family2012Official magazine of the VII World Meeting of Families Number 2 - 27 February 2012

newsletter

� The Path‘Lifestyles’Ten stories about families

� Exhibition‘The Italian family’at the Palazzo Reale, Milan

� Families around the worldCivil and religious celebrations fromMexico - when tradition talks of belief

FrancescaDossi andAlfonso Colzani *

The second preparatorycatechesis for the VII WorldMeeting of Families steeps usin the heart of the mysterious,marvellous and very complexmarriage covenant, created byGod as primary place for thetransmission of human,physical, spiritual, moral andreligious life... and also theplace of His Word to the world.What warmer, more tender andsafer cradle for human lifethan the intense, deep andblessed love of a man and awoman? The language oftenderness of the bodies,separate but leaning towardseach other, the listening toeach other that relieves

solitude, the desire to face lifetogether, as allies, make thehuman couple able togenerate, overcoming theconfines of the happycomplicity of two to preparethem to welcome new life,new love and new hope... tomodel themselves on theCreator in all ways. There’s nolife without welcome,dedication, care and listening;there’s no life withouttenderness, a loving gaze andwords of reassurance; lastly,there’s no life without thejoyful withdrawal of the self tomake room for the other, sothat they feel out happiness attheir being. How reassuring is

that attention of a mother anda father for their children, howmuch life a hug, a benevolentlook, convincedencouragement ordispassionate appreciation cangive. And so that no-one feelsexcluded, let’s remember thatthis is ageless, it generates lifebeyond our expectations, evenwhere the earliest years werecompromised by negligence,superficiality and desertion.The many families who live theexperience of fostering and/oradoption with great opennessand generosity bear witness tothis - giving life is firstly ormainly a physical matter but anexperience which requires you

to give yourself completely inthe relationship, firstly as acouple, then with children andthem with all the childrenwe’re asked to welcome. It’sfrom this that the originalhuman nature of our beingstems, made of the ability tomeet, accept and welcome,reciprocal love, gratitude andforgiveness right to the end...as Jesus Christ showed ushimself. So, through ourfamilies, nothing will be lostand the love of God will haveanother good chance of makingits mark and living in theworld.

*Heads of the Service for theFamily of the Diocese of Milan

THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE MEETING.CARDINAL SCOLA: “ASK YOURSELVES

WHO YOU’RE DOING IT FOR”

The family generates life and opens its arms

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More than 3,000 people have alreadyoffered to help as volunteers at the

VII World Meeting of Families. Youngpeople, adults, students, workers andpensioners - many people have acted onthe invitation of Cardinal Angelo Scolato offer what they can as “…whatcounts is the ‘yes’ of each person”. Todate, 84% of the volunteers come from

Italy, 3% from Europe and13% from the rest of theworld. The Italian volun-teers are from all over thecountry - from Aosta to Tra-pani, passing Rovigo,Cagliari, Ancona and Cam-pobasso. The deaneries of

Zara, Porta Romana-Porta Vittoria andAffori have shown the greatest willing-ness to help in Milan. The work of thedeanery of Cinisello Balsamo is also wor-thy of note.In addition to the generosity and will-ingness to take on logistics jobs, volun-teers are also asked to put their profes-sions at the service of the Meeting. Al-most 2,000 people, from 18-70, are stillneeded for translation, graphics, writ-ing, video and Internet, specialised as-sistance to the handicapped and elderlyor entertainment and surveillance.

There’s time until 29 February to volun-teer.Different commitments and positionsare planned, according to availability.‘Long-term’ volunteers (at least threemonths) are asked for part-time servicein office hours for secretarial, recep-tion, and translation work, organisationof transport and logistics, communica-tion, warehousing and info-point. ‘Medi-um-term’ volunteers (3 May-4 June) willhave shifts of 4/8 hours, in office hoursand at weekends, for secretarial work,the accreditation and issue of badges,logistics, warehousing and setting upkits, info-point and the communicationsarea. Lastly, ‘short-term’ volunteers (25May-4 June) and the ‘event period’ (30May-4 June) will be asked to do shifts of6/8 hours to follow the Youth Congressand give a hand with assistance, logis-tics and transport.

