WHAT WE DO
Congregation of St. Joseph / Josephites of Murialdo
We educate to life, to the consciousness,
we follow the example of St. Leonard Murialdo so that
every work that we do should be witnessed by love.
We do it by welcoming them, through solidarity and education.
Founded profoundly in faith, message of the Gospel to defend the most needy and fragile.
Improvvisa morte del confratello Elvis a Viterbo
Così scrive P. Augustine Lebbie (provinciale della viceprovincia d' Africa di cui Elvis faceva parte ). Cari Confratelli, Con il cuore pesante comunico la morte improvvisa del nostro caro fratello Elvis Chima Nwankwo, avvenuta oggi a Montefiascone mentre giocavano una partita di calcio con altri seminaristi. Elvis era all'ultimo anno dei suoi studi teologici a Viterbo e, allo stesso tempo, si stava preparando per la sua ordinazione diaconale nell'aprile di quest'anno. Siamo tutti scioccati da questa triste notizia perché non ci saremmo mai aspettati che accadesse almeno alla nostra famiglia religiosa. Le parole non bastano per esprimere il nostro dolore e la nostra tristezza per aver perso un confratello così promettente come Elvis. Intercedi per la tua famiglia e per la Congregazione che tanto amavi! Uniti nella preghiera diciamo "Amen" al Signore, ora che ci costa tanto. RIP, caro Elvis. 14 marzo 2024 Di seguito il testo originale: Dear Confreres, With a heavy heart, I hereby communicate the sudden death of our dear brother, Elvis Chima Nwankwo, which sad event took place today in Montefiascone whilst they were playing football match with other seminarians. Elvis was in the final year of his theological studies in Viterbo, and at the same time, he was preparing for his diaconate ordination in April this year. We are all in shock at this sad news as we never expected at least to befall our religious family. Words aren't enough to express our grief and sadness to have lost such a promising confrere like Elvis. Intercede for your family and for the congregation you loved so much! United in prayer let us say "Amen" to the Lord, now that it costs us so much. RIP, dear Elvis. Fr. Augustine Lebbie
14 March 2024
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Piogge torrenziali nella parrocchia ADAMGBE in Nigeria
Lunedì 11 marzo scorso, forti piogge e vento hanno causato gravi danni. Una pioggia torrenziale, accompagnata da violenti venti, ha generato terrore e causato la morte di due persone della nostra parrocchia! Inoltre due delle nostre chiesette sono andate distrutte, altre sette chiese si trovano ad avere gravi danni al loro tetto e numerose case del villaggio sono state danneggiate. Anche le piantagioni di mango e arance hanno subito dei danni ingenti. Facciamo un appello a tutti voi per aiutarci a ristabilire la normalità a questi nostri parrocchiani. Vi ringraziamo per la vostra vicinanza e solidarietà. Coordinate bancarie di MURIALDO WORLD ETS: BANCO POSTA Viale Europa, 175 – 00144 Roma Intestato a MURIALDO WORLD – ETS. Via Belvedere Montello, 77 – 00166 Roma Codice IBAN: IT17 E 07601 03200 001001330032 Numero c/c/p 1001330032 Causale: Aiuto per la parrocchia in ADAMGBE- NIGERIA
13 March 2024
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In cammino verso il Capitolo Generale
Il Capitolo Generale XXIV è ormai alle porte. Tra Maggio e Giugno di quest'anno, giuseppini, laici e murialdine di tutte le realtà territoriali della Famiglia del Murialdo si incontreranno per celebrare il Capitolo Generale, dal titolo "In ascolto del grido dei giovani e della terra e animati dallo Spirito come fratelli e sorelle apriamo sentieri di speranza". Proprio per arrivare preparati a questo appuntamento, la commissione preparatoria ha pensato a tre incontri di formazione rivolti ai capitolari e ai laici invitati. Mercoledì 28/02 si è tenuto proprio il primo di questi incontri, che ha aiutato i partecipanti a riflettere sulle urgenze del nostro tempo e sulle sfide che siamo chiamati ad abitare come Chiesa, in generale, e come consacrati in particolare. L'incontro è stato animato da sr. Daniela Cannavina, segretaria della CLAR (Confederación Latinoamericana de Religiosos), religiosa della Congregazione delle Cappuccine di madre Rubatto, collaboratrice per il Sinodo sull'Amazzonia e, attualmente, "madre sinodale" della XVI Assemblea generale del Sinodo dei Vescovi. Al centro del suo intervento il richiamo profondo e sostanziale alla sinodalità, come sinfonia ecclesiale e urgenza del nostro tempo. Proprio su questa urgenza ha insistito tanto: la vita consacrata è chiamata, oggi più che mai, ad assumere uno sguardo profetico, intuire i cammini di futuro possibili e fare scelte coraggiose. Si tratta - ha detto sr. Daniela - di scegliere ancora una volta Cristo, che viene alle nostre vite per riempirle. Buon cammino a tutti in vista del CG XXIV!
