Italy - Preparation for Perpetual Profession
Turin, Italy - August 2022 - From August 16-22, the third stage of preparation for Perpetual Profession of the young confreres of Italy was held in Piedmont on the places of Don Bosco. There were 18 participants, plus the preacher and rector. The week began with Spiritual Exercises, which began on Don Bosco's birthday and were celebrated in Valdocco. Next, the group participated in a five-day spiritual retreat at the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea Spirituality House in Andrate (TO), preached by Fr. Enrico Stasi, rector of the Postnovitiate in Nave. Then on Sunday 21, the participants experienced a "desert day" at Colle Don Bosco, with a penitential celebration and the sacrament of reconciliation, concluded with Holy Mass celebrated in the shrine of Mary Help of Christians at the Colle. The course concluded on Monday in Valdocco. At the end of the days, Holy Mass was celebrated, with the renewal of profession, in the church of St. Francis de Sales, where Don Bosco used to celebrate with his boys. Finally, St. Francis de Sales was remembered in the jubilee year of the 400th anniversary of his death.