The initiative ‘100 days as a volunteer’,a tour with four meetings in the Dioceseof Milan, held from 13-16 February, topromote the participation of volunteerswas very successful with more than1,200 people taking part in the meet-ings in Milan, Besana Brianza, CiniselloBalsamo and Busto Arsizio. For thetraining, a training course consisting ofthree meetings, in Villa Sacro Cuore,Triuggio, has been set up for Team Lead-ers who are prepared to lead groups of20-25 volunteers.Other courses for volunteers will beheld nearer the event, while an e-learn-ing course for remote updating will beavailable on www.family2012.com fromMarch.The sessions planned include ‘The top-ics of the meeting, ‘Being a volunteer’and ‘The World Meeting of Families -the Programme’. �

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The preparation of thevolunteers who will give theirservice at the World Meetingof Families in Milan, iscontinuing. At the weekend of4 and 5 February, there was atraining course for the 150team leaders’, the co-ordinators of the teams wherethe volunteers will work inthe many services plannedduring the events. There’sobviously a lot of preparationon the technical aspects butthe reason for this service isnever lost to view.Angelo Scola, Archbishop ofMilan, spoke about the reasonwhen he personally met the150 team leaders, offering awide-ranging reflection. “Ahuman motivation is certainlyrequired for this freecommitment, but if we staywith a purely technical typeof logic and don’t recover the

idea of Christ, for whom weare doing it, we’ll never getto the heart of the matter.You need to be aware thatthe Lord is the basis ofeverything and make theothers take part in it, even inthe organisational andvoluntary work.” The Cardinalreflected, saying there wasthe chance of really bearingwitness to belief at stake,always asking yourself,however, – and this wasanother aspect that theArchbishop stressed strongly,why these meetings arepromoted, “Because you, we,believe in the family,” was hisimmediate answer. “In theface of so much confusion anduncertainty, it has never beenso important to turn to things

as they are, calling them withtheir names. For us, the familyis the union between a manand a woman, stable, faithfuland open to life. There arecertainly difficulties inunderstanding the real natureof the family, mainly arisingfrom the fragmentary way inwhich we are immersed indaily life, particularly in thecurrent society, but the themeof Family 2012 helps us torediscover a unity.” Thefamily, referring to the worldof affection, work andcelebration are the experienceof every man and woman atall latitudes, “Consistently andharmonically reuniting thesethree elements, felt today tobe separate, is a greatopportunity.” �

Volunteers, know why, but particularly for Whom,you’re doing this service

� THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN TO THE ‘TEAM LEADERS’

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Rome, Cologne, Sydney, Caravag-gio and Loreto - in the midst ofthe Jubilee, World Youth Day andEucharistic Congress, FrancescaBarisani has never missed an op-portunity to serve the Churchsince she came of age, “Because Ilike doing things, having responsi-bility and feeling that I’m takingpart in building something impor-tant.” In 12 years of experience asa volunteer, Francesca has done abit of everything - from organisingthe flow of pilgrims to managing

the entrance of coaches to carparks. She offered to be a teamleader at the VII World Meeting ofFamilies , «I’ll lead a group of 20-25 volunteers. Will I feel theweight of being a reference point?I don’t think so. Responsibilitydoesn’t frighten me.” Francescawill come to the VII World Meetingfrom Brescia, where she lives, inMay with about 10 friends who arealso volunteers. “We’re a close-knit group, usually bigger - up to40 people, but many people can’t

take holiday in May and June andso will only come to the Mass withthe Pope.” Francesca has felt thejoy of the meeting, participationand following the call to serviceamong friends and pilgrims. “TheWorld Youth Day and the Eucharis-tic Congress were experiencesthat touched my heart. Students,workers or pensioners - I would re-ally recommend that everyonecomes to be a volunteer.”There are less than 100 days tothe VII World Meeting and

