Fraternal Visits

As always, our dear metropolitan Emilianos Timiadis, whom we consider a brother of our community, spent some time in Bose (February and April-May), thus allowing us to enjoy frequently his lucid wisdom as a man of the Church and as “elder”.
Several times during these months the following have visited us: priests of the Fraternity of Saints Basil and Gregory of Modena (their small book, Una vita commune di presbiteri, relating their experience in living a common life we have published recently); our dear friend don Cesare Massa, who also gave us the gift of his word in the Christmas retreat that he preached to the community and guests; father Mykola Makar, ex-prorector of the Kiev Theological Academy, who is now in charge of a parish in Milan of the Moscow Patriarchate.
In mid-May we have had the joy of having with us for a week father Georgij Ko?etkov of Moscow with about twenty members of his fraternity, who shared our prayer and work.
The visit of don Mario Polastro of the community of San Lazzaro of Pinerolo, an old friend of the community, was an occasion to recall the road we have traveled together through all these years and to hear about his experiences of life and faith, especially in the sphere of ecumenical relations that he has forged in his diocese.
Father Dominique Cerbelaud, Dominican, concluded in February his long sabbatical stay with us. Before leaving he offered us his reflections on community life in a commentary on Psalm 133.