MEETING WITH THE MINISTER GEORGE VELLA

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Malta | 23 October 2016

President Michele Capasso met the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Malta on. George Vella accompanied by Ambassador Zard. The Minister:

  • He recalled long-standing friendship with President Michele Capasso and other members of the Foundation (Claudio Azzolini among others);
  • He stressed the figure of Guido de Marco, the late President of the Republic of Malta and among the founders of the Foundation;
  • Highlighted the role played by the Mediterranean Foundation as a promoter and cofounder of important international bodies, such as the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

President Capasso congratulated the commitment of Minister Vella in the organization of the MED Forum in Malta and the initiatives taken during the forthcoming EU presidency of Malta.

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MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT GUIGOU AND THE LEADER OF THE 42 NATIONAL NETWORKS ALF

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Malta | 23 October 2016

At the conclusion of the inauguration ceremony of the MED Forum Alf 2016 took place on Sunday 23 October 2016-from 22 and 30 at 0.30 - the first meeting between the President of the ALF Elisabeth Guigou and a large part of the leader of the national networks Alf: present the Dire Executive officer of the ALF Ambassador Hatem Atallah.
President Guigou took note of the state of discomfort of almost all the leaders-also highlighted by the intentional failure of some of them to participate in the forum of Malta-for the lack of involvement of the networks in the preparation of the forum itself and a Modest participation of the members of the networks at the event.
In addition to this, a lack of communication has been highlighted between the Alexandria Secretariat and the national networks, recalling the urgent need to revise the rules, role and functioning of the Anna LINDH Foundation and its networks, establishing whether to strengthen the role Centralist of the Fondazione Anna Lindh or the networks of the 42 countries, as foreseen in the Statute of the ALF.
President Guigou shared the generous proposal of President Capasso to host in Naples next February 2017 an "ad hoc" meeting of the leader in order to redefine the role of national networks within the ALF.

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ELISABETH GUIGOU AND MICHELE CAPASSO LAUNCH AN APPEAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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Malta | 23 October 2016

The president of the Fondazione Anna LIndh Elisabeth Guigou and the president of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, on the sidelines of the Med Forum of Malta, have launched an appeal for young people to be directed towards a system of values and not of " Measures ".
The role of the media is crucial in this process.

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PASSAGE OF THE WITNESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PIETRO GRASSO TO THE MAJOR RECTOR OF THE SALESIANS D. ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME

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Roma | 19 October 2016

An ideal passage of witness, the "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari, took place on the occasion of the opening of the academic year 2016-2017 of the Pontifical Salesian University: In the sign of Antonino Caponetto.
On this occasion the President of the Senate Pietro Grasso - assignee of the Mediterranean prize for Legality 2013 - recalled his youth training at the Salesians of Palermo, urged young people not to give up in front of the difficulties of life and has Concluded by recalling the admonition of the Judge Antonino Caponetto - his master, - to keep "always the back upright".

Immediately after, connecting to the figure of Antonino Calvert and the foundation to him titrated-with which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is "Affratellata" - The President Michele Capasso has delivered the Mediterranean Prize 2016 "special Edition for Education To peace" to the major rector of the Salesians Don Ángel Fernández Artime and the Mediterranean Prize 2016 "bearer of peace" to the Rector Magnifico, Don Mauro Mantovani.

 

DON ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME RECEIVES THE MEDITERRANEAN AWARD 2016 - Special Edition for Peace Education

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Roma | 19 October 2016

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the "Mediterranean Prize" was held the ceremony of the award of the "Mediterranean Prize 2016 – Special Edition for the Education of Peace", attributed to the major rector of the Salesians, Don Ángel Fernández Artime, Grand Chancellor Of the UPS, in the presence of the President of the Senate Pietro Grasso.

Considered among the most significant internationally, the prize of the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" was awarded in previous editions to important personalities such as King Juan Carlos of Spain, King Hussein of Jordan, Presidents Anibal Cavao Silva and Abu Mazen, Leah Rabin, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem FouadTwal, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, and others.
In the motivations read by the president of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Prof. Michele Capasso-who with Pia Molinari delivered the prize-reads:

"For the activity in favour of peace and concord among the peoples of the world, carried out by the Salesian family, especially in the places where the war rages: Here the Salesians are often the only point of reference for men and women belonging to different faiths. The rector major Don Ángel Fernández Artime is a true ' peacemaker '; With his role as guide and master of the entire Salesian family-the Salesians, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and the cooperators-nourishes and spreads with humility and complicity the hope in the young people who have to confront life as ' hunters of the positive ' and Spreading the ' true ', the ' beautiful ' and the ' good ' as the foundation of civil, religious and social life. "

The major Rector expressed his gratitude on behalf of the whole Salesian family and Don Bosco for the prestigious recognition, considering it a "prize for the Future": even more imbued with the "Paul" for the Young, "Hunters of the positive".
The ceremony took place during the inauguration of the new academic year (2016-2017) of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS), in the presence of a delegation of approximately 2000 students from 100 nations and ambassadors from various countries.
The prize awarded is the "Totem of Peace" by sculptor Mario Molinari.

