鮑思高故居博物館開幕:「宣示鮑思高偉大的寶貴珍珠」

 

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【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2020 年 10月 05 日意大利都靈訊】 ─ 第27屆全代會曾向總會長及總部議會提出邀請,接收慈幼會的遺跡,並使之成為慈幼世界具特色的地方。這委託產生了一個新的事實:鮑思高故居博物館,最近隆重地揭幕啟用,並有三天的活動。

遊客除了可在華道角「鮑思高房間Camerette」,看到鮑思高神父的臨在之外,現在也可深入認識畢納地屋,即鮑思高剛成立慶禮院的地方。總會長范達民神父在新博物館記者會中表示:「在這些走廊上走過的,有11人是現今教會承認為可敬者、真福或聖人:這表示華道角是學習謙遜與成聖的地方,我們願意將這遺產傳流普世。」

總會長同時宣佈,將華道角提升為慈幼會歷史記憶的保管者。修會起源的最重要文件,將由中央檔案室移送到鮑思高故居博物館。

埃斯泰慈幼會學院舊同學,藝術評論員Vittorio Sgarbi,也在記者會中表示:「聖人有不同類型。很多時人性的幅度因著封聖而得以提升,但鮑思高仍維持人性的幅度,因此難以稱他為聖人鮑思高……」他從以「有效的解決問題」的這個新展覽會中觀察得到,「那裡沒有提也波洛、畢加索或喬托,卻擁有一個故事:是生命的故事、教育、閱讀、聖相、朝拜……故事」

第二天,10月3日的活動,是專為學術界別而舉行的。除了總會長、Anna Laura Orrico及建築設計工程負責人之外,博物館圖像及博物館事務計劃負責人也在場參與。在名人庭園中,有數名拉丁美洲國家的大使在場,這些都是慈幼會事業發達的國家,例如厄瓜多爾、巴拿馬、波多黎各、哥倫比亞、危地馬拉、巴西、墨西哥及薩爾瓦多。

昨天,10月4日,由總會長主祭,於聖母進教之佑大殿舉行的大禮感恩祭後,「鮑思高故居博物館」正式對外開放。

博物館事務計劃負責人Cristian Besso神父,以及博物館負責人Stefania De Vita一同表示:「我們嘗試把這青年聖者,由1846開展的漫長旅程,在鮑思高故居博物館展現出來……慈幼會華道角團體,樂於把這顆珍珠向你們各位展示,這樣,普世將能見到鮑思高神父的偉大。」

接著,總會長在前任總會長查偉思神父及母佑會溫幗儀修母陪同下,主持簡單而隆重的剪綵禮。

活動相片及影片可於ANSFlickrANSChannel收看。

 

Don Bosco House Museum opens: “a precious pearl that will testify to Don Bosco’s greatness”

 

(ANS Italy–Turin, 05 October 2020) – The 27th General Chapter asked the Rector Major and his Council to take over the Salesian sites and make them something special for the Salesian world. That consignment gave rise to a new reality: the Don Bosco House Museum, which was solemnly inaugurated in Turin-Valdocco with three days of events this past weekend.

Instead of the “Don Bosco’s rooms- Camerette“, where one could see Don Bosco’s presence in Valdocco, today visitors can now get to know Casa Pinardi, the first settlement of Don Bosco’s Oratory, in detail. “Here, in these corridors, 11 people have passed that today the Church recognizes as venerable, blessed or saints: this means that Valdocco was a school of humanity and holiness and we want to transmit this heritage to the world,” said the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime at the press conference to present the new museum.

The Rector Major also announced that, to enhance Valdocco as the custodian of Salesian historical memory, the most important documents of the origins of the Congregation will be transferred from the Central Archives to the Don Bosco House Museum.

Also at the press conference, the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, a past pupil of the Salesian institute in Este, spoke. “There are various types of saints. In many the human dimension is sublimated by canonization, while Don Bosco remains human, it is difficult to call him St. John Bosco … ” As for the new exhibition “with effective solutions,” he observed: “There are no Tiepolo, Picasso or Giotto, but a story: the story of life, education, books read, holy cards, worship … ”

The second day, Saturday 3 October, was instead dedicated to institutional authorities. In addition to the Rector Major, Anna Laura Orrico and those responsible for the architectural works and the museographic and museological projects also took part. The rich parterre of prominent figures saw the presence of the Ambassadors of several Latin American countries strongly marked by the Salesian presence, such as Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico and El Salvador.

Yesterday, Sunday 4, after the Solemn Eucharist presided over by the Rector Major in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, the “Don Bosco House Museum” was opened to the public.

“We have tried to represent this long journey of youthful holiness, starting from 1846, inside the Don Bosco House Museum … The Salesian community of Valdocco is pleased to make this precious pearl available to all of you and the world will testify to the greatness of Don Bosco,” said Fr Cristian Besso, head of the museum project, together with the Director of the Museum, Stefania De Vita.

The Rector Major then carried out the symbolic cutting of the ribbon, flanked by Mother Yvonne Reungoat, Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and by his predecessor at the head of the Congregation, Fr Pascual Chávez.

Photos and videos of the events are available on ANSFlickr and ANSChannel.