【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2010 年 6 月 16 日羅馬慈幼會總部訊】 ─ Kruczek 兄弟再一次使我們驚喜。他們最新的作品，依一比一的比例製作，生動逼真的聖鮑思高及真福盧華雕像，於六月十五日送抵慈幼會總部。十六日早上，查偉思神父為雕像主持祝聖儀式。

慈幼會總會長，自一九九一年起，委託慈幼會士孖生兄弟 Robert 及 Leszek Kruczek 神父，根據聖鮑思高及真福盧華代表性的儀態，製作他們全新的雕像。這粉飾灰泥的雕像，全高一百八十八厘米，雕像周界達三百八十九厘米。

兩兄弟這樣描述他們的作品：「已年邁的聖鮑思高，雖已年老並疲累，卻時常展露笑容，他坐在大椅上，猶如一位德高望重的長輩，一位智者，大家庭的父親。他的左手向真福盧華遞上他的生活見證 ─ 慈幼會會憲及慈幼會的管治權。他的右手伸開，向他的繼承人展示他未來的工作，同時邀請那些由衷為青少年福祉工作的人互相合作。」

「真福盧華以謙遜接納會憲及管治修會的任務；他展露信任的笑容，充滿希望，展望將來，意識到聖鮑思高不斷的支持。」

聖鮑思高穩固地坐在長輩的寶座，寶座看似以石雕成，它的右邊，清楚看到慈幼會的徽號：就是修會建基於信、望、愛穩固的基礎上，一個穩定的標記。

臨近中午舉行簡短的祝聖儀式。在兩位藝術家、Marek Charzan 神父 ─ 波蘭克拉科夫省會長、慈幼會議會成員、最近獲委任，正參與培養課程的省會長，和總部的會士見證下，查偉思神父主持祝聖雕像儀式。「我期望這雕像放置在我們院舍的入口處，有以下原因：我們慶祝真福盧華逝世一百週年紀念，這所院舍是奉獻給他的，此外，我們看到他活潑的忠貞，我們作為修會及慈幼大家庭都被召叫，以同樣的先知願景及像聖鮑思高身上的一份強大活力，為青少年的福祉工作。」

有關雕像的高解像度相片，已刊載於圖片庫「藝術／雕像」部份；輸入這兩位藝術家的姓氏 Kruczek，同樣可以找到這些相片。

A new statue by the Kruczek brothers

(ANS –RMG - Rome , 16 June 2010) – The Kruczek brothers amaze us once again. The last work of theirs, brought yesterday 15 June to the Generalate of the Salesians, is a life-size and extremely realistic  reproduction of Don Bosco and Don Rua. The group of statues was blessed this morning by Fr Chávez.

Commissioned by the Rector Major, Fr Robert and Fr Leszek Kruczek, twins and Salesians since 1991, have created a new sculpture which represents Don Bosco and Don Rua in a set of deeply significant gestures. The sculpture in coloured in stucco is 188 cm high and with a circumference of 389 cm.

The two brothers describe their work as follows: “Don Bosco already elderly, and tired but always smiling, is seated in an armchair like a patriarch, a wise man, the father of  a large family. With his left hand he gives Don Rua his living testament, the Salesian Constitutions and the government of the Salesian Congregation. With his right hand, stretched out, he shows his successor his future work and at the same time invites those who have at heart the good of youth to collaborate.”

“With humility, Don Rua accepts the Constitution and the task of the government of the Congregation; he is smiling  trustingly, and full of hope, looks towards the  future, aware of the continuing support of Don Bosco”.

Don Bosco is seated firmly on a patriarchal throne which seems to have been carved in stone and on the right-hand side of which the Salesian coat of arms is clearly visible: a sign of the stability of the Congregation founded on the solid foundations of faith, hope and charity.

At the end of the morning there was a simple blessing ceremony. In the  presence of the two artists, of Fr Marek Charzan, Provincial of Poland-Krakow, of the members of the General Council, of the recently appointed Provincials who in these days are having a formation course  and the Salesians of the Generalate, Fr Chávez blessed the statue. “I wanted this statue placed here at the entrance to our house for various reasons: we are in the centenary year of the death of Don Rua, this house is dedicated to him, and then, looking at his dynamic fidelity, we as a Congregation and as the Salesian Family are called to work for the good of the young with the same prophetic vision and the same intense activity which characterised Don Bosco.”

High resolution photographs of the group of statues are available in ImageBank in the Art/sculpture category or by entering the surname of the two artists “Kruczek”.