Atmosphere full of emotion, Friday 14 October 2022, at the church of Sant’Antonio Abate, in Gangi, where the very popular presentation of the book took place “Dreamers of Hope-Living in Assisi, a journey beyond history”, Published by Bonanno Editore and edited by Roberto Franco, President of the Center for Franciscan and Medieval Studies.
The institutional greetings, brought by the Mayor of the town, Giuseppe Ferrarello, by the Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Assisi, Veronica Cavallucci, by HE Monsignor Giuseppe Marciante, Bishop of the Diocese of Cefalù, fra ‘Antonino Catalfamo, Provincial Minister of the Friars Minor of Sicily , and by the parish priest of the parishes of San Nicolò and San Cataldo, don Giuseppe Amato, they pointed out the importance of the event which is now a historical-cultural and spiritual heritage of the city of Gangi and of recalling to pass on the joy of the Franciscan message. Roberto Franco, at the opening of the proceedings, wanted to address a moving thought to Fra ‘Camillo Ferro, recently deceased and Guardian of the Convent of the Friars Minor at the time in which Living in Assisi began by collecting the dreams and hopes of a group of young people who approached life, keeping in their hearts the universal and immortal values of which St. Francis was an irreducible witness and remains a fascinating Messenger. A return to the origins, caressed by the poignant notes of the memory that lightly spread among the sacred walls of the church del Monte, magnificent in its beauty and once again shining with voices and thoughts pervaded by profound spirituality. The interventions of the authors of the contributions followed one another, and in the presence and through a note sent to them, Antonella Ballacchino, Maria Piera Franco, fra Alberto Maria Marangolo, Francesco Paolo Pinello, Maria Rosaria Restivo, Salvatore Giovanni Loforte, Giusi Patti.
It turned out an amazing portrait of Living in Assisi, designed in its multiple aspects, each so distinctive as to make it a real communicative gift with an explosive force but cloaked in meekness and delicacy and enclosed by and in the fruitful vision of fraternity that is in the depths of the history of Franciscanism. During the event, moderated with the usual professionalism by the President of BCsicilia, Alfonso Lo Cascio, the Center for Franciscan and Medieval Studies wanted to assign commemorative plaques and thanks to the Maestro Antonello Blandi for having taken care of the graphic design of the Golden Edition, now book cover, al Maestro Vincenzo Pietro Bongiornoone of the last scribes of Sicily, for the extraordinary nature of his Ars Scriptoria which dates back to medieval monks and to all those who made the commemoration “great”giving for over twenty years, in silence and with joy, intense and tangible emotions, each time unparalleled. Living in Assisi, therefore, she told herself. Pleased Gangi all, recognized “Sicilian International City of Franciscan History”Thanks to the demonstration that took place experience director through an irrational and extremely engaging multisensory journey, capable of opening up horizons making the visitor greedy for a renewed world and he inevitably becomes a hopeful dreamer. “And traveling through the pages of the book means, then, flying over the Beyond through the invisible threads of a cultural embrace, between the strong networks of words and meanings, between the ideal limbs of representation, within the streams of the steepest and steepest memories. quick“ (cit. Antonella Ballacchino).
Gangi, presented the book “Dreamers of hope” – MadonieLive.com