Cesuna (Italy). From 5 to 12 August, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of the fifth and sixth years of profession of the Triveneta Province of St. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (ITV) spent a week of preparation for Perpetual Vows in Cesuna (Vicenza).

This is the story of the Temporary Professed who lived the experience:

“They were intense days of prayer, reflection, and discussion on the cornerstones of our consecrated life, embodied in our sharing of the concrete realities of our communities and our mission. Once again, it was an opportunity to feel part of a Salesian history that continues with us in our questions, in our work, in our daily life among the young. Then, when you meet an FMA like Sr. Luigina Silvestrin who, despite being on a distant connection, shake you by the energy and ardor with which they speak to you about the FMA in mission, you understand that there is no time to waste, that there is a Gospel to be proclaimed, to be made known … to whom? Simply those whom you meet! You understand that there is more to deepen not only in books but with life, of who we are and of who we are to then go and proclaim, near, far, no matter where. Such as? Sister Linda Pocher suggested it to us with the figure of Judith: there is a beauty for which God has chosen each of us and it is through our very personal beauty that even today, He in us reaches everyone. But is it really so? It seemed so to us, with the short and passionate journey that Sr. Bruna Calgaro made us take on the history of our Province, a story that now continues.

Obviously there was no shortage of walks and, after dinner in the name of healthy Salesian company, simple, spontaneous and cheerful, times that restore friendship, the soul, and help to return to home with one more reason to be grateful for the beautiful Province of which we feel part and ready for a new year! With us, step by step, Sr. Elena Ongarato of Formation and the Provincial, Sr. Palmira De Fortunati: what about them ?! One might think that since this is an article that is published, one cannot really tell the truth … instead we say it all. In a year like the one that is about to begin, it takes great courage and great determination for the good to choose to stop again after the Spiritual Exercises for a whole week! We as Temporary Professed of the fifth and sixth year, once again find ourselves recognizing the attention given to each of us, their pleasure in being with us, their care for our journey and, above all, their confidence to share with us some challenges and some dreams that little by little are unfolding for our Province.

And it is always together that we concluded the experience at the Sanctuary of Monte Berico (Vicenza) to entrust to Our Lady the most precious graces for us, for the intentions of so many people who we brought here under her mantle, and the small steps of fidelity that, day after day, make Salesian life more and more complete”.

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