Italy - The educative and pastoral community of the Salesian St Dominic Savio Oratory celebrates the bicentennial of Don Bosco's dream at the age of nine with a mural
Civitanova Marche, Italy – September 2024 - On the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of Don Bosco's famous "Dream at Nine Years of Age", the educative and pastoral community of the St Dominic Savio Oratory in the San Marone Parish of Civitanova Marche (MC), has chosen to celebrate this important anniversary in a special way: with the creation of a mural placed above the entrance, highlighting the importance of the dream, which has now become a reality. The work of art was commissioned to the Vedo a Colori - Museo d 'arte urbana project, under the direction of Giulio Vesprini who selected Parma artist Rise The Cat. The mural represents the spirit of Don Bosco and the profound meaning of this dream that inspired the beginning of his educational and pastoral mission. In the murals, among the various images, you can see the path of Don Bosco's dream: from the famous scene of the wolves and lambs, we move on to a contemporary vision of the oratory, in which Don Bosco, surrounded by young people, expresses the happiness and harmony typical of life in the Oratory courtyard. At the margins of the work, the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco is ideally connected to the ordinary homes around the oratory in Civitanova and the San Marone shrine, a parish which the oratory is a part of.