{"id":88660,"date":"2023-04-14T18:31:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/infosphere\/messaggera-di-pace\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T22:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T20:41:32","slug":"messenger-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/en\/ifma-en\/messenger-of-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Messenger of peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Ceja (Colombia).<\/strong> On 12 April 2023, after the Eucharistic Celebration of welcome in the Chapel of the Provincial House of Mary Help of Christians<\/em> (CMA) of Medell\u00edn, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, in Colombia for the World Feast of Gratitude<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to be held in Bogota on 26 April, joined the Interprovincial and International Novitiate of St. Joseph in La Ceja, Antioquia.<\/p>\n

Upon her arrival, she was welcomed by the young people in formation of Sacred Heart<\/em> Novitiate of the Salesians of Don Bosco, by female and male students of Mary Help of Christians<\/em> School, the staff, the young people in formation of the Colombian FMA Provinces, and the novices of the CINAB Interprovincial Conference.<\/p>\n

The gesture she was asked to perform is significant: after putting on a pair of white gloves, she let a white dove fly towards the sky as a gesture of peace, “because you are our Messenger of peace<\/em><\/strong>“, explained Sr. Bernarda Santam\u00e1ria, Novice Formator, while the Novices sang “your hands are doves of peace<\/em>” (video<\/a><\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Mother Chiara then met the young women of the Assessment and Guidance Period, the Postulants of the three formation houses in Colombia, and the Novices of CINAB, who expressed their joy of having her among them with creativity and art through dances and songs.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, Mother made herself available for a time of dialogue with the formandees, on their current reality and on the formation process. “I am very happy to be here with you today and I thank the Provincials for having thought of letting me begin this journey in Colombia starting with you. (\u2026) Formation is certainly a work of craftsmanship, where one works with many hands. There is certainly the Artisan who models, but then there are many people together, as a community, who accompany your journey. I would also like to thank them for their commitment, their closeness, their daily accompaniment in your life. The period you are experiencing \u2013 from Aspirancy, Postulancy, Novitiate \u2013 requires a directed and also clear path, a sacrifice that gives joy, because it arises from a fundamental choice (\u2026), therefore it is a conscious but happy process. The sign that you are walking well is peace of heart and serenity,\u201d<\/em> Mother exhorted.<\/p>\n