austraLasia #2050
50
years in the service of the Rector Major - a rather special anniversary
ROME: 4th February 2008 -- 50 years ago, on 4th
February, Bro Renato Celato came to Valdocco in the service of the then
Rector Major Fr Renato Ziggiotti. It was more than just a case of
sharing the same first name that tied Renato Celato to the sccessor of
Don Bosco, but his incarnation of Don Bosco's ideal of the lay
Salesian. Today, 50 years later, he is still very much in the service
of the Rector Major, Fr Pascual Chávez, now based in Rome, where
Brother Celato moved once the General Council took up residence at 'the
Pisana'. austraLasia salutes this unusual anniversary - we know
of no other similar unbroken length of service to the Rector Major and
Council. But in so doing we salute also the many Brothers around the
EAO Region who represent this model of the lay Salesian and generous
service; each Province can name many such men still beavering away or
listed in the annals of the Province and laid gently to rest after
their labours.
In 1883 Don Bosco spoke to the 'Coadjutor' novices
at San Benigno Canavese. Amongst other things he said this:
"I need to be able to take one of you and send him
into a print-shop and say: 'You take charge of it and make sure it goes
well'.Another I will send into a bookstore and say: 'You run this place
and make sure it works well'. I need someone I can send to a house and
say to him: 'It will be your job to see to it that this workshop or
these workshops run in an orderly fashion and leave nothing to be
desired. You will make sure that the work turns out the way it
should'...... Now let me explain my second thought: since you are
expected to come to my aid in great and delicate tasks, you must
acquire many virtues, and since you are expected to direct others, you
must first of all give good example..."
Readers can follow up on this and many other
materials on the Salesian Brother by going to
http://www.bosconet.aust.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Formation.Brother but
for now let's just say that Signor Renato Celato has epitomised what
Don Bosco has said above in every sense. And he still runs that
'Posta' at the Pisana in that sense!
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Title: australasia 2050
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces THA Thailand Tsunami anniversary
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2050
