The Don Bosco Institute and Monsignor Rocchetta enrolled in the Roll of Gold of Perugia

The Don Bosco Institute and Monsignor Carlo Rocchetta, among the new enrolled in the Roll of Gold of Perugia. The decision, approved in the last session by the City Council, was made official during the traditional ceremony in the presence of the highest civil and military authorities in the Sala dei Notari, at the end of the celebrations for 20 June.

The reasons for enrollment in the Roll of Gold of Perugia

Don Bosco Institute

“When they arrived in Perugia in 1922 – the reason for their registration reads – the Salesians immediately fell into the life of a special district, that of Porta Sant’Angelo, where they lived and shared the anxieties and hopes of the poor people with enthusiasm . In a short time they have earned everyone’s esteem and admiration for their cordial sociability and exemplary model of life, qualities that have never ceased over time and that have allowed them to dedicate themselves to the education of young people from Perugia with great passion. , working with constant commitment in our community in order to give substance to Don Bosco’s educational system, aimed at forming good Christians and honest citizens“.

The Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, received the prize for the Don Bosco Institute and thanked Perugia and its Institutions on behalf of the Salesian congregations.

Monsignor Carlo Rocchetta

Formerly a professor of sacramentary at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome and at the Theological Faculty of Florence, he is currently a professor at the Theological Institute of Assisi. He is a founding member of the Italian Society for Theological Research (SIRT), and of the International Academy of Marriage Spirituality (INTAMS) based in Brussels, as well as director of the Systematic Theology Course in Bologna and author of numerous publications and contributions to journals. scientific.

During his ministerial commitment, he felt the strong desire to devote himself completely to the family and, in particular, to couples in crisis and their children, to single and separated spouses. A profound inner need, like a vocation within a vocation, which led him to leave professorships and other commitments at the national level, to devote himself totally to this mission or service. Thus, his most recent works arise from his activity as a spiritual assistant at the Family Center House of Tenderness of Perugia, which deals with the reception of couples in difficulty, with training in married life and with the study of the theology of marriage and the family. His message tenderness, together with mercy, will save the world and the concept of tenderness understood as a way of thinking, of loving, of relating, they are the inspiration of Schools of tenderness held in Perugia and an incentive for all of us to humanize interpersonal relationships, relationships and society, basing them not on having but on being “.

The applause of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve

The diocesan administrator of Perugia-Città della Pieve Monsignor Marco Salvi expresses the applause and appreciation of the Archdiocese for the registration in the Golden Roll of the City of Perugia 2022 of two important realities of Perugia’s ecclesial life: the Institute Don Boscowhich this year marks the centenary of the presence of the Salesian house in the city, and Monsignor Carlo Rocchetta, founder of House of Tenderness which deals with the reception of couples in difficulty, with the formation of married life and with the study of the theology of marriage and the family.

“This recognition – notes Monsignor Salvi – is a sign of important attention to two pastoral areas to which the Archdiocese has always paid particular attention: the formation of young people and married life.

We are grateful to the Lord for the presence of these two great and precious gifts, which are the patrimony of the entire city and, Registration in the Golden Roll is an important act that expresses values ​​of sharing and communion, constituting a signal of hope for the future.

I would like to express all my gratitude – concludes the diocesan administrator – to Monsignor Carlo Rocchetta and to Fr Giovanni Molinari, director of the Salesian House in Perugia, and to all their collaborators, for the great work they carry out every day with love and dedication. I am grateful to the mayor Andrea Romizi and the City Council, for the important recognition, a sign of further attention to the pastoral action carried out by the Archdiocese which is very keen on the spiritual, human and social growth of the diocesan territory “.

Professor Alberto Grohmann and actor and director Giampiero Frondini are also enrolled in the Roll of Honor of Perugia

The one that represents the highest honor of the capital city, was also awarded this year to Professor Alberto Grohmann, professor emeritus of Economic Studies at the University of Perugia, and to actor and director Giampiero Frondini, historical founder of the Fontemaggiore theater company.