Francesca has already taken partin the first date for Team leaders;she’ll go to Triuggio again in Marchand April for the last two week-ends of training on the pro-gramme.In the meantime, she’s not twid-dling her thumbs, “As every year,I’ll be organising the Palm vigilfor the Diocese of Brescia to keepmyself in training in managingcomplex situations. This willbring together thousands ofyoung people to the city.” Afterthis, Francesca has already takeninto consideration that all herthoughts and preparation will bein the direction of the VII WorldMeeting. �

The story

After the Jubilee and the World YouthDays, the ‘veteran’ Francesca Barisaniwill be a ‘team leader’ in Milan

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Normally exceptional familiesThe ten short ‘Lifestyle’ films accompany the catechesis of the Meeting

Mauro and Marta thus talk about Thefamily generates life (Catechesis 2).They have four children. After years ofunsuccessful attempts and suspectedsterility, a first experience of fosteringand the adoption, at last, of a little girl,they managed to conceive. Today, look-ing at their story, they feel they have tosay, “God used us to give us an enthusi-astic and joyful taste of the feeling oflove that, in addition to multiplying bydivision, has absolutely no limits.” Then there’s Johnny and Jacqueline, Pe-

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The seventh, Milanese,edition is a Meeting of families with families,and this video-catechesisoperation goes preciselyin that direction

ruvian in origin but living in ColognoMonzese, near Milan. They are bothgraduates in Business and Economics,and had a country of origin, city anddestination in common - Peru, Lima andItaly. Their story, like that of many mi-grant families today, tells the journey ofa family and being a family (Cat. 3, Thefamily living the test). Elisabetta and Valerio, faces from Thefamily is the life of society (Catechesis4) are 38 and 36 and live with their 3children in the Villaggio Barona, Milan,with many difficult situations and thevolunteers who are concerned withthese. Catechesis 5, Work and celebration inthe family has the voice of Leo and thebattle he’s been leading for more than1000 days - days of stronghold after thecompany which had employed him for30 years closed suddenly, leaving he andhis wife out of work.Go to www.family2012.com, ‘Materials’section to see the video-catechesis. �

An exemplary story for each catech-esis, a face, a voice, an expression.

This is the awareness in listening to theinterview of Bruno Volpi and his wife En-rica, the voices in the first catechesis,and in seeing how their personal andparticular story tells the profound mean-ing of ‘The Secret of Nazareth’, withoutstating it.The ‘Lifestyles’ project was developedto accompany the 10 catechesis of theMeeting. There are 10 short films withthe stories of exceptionally normal fam-ilies talking about themselves, thus giv-ing listeners the opportunity to ap-proach the catechesis in another waybut, above all, make a comparison withtheir story, seeing themselves in it ortaking a step back or, quite simply, let-ting themselves be enriched by thecomparison with another person. Theseventh, Milanese, edition is a Meetingof families with families, and this video-catechesis operation goes precisely inthat direction.

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‘The Italian family’ in images from the cinema100 years of the family in ItalyThe changes in the Italian family told

