Our presence among the Churches and among men

Court of the Gentiles, Notre Dame, Paris

After a pause in January, the prior, br Enzo, has again been engaged in his preaching ministry in various cities in Italy and abroad, as well as at several conferences, weeks of Biblical studies, and retreats for priests in Bose. During this period he preached the monthly retreat to priests of the Italian dioceses of Lucca (invited by bishop Italo Castellani), Pistoia (at the request of bishop Mansueto Bianchi), and Casale Monferrato (invited by bishop Alceste Catella). In addition, he preached in the dioceses of Trent (at the invitation of archbishop Luigi Bressan), Piacenza (at the invitation of bishop Gianni Ambrosio), Milan (at the invitation of auxiliary bishop Erminio De Scalzi), and Pavia (at the invitation of bishop Giovanni Giudici).

He also took part in conferences and evenings on Biblical, spiritual, and cultural topics: at the international conference of the Catholic Biblical Federation held at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome, with a lecture on “Lectio divina: method and practice”; at the 9th International Congress of the Liturgy, held at the Pontifical Gregorian University, with a talk on “The future of the liturgy”; in Venice, where he participated in an evening on “Living in time”, organized by the cultural association Chorus; in Milan, at the church of San Carlo al Corso, where he gave a talk on “Among you it is not to be so”; at the Gobetti Theater in Turin, where he was invited to participate at the Biennale Democracy on the topic “Divine power and human power”; at the cycle on “The invention of war” organized at the Ducal Palace in Genoa, with a talk on “Justice, the fruit of peace”; at the Book Salon of Turin, invited to give a talk on “The Gospel, announcement of good life” and to participate in a round-table discussion on “Catholics, values, and politics”.