【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2012 年 11 月 23 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 母佑會修女偕同整個慈幼大家庭，都洋溢著因瑪利亞．唐嘉蒂修女獲冊封真福而帶來的高興期望中。宣聖部部長，慈幼會士安謝洛．阿馬托樞機，將主持慶典。

慶典在Macas舉行，很多來自厄瓜多爾以及拉丁美洲各地的慈幼會士及修女，以及青年和慈幼大家庭成員，齊集當地。

溫幗儀修母於十一月二十日，偕同她總部議會秘書Piera Cavaglià修女抵達厄瓜多爾。總會長查偉思神父因在羅馬參與修會總會長聯會會議，故委派副總會長白康寧神父，以及聖人列品部列品案代理人Pierluigi Cameroni神父出席。厄瓜多爾總統準備了一輛軍用專機，接送參禮嘉賓前來Macas。

厄瓜多爾為唐嘉蒂修女獲冊封真福，籌備了多項活動。

瑪利亞．唐嘉蒂修女 ─ 一八八三年二月十六日生於意大利布雷西亞的Corteno Golgi，於一九六九年八月二十五日在厄瓜多爾Sucua死於空難──她是修道者及傳教士聖召的好榜樣，並完全充滿了聖母瑪利亞般的虔敬和獻身於她的福傳使命。她奉獻一生為厄瓜多爾亞馬遜雨林區的Shuar族人福傳及社會與人性的發展。她對教會的大愛以及堅貞，亦可見於她對天主牧職人員的關顧：每當他們在福傳工作遇上什麼困難時，她總會樂意出手相助。

慈幼會傳教士John Vigna神父，因機緣而認識唐嘉蒂修女，他論及她時說：「她整個人都充滿著純樸和福音的精明。她以無微不至的慈母心，贏得無數心靈！她每遇到困難，總會以事實為根據，找到最合適的解決辦法。她總不會忘記，她是為弱小者及罪人服務。我曾親睹她服務不同的人，包括最可憐的人：她以一份自然而發自內心的仁愛，服務他們。最令我吃驚的，就是她時時處處精美地表現出是一位女性。我會說她的純潔令她更是是一位母親。」

如欲更深入認識唐嘉蒂修女，可瀏覽sdb.org及cgfmanet.org，當中刊載了各樣有關的資料。厄瓜多爾的慈幼會修女，亦製作了專門有關唐嘉蒂修女的網頁。

Festivities for Sr Maria Troncatti, newly beatified

(ANS - RMG –Rome, 23 November 2012) – The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and with them the entire Salesian Family are in happy expectation for the Beatification of Sr Maria Troncatti. It will be possible to follow the event by direct streaming broadcast tomorrow at 10 a.m. Ecuador time. Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Causes of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will be presiding

Macas is where it will take place and many Salesian Sisters and Salesians are gathering there from Ecuador and elsewhere in Latin America, along with young people and Salesian Family members.

Mother Yvonne Reungoat arrived in Ecuador on 20 November with Sr Piera Cavaglià, Secretary General. Representing the Rector Major, tied up in Rome with the USG assembly, is his Vicar, Fr Adrian Bregolin, and the Postulator for Causes of Saints in the Salesian Family, Fr Pierluigi Cameroni. The President of Ecuador has made a military aircraft available for guests of honour to come to Macas.

There are various events in Ecuador marking preparations for Sr Troncatti's Beatification.

Sr. Maria Troncatti – born at Corteno Golgi (Brescia, Italy) on 16 February 1883 died in a plane crash at Sucùa (Ecuador) on 25 August 1969 – she is an example of a Religious and missionary vocation, filled with Marian devotion and dedication to the apostolic mission she had received. Hers was a life given to evangelisation and social and human development of the Shuar people in the Amazonian jungles of Ecuador. What stands out is her strong love for and fidelity to the Church expressed also in her care for God's ministers: she was always ready to lend them a hand in the difficulties of the mission.

Salesian missionary Fr John Vigna, who had occasion to get to know Sr Troncatti, says of her: “She was the very embodiment of simplicity and Gospel shrewdness. With what exquisite motherliness she won over hearts! For every problem she found a solution that was, in the light of the facts, always the best one. She never overlooked the fact that she was dealing with weak and sinful human beings. I have seen her deal with human nature of every kind, including the most miserable: she treated them with the kindness that was just natural and spontaneous for her. What surprised me was that she remained exquisitely the woman in everything and always. I would say that the more virginal she was the more she was the mother”.

There are various resources available for getting to know Sr Maria Troncatti better: sdb.org and cgfmanet.org.

The Salesian Sisters in Ecuador have a new section on their site dedicated to Sr Maria Troncatti. On this site, on Saturday morning 24 November at 10:00 (GMT-5) it will be possible to follow a direct broadcast of the Beatification at which Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation of Causes of Saints will preside.