06 March 2024
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St. Leonard Murialdo
“Le attuali difficoltà, che non pochi Istituti incontrano in alcune regioni del mondo, non devono indurre a sollevare dubbi sul fatto che la professione dei consigli evangelici sia parte integrante della vita della Chiesa, alla quale reca un prezioso impulso verso una sempre maggiore coerenza evangelica.” (Vita consecrata 3)
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Vita Giuseppina
"Animati dallo Spirito"
i 110 giovani partecipanti all'incontro
"Sui passi del Murialdo" alla Parrocchia Madonna dell'Orto di Venezia, che ricorda 140 anni di presenza giuseppina.
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Beyond the Walls
Project to guarantee food, education and medical care to hundreds of children and families in difficulty in Mexico, without uprooting them from their loved ones, culture and territory. General objectives of the project Guarantee respect for fundamental human rights to children and young people: FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, PROTECTION and PLAY Promote solutions that, instead of creating "walls" and divisions between peoples, are able to create "bridges" between them. Specific objectives of the project The project aims to offer children and young people from 3 different Mexican cities (Mexico City, Aguascalientes and Hermosillo) concrete support in these 3 areas: Educational (school fees, books and teaching materials, etc.), to which 50% of the economic resources are dedicated; Healthcare (medicines, medical treatments, visits, etc.), to which 25% of the economic resources are dedicated; Socio-family (help to the child's family, food program, recreational activities, etc.), to which 25% of the economic resources are dedicated. With the project "Beyond the Walls" in Mexico we try to help young people, with their families, who find themselves in situations of economic and family difficulty, also following the devastating earthquake that occurred in September 2017, with priority to those who are children of Inmigrantes. We try to offer the latter a special accompaniment towards obtaining a technical training capable of offering them a job in Mexico. In this way, it is avoided that these young people, together with their parents, retry emigrating to the USA as illegal immigrants, which unfortunately happens with great frequency even in the "Trump" period. Whenever possible, and where conditions of generalized need exist, we prefer to help an entire school class of children, guaranteeing indiscriminate support among schoolchildren belonging to the same group.