through the images that have madethe history of cinema in Italy. The exhi-bition ‘The Italian family’ is hosted byPalazzo Reale, Milan from 2 March to 3April, has been developed as a culturalevent in preparation for the VII WorldMeeting of Families. It was conceived bythe Fondazione ente dello spettacolo(Entertainment Agency Foundation), inco-operation with the Experimental Cin-ematography Centre, National FilmArchive, and is promoted by the MilanCity Council and Palazzo Reale in co-op-eration with the Fondazione MilanoFamiglie 2012. The story of the Italian family is toldthrough more than 60 photographic im-ages seen through the most famousfilms of our time. The starting point isthe 1910s and the chronological journeygoes through to the current time, show-ing the transformations that have shak-en society and also overwhelmed thefamily. During the VII World Meeting ofFamilies, to be held in Milan, the fami-ly will be celebrated. Monsignor ErminioDe Scalzi, president of the FondazioneMilano Famiglie 2012, stressed, “Thefamily is the first cell of society withinwhich the first relationships are wovenand from which we go to discover theworld, where you experience a lovewhich enfolds like an unexpected gift.The family is not an abstract entity buta real, contemporary ‘place’ whicheveryone has to face because we allhave an experience of family. An expe-rience that touches, sometimes almostunconsciously, every sphere of life, in-cluding the artistic area, as happens inthe cinema, which has always recountedstories and emotions.” Monsignor DarioEdoardo Viganò, president of the Fon-dazione ente dello spettacolo, ex-plained, “The winning family ischanged. It’s not a play on words but ametamorphic and isomorphic kaleido-

scope of images dedicated by Italiancinema to the family and its unstop-pable evolution. Italian cinema has paidhomage to the family for what it is - adynamic, gestalt institution, in whichsocial changes, the ripples of Italian an-thropological tissue, the existentialwarp and relationship weave, are re-

flected to scale. The history of the cin-ema, family history, in short - History.‘The Italian Family’ is not a collectionof snapshots but a snapshot that col-lects the monographs of our life, thepersonal exhibitions of our life. Cinema-life, cinema-family.”6It starts from important documents ofthe Silent era and moves through tocontemporary cinema, forming a com-plete panorama, lingering in particularover the masterpieces which have madeItalian cinema internationally famous.The images show us, for example, thedramatic betrayals portrayed in the filmversion of Assunta Spina (1915, GustavoSerena) and the 19th century matrix offamily drama in Piccolo Mondo Antico(1941, Mario Soldati). There is the mis-ery of the war years with childrenrobbed of innocence (Ladri di Biciclette,1948, by Vittorio De Sica) and thedream of redemption of the motherplayed by Anna Magnani in Bellissima(1951, by Luchino Visconti). There is anintense panorama accompanying us inthe awareness of a whole generationwith regard to a profoundly changingworld which breaks family ties (Il Fer-roviere, 1956, by Pietro Germi) throughto the 1960s comedy which, startingfrom Divorzio all’italiana (1961, Germi)comments on the family with an ironiclook, with its fake respectability and itstaboos. A complex overview, whichdoesn’t forget to place the accent onItalian history, on a past that is difficultto ignore (La Ciociara, 1960, by De Sicaand Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli,1962, by Nanni Loy), on those provoca-tive looks typical of 1970s cinema (Fat-ti di Gente Perbene, 1974, by MauroBolognini and Un borghese piccolo pic-colo, 1977, by Mario Monicelli). Wereach the heart of the institution of thefamily through the stills, from its con-stitution as a united, cohesive clan de-spite the dramas and misunderstandings(from La Famiglia, 1987, by Ettore Sco-la to Il Cuore Grande delle Ragazze,2011 by Pupi Avati), to its being invest-ed by the loss of values, as seems clearin the films of recent years (from LaBestia nel Cuore, 2005, by CristinaComencini to Anche Libero Va Bene,2006, by Kim Rossi Stuart). �

Exhibition at Palazzo Reale, Milan

ENTRANCE TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE OF CHARGEPalazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo 12, Milan. Open:Monday 2.30-7.30 pm; Tuesday, Wednesday andSunday 9.30 am-7.30 pm; Thursday-Saturday9.30 am-10.30 pm.Last entrance one hour before closure.

