Italy – 65th anniversary of Salesian presence in Val di Pejo

15 July 2024

Pejo Fonti, Italy - The Salesians of Don Bosco have celebrated the 65th anniversary of their presence in Val di Pejo, in Trentino, at the "Casa per vacie Hotel Aurora" a hospitality facility that has been welcoming children, teenagers and young people for summer and winter holidays since the 1950s. At the solemn moment of the blessing of a shrine created by a young craftsman from Cogolo, in addition to the groups of children and young people present, the Parish Priest of Pejo, Fr Enrico Pret, the Assistant Parish Priest Fr Michele Canestrini, the Deputy Mayor Paolo Moreschini, some Councillors and several representatives, collaborators of the structure, friends and locals spoke. The Salesians included Fr Gianluca Marchesi, Economer of the Salesian Lombardy Emiliana Province (ILE) and Fr Giuseppe Battello, a 99-year-old confrere who opened the place at the end of the 1950s and was Reector of the House in the first thirty years of its activity. The Hotel Aurora, located in the Stelvio National Park, is a hospitality facility that over the years has been renovated by the Salesians with large internal and external spaces and a functional welcome for the activities of its guests. In the light of the Salesian mission, Aurora adheres to a Plastic-Free Project and carries out multiple solidarity initiatives, including the Merciful Hospitality projects of the Italian Religious Hospitality Association.

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