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THE GREATER RECTOR OF THE SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO AND THE SALESIAN FAMILY PAY HOMAGE TO THE URN WITH THE RELICS OF THE UNKNOWN MIGRANT GUARDED IN THE "TOTEM OF PEACE" OF THE MOLINARI SCULPTOR

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Napoli | 17 February 2017
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco Don Ángel Fernández Artime accompanied by Don Horacio Lopez and the Ambassadors to the Holy See of Panama, Miroslava Rosas Vargas, and Guatemala, Alfredo Vàsquez Rivera - together with representatives of the Salesian Family, young people from the Salesian schools and migrants welcomed by the Salesians in the Family Houses, he paid homage and placed a laurel crown in front of the urn with the relics of Migrante Ignoto, housed in the monumental work "Totem della Pace" by sculptor Mario Molinari in the port of Naples.
Many young people involved in aid and solidarity activities are present were awarded the title of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World".
Many testimonies: like that of Amir, who from Bangladesh came to Italy and in the oratory he found support, security and also a future.
This is a very special day,"said Don Ángel Fernández Artime, because, in addition to paying homage to the Unknown Migrant and Molinari's work, we have the opportunity to continue to write true pages together: with society, with the Fondazione Mediterraneo, with the United States of the World, with young people"

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THE TOTEM OF PACE SYMBOL OF THE SALESIAN OF DON BOSCO

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Roma | 19 October 2016
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

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.

 

 

CLEMENTINO REMEMBERS THE MIGRANTS WHO DIED IN THE SEA ON THE OCCASION OF THE DAY DEDICATED TO THEM AND BEFORE THE TOTEM OF THE PEACE OF MOLINARI

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Napoli | 03 October 2016
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

Clementino, the well-known Neapolitan rapper, wanted to remember "in his own way" the migrants who died at sea on the occasion of the National Day of Immigration Victims.
On a visit to the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Museum of Peace, he underlined the commitment of many young people to help migrants.

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ELIZABETH GUIGOU EXPRESSES GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF MARIO MOLINARI

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Napoli | 09 September 2016
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Totem for Peace

Elisabeth Guigou, former Minister of Justice of France, president of the Foreign Affairs Commission  of the French National Assembly and president of the “Anna Lindh Foundation”, during the visit to the Museum of Peace - MAMT and the emotional path dedicated to the sculptor Mario Molinari, has expressed great admiration for his works, especially for the joy of life that transpires from its colors. "In a time of history in which all of us, to counteract the negative and terrorism, we should strongly support the positive and what unites us-said Mme Guigou - the teaching of Molinari, sculptor of color, is precious because it makes us understand the Need to share all the colors of life and not just the greys and blacks, represented by tragedies and mourning. The "Totem of Peace" - made in 1995 by the Turin sculptor and diffused throughout the world by the Fondazione Mediterraneo-is the symbol that summarizes the joy of life and the hope of a new resurgence of peace ".

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