Dalla GMG in Portogallo

04 August 2023

Non immaginate cosa sia, non si riesce a dimensionere la GMG finché non si incontra una città piena di giovani uniti come una sola Chiesa...

Grazie Dio e alla mia famiglia religiosa per questa opportunità, sono un benedetto e orgoglioso di poter portare i colori Murialdinos in questa esperienza di fede.

L'emozione si prova in ogni momento, in ogni attività, è incredibile...

1 agosto mattina dopo 4 ore di sonno perché arrivati alle 2 di notte x ritardi dei voli ci siamo presentati tra tutti i giovani delle diverse opere del Murialdo del mondo presenti qui... siamo più di 300 da Spagna, Mexico, Ecuador, Romania, Italia, Nigeria, India, Sierra Leone, viviamo la prima catechesi sull'Ecologia integrale e la cura del creato, come ha chiesto il Papa ai giovani di confrontarsi... Celebriamo la Messa presieduta dal provinciale Tony che ci invita a colorare i nostri volti x portare vita e colore attorno a noi, dopo che abbiamo costruito l'Albero della Vita con i ns gesti di Impegno e custodia del creato..Nel pomeriggio dopo la passeggiata per il centro di Madrid, e la cena, momento di risonanza tra i nostri ragazzi e quelli di Roma con i quali siamo gemellati e poi ancora un momento di preghiera con tutto il gruppo dei giovani del Murialdo.

...Oggi (2agosto) giornata della Misericordia e delle Confessioni andando a a Toledo con 6 bus..dove al mattino abbiamo conosciuto la tradizione di grande rispettosa convivenza delle tre grandi religioni ...di cui restano i segni nella sinagoga, nella casa del moro musulmano e nella spettacolare cattedrale cristiana...

Abbiamo poi celebrato un tempo di adorazione e confessioni e la Messa, tutto animato dal Sud America...con canti ritmato e senso di festa inaspettata. E poi una visita guidata alla cattedrale con una guida eccezionale che all'arte ha unito una catechesi eucaristica sorprendente...

Stasera festa di tutti i giovani della Famiglia del Murialdo dove ogni nazione ha presentato un ballo, un canto, un bans che ha coinvolto tutti in una allegria contagiosa murialdina...e ora a nanna...o quasi...

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Week Two: "Hope That Transforms: Young People in the Service of Life"

SAN FRANCISCO DE MOSTAZAL (CHILE) – During this Murialdo Month, our attention turns to Chile, where the Murialdo Family is coming together to experience days filled with formation, fellowship, and service. During this week, October 12–16, various educators from our schools, reception services, and social ministries are gathering and walking alongside young people from different Murialdo communities around the world, guided by the Murialdo Youth and Vocational Ministry. This year’s theme, “Hope That Transforms: Young People in the Service of Life,” calls us back to the heart of our mission: to be instruments of hope and promoters of life for young people. A central part of this journey is the visit to the religious community of Requínoa and the San José High School, places where the Murialdian charism continues to serve as a guiding light for the education and human and spiritual growth of the younger generations.

17 October 2026

The “Square Kilometer of Charity” on the Path to UNESCO World Heritage Status: The Journey of Murialdo’s Legacy

In the heart of Turin, in an area spanning just a few hundred meters in the Valdocco neighborhood, beats an ancient and extraordinary heart. It was here, during the 19th century, that a remarkably high concentration of charitable works managed by Turin’s “Social Saints” took root—including our beloved founder St. Leonard Murialdo, St. John Bosco, St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, St. Joseph Cafasso, St. Joseph Allamano, and the Marquises Giulia and Tancredi di Barolo. A blessed area that history has christened the “Square Kilometer of Charity”, where concrete responses in the form of hospitality, education, and social redemption have forever transformed the lives of the poorest and the marginalized. On October 8, 2026, a step of fundamental importance was taken: the Memorandum of Understanding was formally signed, officially launching the process to nominate the “Square Kilometer of Charity” for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Promoted by the Coordination Committee of the Social and Health Integration Area (which brings together the region’s historic charitable institutions), the agreement launches a rigorous phase of research, cataloging, and promotion of the priceless historical, archival, spiritual, and educational heritage preserved in these streets. Let us accompany this important institutional and cultural journey with our prayers and enthusiasm. The contribution of St. Leonard Murialdo, together with that of the other great witnesses to the faith in Turin—the “social saints”— represents a living source of charity that continues to form and educate younger generations throughout the world.

17 October 2026

Father Ettore, a Witness to God’s Mercy: 25 Years of Remembrance and Gratitude

Twenty-five years after his passing, many of us gathered to remember Fr. Ettore, in the presence of Fr. Carmelo, the Provincial, and Fr. Giampiero Melaragni: on October 8 in Durrës for the Rosary at Casa Nazaret, where he lived and gave his life, and for the celebration of Mass presided over by the Archbishop of Tirana-Durrës, Monsignor Arjan Dodaj, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Lucy; on October 9 in Fier at the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, where the Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania, Fr. Flavio Cavallin, presided over Mass; meanwhile, that morning, the young people from our Vocational Center also honored the memory of the Servant of God, and in the days that followed, the youth from the Oratory organized the 1st Father Ettore Trophy in various sports. (From the remarks by Provincial Father Carmelo Prestipino) As a family gathered around the Lord, let us give thanks to God for the gift of Father Ettore, a witness to God’s love for young people who are poor and in need of the Father’s infinite mercy. Dear Father Ettore, as we gather here, twenty-five years after your death, to thank the Lord for the gift of your witness and for that blood shed out of love—which united you to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross—allows us not only to cherish with gratitude the memory of the life you gave, but also to take up the same path of love that you walked on behalf of young people, especially the poorest and most abandoned, whom you accompanied as a friend, brother, and father. We thank the Lord for the good that Father Ettore sowed: a good that was often humble and hidden, like that of Saint Joseph, which even today continues to sprout and bear the fruits of life in people’s hearts and in the history of this church community. Our thanks cannot remain merely words: may it become a journey, a service, a life given, and a concrete witness to God’s goodness. It is a thank-you that still resonates as a call today. The Lord continues to invite young people to follow Jesus and, like Father Ettore, to be witnesses to the Father’s merciful love: in the priesthood, in religious life, and in every vocation lived as a generous gift of self. Thank you and best wishes to all of us who, inspired by Fr. Ettore’s example, are walking the path toward holiness.

13 October 2026