- Messico
- Number of beneficieries: 25
- FOM November 2018
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Suburbs in the Center
This project focuses on children and young people who find themselves in the peripheries of the poorest state of India: Bihar. The way identified to achieve this is that of literacy, education and socio-cultural training through construction of a school in an area lacking in educational offer and characterized by a high rate of poverty. General objectives of the project Ensure access to primary schooling for all children, including the poorest living in rural suburbs. Bridging the gap in adult illiteracy through the involvement of pupils' parents. Spread hope and culture also to the poorest young people, essential elements for the integral preparation of future generations. Specific objectives of the project The purchase of land in a village of Buxar (see blue oval in the map of Bihar) and the construction of a primary and secondary school with multipurpose spaces in which to also offer training courses for adults. The creation of places where the local population can gather for moments of confrontation, conviviality and recreational and sports activities. See the brochure
- India
- Number of beneficieries: 680
- FOM January 2017
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Work Scholarship
Project to combat unease and early school leaving by promoting school-work alternation training. This is a career path for the social inclusion of boys and girls at high risk of socio-scholastic dropout. General objectives of the project To spread awareness among young people of the importance of professional preparation in order to access the world of work more easily. Promote the socio-labor integration of young people, especially those who are socially weaker and vulnerable. Specific objectives of the project The main purpose of the project is to support young people who attend professional schools in the Vicenza area and in general in the Veneto and who for family, social or psycho-physical reasons are in serious difficulty, to continue and complete their training, thus increasing the possibility in the short-medium term to enter the world of work. The project also aims to spread awareness throughout the territory that young people, even those most at risk from a disciplinary or social point of view, if helped in their professional preparation path, especially in adolescence, can build a dignified future in legality. Finally, the organization of events that enhance and give visibility to some testimonies of young people who have successfully completed their professional training at ENGIM Veneto schools and who have distinguished themselves for their extraordinary work, solidarity or ordinariness is foreseen. >> See the brochure
- Italia
- Number of beneficieries: 200
- FOM January 2017
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The Well is Life
L’acqua è l’elemento più importante nella vita di ogni essere vivente, si può affermare che chiunque dona ad un villaggio un pozzo, dona vita. Dopo pochi mesi e grazie ad un percorso di accompagnamento e di assistenza i villaggi che sono stati dotati di un pozzo trovano una nuova vita. Nascono piccoli orti a gestione familiare,nascono i primi piccoli allevamenti di galline e maiali. La dieta alimentare si arricchisce e la sicurezza alimentare genera un ottimismo nella gente che va al di là del beneficio concreto offerto dall’acqua. E’ un vero miracolo che nasce da un sentimento di solidarietà e da una corretta idea di promozione e di sviluppo. Beneficiari del progetto sono 8.000 persone. Sono gli abitanti dei villaggi coinvolti nell’iniziativa. Si tratta di un impatto formidabile perché in alcuni casi i villaggi sono dislocati in aree molto difficili da raggiungere dove difficilmente esisterebbero alternative. Origine del progetto Il problema dell'acqua in Sierra Leone non è principalmente un problema di mancanza, è sopratutto un problema di accesso. Ogni anno le malattie legate all’uso improprio di acqua causano la morte a 1,6 milioni di bambini, la maggior parte dei quali sotto ai 5 anni. Milioni di donne percorrono ogni giorno molti chilometri a piedi per approvvigionarsi d’acqua, e i bambini sono impossibilitati ad andare a scuola per dare una mano alla famiglia. In Sierra leone una persona su due viene colpita da malattie dovute alla mancanza o alla cattiva qualità dell’acqua mentre le stime indicano che un contadino africano dispone meno di 20 litri di acqua al giorno, ossia meno della metà del fabbisogno minimo giornaliero di 50 litri indicato come necessario dall’ Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità. Acqua non potabile e condizioni igienico-sanitarie carenti sono all’origine di un’elevata incidenza di malattie infantili, quasi tutte prevenibili. Senza acqua potabile è impossibile sfuggire alla spirale di miseria delle infezioni. Acqua significa poter bere, poter cucinare, lavarsi, irrigare il terreno. Se le donne evitano di percorrere lunghe distanze alla ricerca dell’acqua hanno più tempo da dedicare alla famiglia e ai figli o per svolgere un’attività che consenta di aiutare il bilancio familiare mentre diminuiscono la mortalità infantile dovuta al consumo di acqua non potabile. Obiettivi del progetto L’obiettivo del progetto è il miglioramento delle condizioni di vita delle comunità locali in Sierra Leone attraverso attività idonee a: incrementare le competenze tra i beneficiari con riguardo all’utilizzo delle risorse naturali; combattere il processo di desertificazione; incrementare la capacità di produzione delle risorse destinate a soddisfare i bisogni primari della popolazione beneficiaria quale acqua e cibo; diminuire il più possibile gli effetti negativi, molte volte mortali soprattutto nei bambini, dell’utilizzo di acqua non potabile nella propria alimentazione e nella cura del proprio igiene.