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DON MAURO MANTOVANI RECEIVES THE MEDITERRANEAN AWARD "PORTATORE DI PACE" 2016

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Roma | 19 October 2016

Was assigned to the Magnificent Rector of the Pontifical Salesian University, Don Mauro Mantovani, the Mediterranean Prize "bearer of Peace" 2016 for the role taken by the entire Pontifical Salesian University for the education of young people to peace and Coexistence among different peoples, in the perspective – according to the expressions of Pope Paul VI – of the "new humanism" and of the "Civilization of Love".

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MICHELE CAPASSO: "THE SALESIANS ARE THE OPERATIVE ARM OF CHRISTIANITY"

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Roma | 19 October 2016

(ANS – Rome) – Michele Capasso, engineer-Neapolitan architect, has created over 500 works in various countries around the world. Ing. Capasso was strongly struck by the massacres against innocent victims in the territories marked by the war. It decides to suspend its activity and its professional commitment, first to help the people of the former Yugoslavia and, then, especially to build dialogue and peace. Today the "Mediterranean Prize 2016 – Special Edition for Peace Education" is delivered to the rector major, Don Ángel Fernández Artime.

How is the Fondazione Mediterraneo born?

The Mediterranean Foundation was founded more than 27 years ago, by the initiative of the Presidents of various countries, mainly interested in creating a space of peace, against war and against conflicts. From that moment we have committed ourselves to promoting dialogue through a thousand initiatives involving young people, children, women, migrants and education. Initiatives, these, based on concrete, as our motto reads: "To transform love for power, in the Power of Love".

Who receives this prize?

This award is for the sobriety, for the quality of the work, for the concreteness. The winners receive the prize if they do something for the common good; It was considered, after the Nobel Prize, the most important prize. They have received this award many personalities, in the religious field, Cardinal Etchegaray, Cardinal Martini, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and many others, who have committed themselves to peace.

This award is a special prize. Why?

Every twenty years there must be a special edition of the prize, which foresees a theme not covered by the regulation, for which one chooses and seeks a personality that can prove to be the protagonist of that theme. With great joy and pleasure, finding also the sharing of the Arab and Islamic world, this prize, special Edition for Peace, was attributed to Don Ángel Fernández Artime, for what the Salesians have done in the world.

Why did you choose to give the prize to the rector major?

The Salesians participate in our commitment to peace, for dialogue. The people who work with us have entertained many relationships with the Salesians in the world. In These 27 years we have known the value of the work of the Salesians. Above all, we have enjoyed their humble commitment to young people, to those who need it. We want to follow the identity of doing. We want to be for what we do, not to be for what we say. The Salesians are the operative arm of that Christianity which applies the gospel every day.

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THE TOTEM OF PACE SYMBOL OF THE SALESIAN OF DON BOSCO

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Roma | 19 October 2016

Mario Molinari's "Totem of peace" becomes the symbol of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
The rector major, Don Angel Fernandez Artime, in receiving the work of the sculptor Molinari on the occasion of the "Mediterranean Prize special edition 2016" attributed to him, emphasizes the importance of "positive", of living life with the "colors of hope, of Faith and Joy ".
In front of an audience of over 400 students of the Pontifical Salesian University confirms the topicality of the educational method of Don Bosco especially in the face of the great challenges of today's world.

 

 

INAUGURATION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017 OF THE PONTIFICIAL SALESIAN UNIVERSITY (UPS)

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Roma | 19 October 2016

On the occasion of the ceremony of the academic year 2016-2017 of the Pontifical Salesian University, President Capasso was able to inaugurate, with the president of the Senate Pietro Grasso, the 2nd Volume of the "ALBO d'oro" of the Pontifical Salesian University.
Thanks to Don Mauro Mantovani, magnificent rector, to the rector major Don Angel Fernandez Artime and to all the Salesians in the world for their commitment to the education of young people and peace.
Before the ceremony the rector major D. Angel Fernandez Artime celebrated the mass in the Church of St. Mary of Hope.
The President Grasso held the inaugural titled "Educating the Legality and active and responsible citizenship".

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MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT CAPASSO AND RECTOR MAJOR OF THE SALESIANS D. ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME

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Roma | 18 October 2016

It was held in Rome at the Salesians' Directorate General, a cordial meeting between the President Capasso - accompanied by Pia Molinari - and the rector major of the Salesians D. Angel Fernández Artime.
On this occasion, joint initiatives have been agreed to spread the teaching of Don Bosco and promote the education of young people to peace.
At the meeting he participated by telephone (from Subiaco) sister Maria Pia Giudici (FMA-House of Prayer "San Biagio").

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