Rome (Italy). “It is time to revive the fire!” (Mother Mazzarello, L 27) is the theme that accompanies the Triennium of preparation for the 150th anniversary of the first missionary expedition of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (14 November 1877), which began on 14 November 2024, with a celebratory event broadcast live from the Generalate in Rome.
CELEBRATORY EVENT
The celebratory event, broadcast in live streaming, was announced by the Superior General of the FMA Institute, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, in Circular no. 1038:
Every celebration, every important anniversary, is a reminder to return to the roots of our history, to the sources of our spirituality. We recall with joy and gratitude, the words of Pope Francis at the Chapter Assembly on 22 October 2021: “Do not forget the grace of the origins, the humility and the smallness of the beginnings that made transparent the action of God in the life and in the message of those who, filled with wonder, began this journey.”
During the event, Mother officially opened the Triennium of preparation for the 150th of the 1st FMA missionary departure. (Mother’s Message)
LOGO E INNO
At the same event, the winners of the LOGO and SONG Competition were awarded:
Download: Logo 150th 1st Missionary Departure
Download: Official Song Video
On 24 November 2024, in live streaming from Rome, the Missionary Festival took place in which the songs that reached the finals were presented for the competition for the creation of the Song.
To continue to animate the Educating Communities, to renew the missionary passion of the da mihi animas coetera tolle, useful materials and links are included below:
Salesian Thursday: playlist – texts
CommTalkS:
Mission as prophetic hospitality. Prof. Samuel Komlanvi Amago, SDB (UPS)
Interviews with missionaries in the DMA Magazine:
Texts – www.rivistadma.org
Video – www.rivistadma.org/multimedia/
In the 150th FMA Missions category of the Institute’s website you can find all published news related to the Triennium in preparation and the event.
Mother invites us to “celebrate with a grateful heart the missionary zeal of the Institute in order to revive, in today’s contemporaneity, the prophetic impulse of our charism as a gift to the Church and humanity” (Cir 1038).
