and Guatemala, Alfredo Vàsquez Rivera - inaugurated the "DON BOSCO HALL" of the Museum of Peace: twelve videowalls connected with the Salesian Family all over the world that constitute a multimedia hub comprising videos, images, music, real-time connections and other hypertext instruments with 4k high technology: the aim is to spread Don Bosco's work throughout the world, appreciated on several occasions by Pope Francis and unanimously recognized, especially by those who have lived the educational, human and social experience of the "Saint of young people".
On this occasion the titles of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" were awarded to the young Salesians present and coming from 133 countries.
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