Rome (Italy). Online at the Web Site https://www.festadelgrazie.org is the Journey of preparation for the World Feast of Gratitude 2023 of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, which will be celebrated in Colombia, Bogotá on 26 April 2023. It will be animated by the four Colombian Provinces: Our Lady of the Rosary Province of Chiquinquirá (CBC); Our Lady of the Snow Province (CBN); Mary Help of Christians Province (CMA); Saint Mary Mazzarello Province (CMM) with the theme:

“With Mary we generate a culture of peace”

In the In the Letter of the Vicar General, Sr. Maria del Rosario García Ribas, available in 5 languages in the Resources of the site, the theme is motivated as follows:

In such a delicate moment for the world in which peace is threatened in many ways, we want our celebration of Gratitude to be a song of peace and a call to the commitment to build it. The theme that is proposed to us, illumined by the Word of Jesus:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Mt 5:9)

www.festadelgrazie.org, in two languages, Italian and Spanish, is a meeting place in which to network – FMA, Educating Communities, lay people, and young people of the Salesian Family to express gratitude to Mother Chiara Cazzuola and to prepare to live, with renewed enthusiasm, the charismatic event of the World Feast of Gratitude.

The website offers the resources to deepen the theme as Educating Communities, according to the three-week itinerary proposed by the Colombian Provinces:

1st Week (26 March – 5 April)    Peace in the inner home   (Salesian enlightenment)

2nd Week (6 – 15 April)             Peace in the welcoming home (Ecclesial Enlightenment)

3a Week (16 – 25 April)             Peace in the common home  (Biblical Enlightenment)

Each stage will be accompanied by the act of Entrustment to Mary proposed for this occasion and by the conscious prayer of the “Hail Mary for peace in the house.”

To share with Mother Chiara and with the whole Institute the commitment to generate a culture of peace, each Province was invited to send a photograph that expresses some actions or ways in which they are contributing to build peace. On the Peace Gesture page of the site, all the photographs will be collected, accompanied by the caption that begins with the words: “We are generators of a culture of peace…”.

The animation of the Feast is enriched by the social profiles animated by the Colombian Provinces: the Facebook page Grazie.fma and the Instagram profile grazie.fma, in addition to the YouTube Channel Festa del Grazie, where little by little, the Videos will be published and the live streaming will be transmitted from here.

“For us, the Feast of Gratitude is a very meaningful moment at the charismatic level,  that gives continuity and expression to the spirit of family and of gratitude so characteristic at Valdocco and at Mornese” (Circ. 1017).

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  2. Sts. Peter and Paul School- San Francisco, California.
    Dearest Mother Chiara, on this beautiful day, April 26, 2023 your daughters from the Casa Maria Ausiliatrice in San Francisco, California, USA send our gestures of Peace, which we practiced with our young people for the months of March and April. We send our love and prayers for your intentions! We love you and we thank you Mother Chiara! Happy Feast!
    Your Daughters and the Educative Community in San Francisco, CA.

  3. Dearest Mother,
    Greetings from the mission land of Nepal. We pray God to bless you with peace , love and joy as we strive for a culture of peace. We love you and pray for you. God bless you!!
    Sr. Aquila and community
    Nepal

  4. Dear Mother,
    Festal greetings from the mission land of Nepal. We implore God’s blessings on you as with Mary we strive for a culture of peace. May our Blessed Mother queen of peace bless you with joy and peace. We love you and pray for you. Have a great day.
    Sr. Aquila and community
    Nepal

  5. Grazie Mille Madre!
    We the sisters cherish your memorable presence in our Province of INT and in particular in our house- Auxilium Colleges, Regunathapuram. Joining with our vibrant Young people and the Members of the Educating community send you our loving wishes. We will be with you in spirit in Colombia on the feast of the gratitude. Thank you La Madre for your motherly accompaniment and your guidance in our consecrated life. Our loving greetings and prayers. Grazie di cuore.

  6. Happy Feast! Thank you Mother for your loving guidance. May God bless you and keep you in good health. Assurance of our prayers. Greetings from all the sisters from Maria Niketan, Telangana – India.

  7. Auxilium Dum Dum rejoices with your dear Mother Chiara on the occasion of the world gratitude day. We had journeyed with the institute in living and enhancing the theme, ‘With Mary we generate a culture of peace. Our educating community will join in the celebration with creative initiatives . We thank the Lord for the benevolent gift that you are to each of your daughters and ask the Lord to shower his blessings on you in tons of thousands. May you experience the great love of all your daughters here at Auxilium Dum Dum. Wish you a very happy Feast laden with God’s blessings.

  8. Querida Madre Chiara la comunidad educativa del colegio Civilización y Civilización y Cultura de la Ciudad de México Sur, nos estamos preparando al gran día de la gratitud mundial con la reflexión en los buenos días, con la oración y con signos concretos de paz. Paz interior, paz con los otros y paz con nuestra casa común. Todo nuestro empeño lo ofrecemos por sus necesidades y las del Instituto. Dios la siga bendiciendo.

  9. CARISSIMA MADRE GENERALE CHIARA CAZZUOLA, IN QUESTO GIORNO DELLA GRATITUDINE MONDIALE VOGLIO RINGRAZIARLA PER LA VISITA CHE HA FATTO ALLA CASA IMMACOLATA, FU UN DONO PER E UNO STIMOLO PER GENERARE TENEREZZA FRA LE SUORE,FRA I GIOVANI E FRA TUTTI. GRAZIE CARISSIMA MADRE E BUONA FESTA DELLA GRATITUDINE. LE SUORE DELLA IMMACOLATA. CITTÁ DI CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA.

  10. BOA TARDE
    QUERIDA MADRE CHIARA, NESTE TEMPO DE FESTA MUNDIAL DA GRATIDÃO, ENVIAMOS NOSSO POEMA TERNO DE CARINHO E DE AMOR.
    -QUE SEJAM TERNOS DE CARINHO SEUS DIAS, FLORIDOS DE POESIA SEJAM TEUS SONHOS, QUE HAJA SOL, ESPERANÇAS!
    -CORES DE ALEGRIA EM TEU OLHAR. QUE ACONTEÇA O AMOR DENTRO DE VOCÊ A CADA AMANHECER . BENDITA SEJA A TUA VONTADE DE VIVER !–( LANNA BORGES.)
    * CARINHOSO ABRAÇO E ORAÇÕES DE: IR. M. DAS GRAÇAS ALVES E IRMÃS. INSTITUTO MISSIONÁRIO SÃO JOSE, CAMPO GRANDE -MS ( IRMÃS IDOSAS)

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