Training on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy. Reflections of a Companion
At the end of the training organized in Rome by spazio + spadoni, Corrado shares his experience
After the organizational phase, taken care of by the secretariat and the arrival of the participants at the “Maria Domenica Barbantini Holiday Home” in Rome, as well as the accommodation in the rooms, with the relevant logistical information, the next day, July 7, the actual “training course” began, as structured, in an intense, but complete way, by the group of seniors.
Participants
- 20 Sisters from 9 countries on the periphery of the world
- 11 volunteer and mercy associations
- 9 mentor facilitators from their respective associations
- 12 in-person and/or online speakers
- 3 chaperones
The experience
The subject of the discussion, which was articulated in different themes and which saw, as natural, the presence of different speakers, from the ‘beginning attracted my attention and, I would say, my curiosity, even if my physical presence had only one designation ” accompanying my wife Rosaria.” The ‘human environment, the faces of the participants, the deportments, the constant smiles, the movements of Luigi, the attitude as an older brother of Umberto, began to arouse in me, moments of perception and observation that, then, flowed into a process of synthesis.
A world unfamiliar to me, although I have been accustomed, in the course of my professional life and political passion, to meetings, conferences, training courses, etc.
And here it is that from that label of “accompanist,” I pass to that of “active participant,” listening, with attention, with serenity of ‘mind, with a spirit of true and deep participation, what was conveyed by the speakers, grasping in each of them a real “Authenticity,” which made as a natural consequence, those attitudes, faces, movements, devoid of any a priori structured form. There, that “Authenticity” convinced me that I was in the presence of real people, people who, even in the suffering or sad events of life always put God’s will and mercy first. God’s mercy is in action. Always.
Corrado Rizza – Inhabitant of spazio + spadoni
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