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often without further comment. They come from the experience of people who have
translated large tracts of Salesian literature, e.g. Fr Borgatelli’s translation
of the Memorie Biografiche. In other words most of these terms are dated ones,
found only or mainly in older Salesian texts.
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Zatti,
Artemide
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Artemides Zatti |
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Artemide Zatti was born in
Boretto (Reggio Emilia) on October 12, 1880.
He experienced difficulties and sacrifices from an early date. By the age of
nine he was already earning his living as a day labourer.
Poverty forced his family to emigrate to Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Here
Artemide began to attend the parish run by the Salesians and developed great
confidence in the Parish Priest, Fr. Carlo Cavalli.
Advised to become a Salesian, he was accepted as an aspirant by Monsignor
Cagliero and, at the age of 23, entered the house of Bernal. Among other
things, he was entrusted with the care of a young priest who was suffering
from tuberculosis. Artemide caught the disease. He was sent to the hospital
of San José. While there, the priest, doctor, Fr. Evarisio Garrone, followed
him, in a special way.
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With him, he asked and
received the grace of a cure from Mary Our Help. On his part, he promised to
dedicate his whole life to the care of the sick. He was cured and kept his
promise.
At first, he looked after the hospital Pharmacy. After the death of Fr.
Garrone, he was totally responsible for the hospital, which became the scene
of his holiness.
In 1913 he directed the building of a new hospital, which later, to his
great disappointment, was demolished in 1941, to make room for the episcopal
residence for the new diocese of Viedma.
In 1950, a fall from a stairs forced him to retire. A few months later he
showed symptoms of cancer. He died on March 15, 1951.
His remains lie in the Salesian Chapel of Viedma. John Paul II beatified him
on April 14, 2002, in Rome.
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zelo
Dbcastig.txt - quando se li vedeva meno docili e corrispondenti al suo
zelo.
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zeal
熱情
神火 |
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ZH |
The Greek term zelos means ardour, the act of emulating something (or
someone). In religious terms it is a strong sense of ardour, directed to God
or for the salvation of souls – in this sense then we hear it used as
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We see phrases in Salesian discourse such as tireless zeal, the zeal for
souls, zeal of the Da mihi animas.. Fr Chavez, following the UISG
(Superiors General) meeting in 2004 has begun to use the synonymous term
passion much more frequently.
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Ziggiotti, Renato
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Renato Ziggiotti |
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Renato Ziggiotti
rose to the top after an authentic experience of coming up through the ranks
as soldier, then teacher and animator amongst the young. After his
experience as a General Counsellor and Vicar he took up the reigns of the
Congregation in the difficult post-war years, spurring it on to unity by
means of a fervent spiritual life and the charism of Don Bosco.
Don Ziggiotti was the first Salesian Rector Major
after the generation formed directly in the school of Don
Bosco, Founder, and he saw it as necessary to ‘fall in again”. His service
was exceptional.
His postwar period as Rector Major was marked by - other than the normal
activities of government - his extraordinary journeys around the world that
carried him into direct contact with the reality of the Congregation, helped
him to know all of the confreres, gave him ways to confirm and encourage
daring programmes. Above all he spurred the Congregation on to rebuild the
unity of communities which the wartime events had disturbed through years of
separation and segregation.
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He knew how to rebuild in democratic style, almost heartily, but no less
incisively. If he had the gift of command that betrayed something of its
‘military’ origins, it revealed nevertheless a great interiority. He drew
life from God, from the Church, from the Madonna
and from Don Bosco. As a result he lived
for his confreres and their mission. So little did he see himself as
important that after the Council - in which he participated with mind and
heart as a true son of the Church - he humbly retired as superior and
withdrew to the Sanctuary of Don Bosco
on the Becchi Hill, as its first Rector, and then to Albaré, in his
beloved Veneto, where he remained until his death.
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香港鮑思高慈善基金會
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Hong Kong Don Bosco
Charitable Foundation |
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The Salesian Congregation does not run schools or any other services in
Mainland China. But the Hong Kong Don Bosco Charitable Foundation does. The
Chinese law allows for freedom of belief and those “religious expressions”
that come under the state-sanctioned Patriotic Association. Not only are
missionary activities forbidden, but also international religious orders,
like the Salesian Society, cannot operate in China. Supported by NGOs in
Europe, such as
VIS of Italy,
Jugend Dritte Welt of Germany, and
Jovenes del
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The work of the DBF in Mainland China can be traced back to the early
1980’s, when a group of devoted Chinese and western volunteers started their
work to help poor and underprivileged people in Guangdong province. The HK
Don Bosco Charitable Foundation was formally established in 1998 to take
over such operations and related assets. In 2000 it became a Company Limited
by Guarantee and as such is tax exempted.
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