- Sierra Leone
- Number of beneficieries: 1600
- FOM January 2012
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United and Different
This project is the result of the close collaboration between the Josephan bodies MURIALDO WORLD and ENGIM which has always distinguished their way of operating in cooperation and in society. In Italy, the migration scenario is rapidly evolving. Integration difficulties represent potential elements of social crisis. The increase in the migratory phenomenon makes it necessary to improve the reception and socio-working integration system for migrants in general, but above all for those of them who are in a particularly vulnerable condition. The project consists of a series of integrated interventions aimed at welcoming and social-working integration of refugees and asylum seekers. In particular, the integrated action of reception and socio-working insertion will be carried out in Rome in via degli Etruschi 7 at the headquarters of ENGIM international NGO through: Reception and orientation activities. Training activity. Training internships. Active job search activity. Educational / cultural visits. Awareness raising activities. Cultural insertion activities. General objectives of the project Affirm the rights / duties and promote the social and labor integration of young people, especially those who are socially weaker such as refugees and asylum seekers. To prevent the immigration problem from turning into a problem of violence and illegality. Spread culture of welcome and fraternity. Specific objectives of the project The project aims to welcome and accompany at least 20 young refugees and asylum seekers per year towards full social inclusion. This means removing from the danger of illegality people who are already in Italy but who, without this intervention, would find themselves unemployed and without prospects even to survive.
- Italia
- Number of beneficieries: 20
- FOM January 2017
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Scholarship for Studies
Colombia has been living in civil war for more than 50 years. Although the conflict officially ended with the peace treaty in 2016, violence continues in many areas of the country, increasingly connected to drug trafficking. Parallel to the expansion of the conflict and the political violence, Colombian cities are severely hit by a new wave of criminal acts and selective murders against members of the weakest and most marginalized sections of society (poor people, street children, small drug dealers, drug addicts, prostitutes and homosexuals). with the term “limpieza social” (social cleansing), it is one of the major consequences of the serious social conflict and of the discriminating and excluding policies of the economic and political classes. General objective of the project Accompany and support young university students from the La Sierra and Villa Turbay neighborhoods, educating them to be committed to their neighborhood. Specific objectives of the project Support young university students in the La Sierra and Villa Turbay districts, offering them a supplementary scholarship, which allows them to support the costs of transport, food and teaching materials. Accompany young people in their studies, constantly monitoring their performance and supporting them in learning. Educating young university students to serve the community, suggesting volunteering as a return for the scholarship received.
- Colombia
- Number of beneficieries: 6
- FOM January 2019
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Distance Support
Food, education and medical care without uprooting children from their families MURIALDO WORLD wants to use the term SUPPORT rather than DISTANCE ADOPTION because adoption is a form of dependence, while support is contribution, collaboration, it is walking together towards the construction of a better future. Distance Support is an act of solidarity towards a minor in difficulty, his family and his community, aimed at promoting human and social development in the country where he lives. By becoming a supporter you can take care of a child without uprooting him from his country and his family, you will support a project through which you can offer him the opportunity to get out of the condition of emergency and misery in which he lives. Who do you help with Distance Support? Distance Support is giving a hand to children, teenagers and adolescents from the South of the world who attend day centers, vocational training centers, kindergartens, homes, families, parishes, schools or other activities managed by the Josephine Missionaries of Murialdo. With € 310 a year, about 85 cents a day, you can support a child. Postal bulletin on C / C n.1001330032 Name: Murialdo World onlus Reason: SaD + possible name of the preferred country Bank transfer to Poste Italiane Payable to: Murialdo World Onlus IBAN Code: IT 17 E 07601 03200 001001330032 Reason: SaD + possible name of the preferred country
- Mondo
- Number of beneficieries: 1045
- FOM January 2009
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Let us meet Youngsters
