【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2013 年 12 月 13 日意大利威尼斯訊】 ─ 在鮑思高神父 Triveneto 朝聖之旅期間，發生了一些重要的事件，其中兩項有著特殊意義。兩件事件均在12月12日發生 ─ 鮑思高神父於早上遇見聖馬爾谷，並在下午與聖方濟沙雷氏會面。

早上，聖髑移送到威尼斯聖馬爾谷廣場，鮑思高神父曾於 1865年 到訪此地。聖髑蒞臨廣場後，舉行一小時的默禱，之後舉行彌撒聖祭。禮儀由 Francis Moraglia 宗主教主持，共祭司鐸多達40名。這慶典為慈幼會意大利東北會省聖髑公開朝聖之旅的尾聲。

彌撒開始時，省會長 Roberto Dal Molin 神父感謝 Moraglia 主教以及 Triveneta 主教團的所有主教，為接待鮑思高聖髑所做的工作。接著 Moraglia 主教向鮑思高神父以及慈幼神修，致以高度讚賞。他稱鮑思高神父為現代聖人的典範，並指出鮑思高神父與我們現今這兩個年代的相似之處。他在總結時說：「我請求你們，研習鮑思高神父的一生。他正是我們需要認識的聖人。」

聖髑離開威尼斯後，前往特雷維索，與聖方濟沙雷氏舉行歷史性會面。鮑思高神父聖髑移送到安放聖方濟沙雷氏心臟聖髑的聖母訪親修院內，兩位聖人的聖髑互相靠近。這個場面非常感人，並具深度神修意義。在場參的與者，深感這場面的重要性，都流露著這份情感。母佑會修女以聖方濟沙雷氏的著述帶領參與者祈禱。他們想到鮑思高神父，正是在聖方濟沙雷氏的心中，找到他的神修之源。

當鮑思高神父的聖髑，移送到往見會修女面前，讓她們隔著欄柵，向他作短時間的敬禮時，她們深受感動的情緒，流露在她們的面容上。這真是讓人銘記在心的場面，是慈幼神修的一個綜合：慈幼會士及母佑會修女、鮑思高神父聖髑、聖方濟沙雷氏的心、隔著欄柵向聖人敬禮的往見會修女 ─ 這真是偉大的時刻，定會結出豐碩的神修果實。

之後，鮑思高神父的聖髑，展開比哀蒙 ─ 華萊奧斯達慈幼會省聯合區的朝聖之旅。12月15日主日，在路華拿將舉行兩件盛事：早上於瑪利亞進教之佑大殿舉行彌撒，慈幼會士 Guido Caesar Salza 將在此宣發永願；下午（格林威治時間加一小時）則於路華拿主教座堂舉行彌撒，彌撒經 missionidonbosco.tv 剪輯作串流廣播。

Don Bosco meets St. Mark and St. Francis de Sales

(ANS - Italy –Venice, 13 December 2013) – During the pilgrimage of Don Bosco in Triveneto there were many significant milestones. Two of them were of special value.  They both occurred yesterday, 12 December - a meeting between Don Bosco and St. Mark in the morning, and another with Saint Francis de Sales in the afternoon.

In the morning the relic was brought to St. Mark's Square, a place Don Bosco had visited in 1865. There was an hour of silent prayer in the presence of the relic and this was followed by the Eucharist. The Patriarch, Bishop Francis Moraglia, presided and forty priests concelebrated. This celebration marked the official end of the pilgrimage in the North Eastern Province of Italy.

At the beginning of the Mass, the Provincial Fr Roberto Dal Molin thanked Bishop Moraglia and all the bishops of the Triveneta Episcopal Conference for the welcome given to Don Bosco. Then Bishop Moraglia showed himself a great connoisseur and admirer of Don Bosco and Salesian spirituality. He spoke of Don Bosco as a saint of modern times, pointing out the similarities between the era in which Don Bosco lived and our own times. "I ask you a favour,” he said in conclusion: “read and study Don Bosco. He is a saint that we need to know!“

From Venice the relic of Don Bosco went to Treviso, where a historic meeting took place between Don Bosco and St. Francis de Sales. The Monastery of the Visitation there preserves the relic of the heart of St. Francis de Sales which was placed near the relic of Don Bosco. This was a very emotional moment and one of profound spirituality. The emotion was palpable among those present who were aware of the importance of the moment. The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians led the people in prayer using texts of St. Francis de Sales. They recalled that Don Bosco found the source of his spirituality precisely in the heart of St. Francis de Sales.

The Sisters of the Visitation were visibly moved when the relic of Don Bosco was taken in front of their grille to enable them to venerate it for a short time. This was a memorable scene, a summary of Salesian spirituality: the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, the relic of Don Bosco, the heart of St. Francis de Sales and, behind the grille, the Sisters of the Visitation - a great moment which will surely bring many spiritual fruits.

Today the relic of Don Bosco is on pilgrimage in the Special Circumscription of Piedmont-Valle d’Aosta. On Sunday 15 December, the first two major events of this stage will take place in Novara: the Eucharist in the morning, in the presence of the relic at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, with the perpetual profession of Salesian Guido Caesar Salza, and the afternoon Mass (15:30 GMT +1) at Novara Cathedral, with live streaming edited by missionidonbosco.tv.