29 January 2017 – Ten years after the death of Don Luigi

Ten years ago died Don Luigi

For the tenth anniversary of the death of Don Luigi Longhi the Community & agrave; Parish dell'Aravecchia with his parish priest Fr Antonella Solla and many friends of Fr Luigi including Fr Gianbattista Quattri his fellow ordination came together to Mass 10.

In his homily Fr Gianbattista recalled the beginning of the priestly life of Don Luis, the pi & ugrave; great priestly ordination in recent history: in 50 anniversary of Pope Paul VI priesthood were ordained nearly 300 priests from all over the world in the churchyard of St. Peter's on a very sunny day in late spring. And right after Don Luigi & igrave part;, with friends Operation Mato Grosso, for the leper colony of Campogrande to Brazil where he focused the characteristics of his priesthood radically faithful to the Gospel, unconditional it characterized by attention to the last, the lost sheep, to those who most & ugrave; They are struggling in life and in society & agrave;. He returned from Brazil his life is inextricably fused glue reality & agrave; dell'Aravecchia, Vercelli suburb then characterized by the presence of Casermone, one of the places of marginalization and social decay over the years 70. After years of Casermone total donation of Don Luigi cre memorize options life; reality & agrave; of the House, since then the reception center to all marginalization in cities & agrave; Vercelli. The first avant-gardes of the Great Migration that characterizes our days found the House an unconditional and creative response, with the opening also of other reception centers in the Vercelli area, at least as long as he lived the Don.

After commissioning three of the participants gave their testimony & nbsp; of Don Luis to all friends present. Particularly significant is the testimony of Joseph Papetti, the artist who with Don Luigi has conceived and created the Chapel of Molin Camillo and Don Luigi shared so long and rich experiences.

to read the testimony of Joseph Papetti

Also remember that next Sunday, 5 febbraio, sar & agrave; celebrated a Mass in memory of Don Luigi, always in St Peter's Church and always at 10