Why in Nigeria? Because, one could say, the Lord preceded us by sending us vocations from that country, in which we have not been present so far: next December 2014 the first two Nigerian Josephites will be ordained priests. We intend to establish a community of service. pastoral and charismatic Josephite, in which our theology students will be able to join. We want to be a concrete and significant help for many children and young people present in this land currently struck by strong socio-religious tensions and tormented by an internal conflict in the North of the country. Our presence will characterized by a simple beginning, made of essentiality; it will be an expression on the one hand of an attitude of flexibility and on the other of an insertion consistent with the local reality. The 3 keywords of the style with which we want to insert ourselves in this country are: effectiveness, flexibility, sobriety. So let's talk about economic sustainability, sustainability charismatic-pastoral and socialism according to the local point of view. General objectives of the project Establish a permanent community of Josephan missionary presence, which can soon become a point of reference for the locals, especially for those most in need. To be a concrete and significant help for many children and young people present in this land currently struck by strong socio-religious tensions and tormented by an internal conflict in the north of the country. Specific objectives of the project Characterize the new Josephan missionary presence under the banner of stability and sobriety. This means living in a rented house, modest for the Josephan community, equipped with an electric generator for light, a vegetable garden for self-production and some rooms for hospitality. Going to meet the most needy locals with a preference for young people to help them come out of marginalization for economic and / or illiteracy reasons. This means equipping the Josephan community with a car and one or two motorcycles and material for social, educational and post-school activities (computers, printers, books, notebooks, pens, etc.). Enhance existing spaces and structures owned by other public and religious bodies to try to carry out socio-educational activities while minimizing its costs. This will ensure the optimization of the economic resources used. See the brochure
- Nigeria
- Number of beneficieries: 100
- FOM January 2014
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For a new Missionary
The “For a new missionary” campaign aims to support young students who want to embark on a path of faith in their land, which is a mission land for us, but do not have sufficient resources to maintain their studies. Helping a future missionary it means giving an opportunity for self-sustenance in the mission land, from an ever less welfare perspective. Con 200 € al mese potrai aiutare un seminarista nel suo percorso di formazione per diventare Giuseppina e Sacerdote a servizio dei più poveri. Donations, tax deductible, can be made in installments: monthly from € 200 half-yearly from € 1,200 annual from € 2,400 How to support them? Postal Bulletin on the C / C n. 1001330032 Name: Murialdo World Onlus Reason: For a new Missionary Bank transfer to Poste Italiane Payable to: Murialdo World Onlus IBAN Code: IT 17 E 07601 03200 001001330032 Reason: For a new Missionary See the brochure
- India, Messico, Africa
- Number of beneficieries: 40
- FOM January 2012
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Add a Place at Table
It is a food, educational and recreational support project for children and young people in the poor neighborhoods of the city of Medellin, Colombia. For everyone a table to eat, a table to learn, a table to play. Colombia has been living in civil war for more than 40 years and is seeing a progressive increase in armed conflict and violence. In this context, the phenomenon of "street children" has developed and worsened more and more, children and adolescents who are victims of family and school abandonment, who live on alms and petty crime. General objectives of the project With the project "Add a seat at the table" the Giuseppini del Murialdo, with MURIALDO WORLD onlus, want to guarantee every day to hundreds of children and young people under the age of 14, welcome and assistance by offering them: a hot meal (a table to eat), educators who accompany them on their school journey (a table to learn), a space where you can play (a table to play), in order to offer opportunities for social integration and support to children and their families in order to counter the indices of violence, illegality and apathy in the area. Specific objectives of the project In particular, the project has as beneficiaries more than 200 poor children and young people for whom you want to: Improve food and health conditions. Promote basic education, raise the level of education and create the conditions for access to higher education. Promote integral development by carrying out prevention activities.
- Colombia
- Number of beneficieries: 200
- FOM August 2015
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