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FFAAMMIILLIIEESS AARROOUUNNDD TTHHEE WWOORRLLDD

Rev. Don JuliánArturo LópezAmozurrutiaProfessor of the PontificalUniversity of Mexico

The Gospel joyfully proclaims, “God soloved the world that he gave his only

begotten Son, that whosoever believethin him should not perish, but have ever-lasting life.” (John III, 14). The good newsspreads like shared joy, “Rejoice withme!” (Luke XV, 6). There is, in a mysteri-ous way, the offer of an ineffable pres-ence in the believer’s celebration, “Forwhere two or three are gathered togeth-er in my name, there am I in the midst ofthem,” (Matthew XVIII, 20).

Celebrating belief is one of the inalien-able aspects of the baptismal state. Weparticularly do it in the Liturgy and, toan eminent degree, in the Eucharist.

And yet the jovial qualification of ourbelonging to the Church extends to allthe times of life, including when thetest touches the doors of existence, the

We’re Lucrezia and Emilio Planas.We live in Mexico City with our 9children. God is at the centre inour family. We do everything forHim and with Him. Our familyconversations are naturally basedaround God; everyone (even thesmallest) is aware of all that wereceive from Him and that wehave to answer to Him for our ac-tions.We pray every day in our family -in the morning, before each mealand, in the evening, we say the

rosary before going to bed. OnSundays, we all go to Mass andthe sacraments are very impor-tant celebrations for all of us.Every baptism, every First Com-munion, are an opportunity to re-new and revive family life. God isalways in every aspect, whetherbig or small, of our daily life.We have lunch and dinner alto-gether every day. They’re pleas-ant times of life in common. Welike travelling together, which wedo for a week every year, going to

A family, a story

Mexico, joy in the celebration of beliefThe union of the sacraments and popular culture

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��Lucrezia and Emilio Planas, “God is at the centre in our family, withprayers at home and the sacraments.”

��Belief is rooted in a deeply felt anthropological context,the source of cultural identity,in all the events

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Another significant goal has beenreached by the Pontifical Council forthe Family in the last few days - thetranslation of the preparatorycatechesis into Catalan andSlovenian. There are now a total of 11translations of the text: French,English, German, Spanish,Portuguese, Polish, Rumanian,Hungarian, Arabic, Catalan,Slovenian. The translation intoRussian is being prepared.The topics of Milan have beenpresented on several occasionsrecently. Don Andrea Ciucci presented themduring the habitual work of theministry - to three groups ofAmerican bishops visiting ‘ad liminaapostolorum’, the internationalcommittee of the Christian marriageassociation Incontro, some familyassociations meeting in Rome for ajoint session of work, and to theinternational work group speciallyset up by ACLI. �

joy and peace of the Holy Spirit accom-pany the disciple of Jesus Christ withthe victorious force of the Resurrection.Therefore, it’s not strange that receiv-ing the sacraments, as an extension ofliturgical celebrations, is among theprivileged occasions when families livecelebration.

THE SACRAMENTS: FAMILY CELEBRATIONS Baptism, confirmation, First Commun-ion and marriage are accompanied byspecial celebratory tones which are ex-tended with lively social events in Mex-ico. The public side of belief is partic-ularly felt in the form of conviviality.In addition, popular culture has inte-grated other relevant times of life, likechildren’s third birthdays and a girl’sfifteenth birthday, as indispensablepublic events that must be celebrated,and no social celebration can be con-ceived without a prior liturgical con-text.Belief is rooted in a deeply felt anthro-pological context, the source of cultur-al identity, in all the events. They pro-mote meeting and communion startingfrom the miracle of life received andthe opportunity to share it. However,beyond all this, celebrations of beliefare called on to become authentic ex-pressions of the believing conscience,i.e., a profession of faith.There is the latent danger that cele-

bration turns into a time of conflict, apagan ritual or a pretext for immoralacts in its uniquely human expression.Despite goodwill, the anxiety that goeswith the preparations can distancethem from their true purpose. On theother hand, celebrations of faith, withtheir evangelising nature, have given abase to the healthy family life of thosewho’ve been away for a long time, in-cluding the reconciliation of those whohad distanced themselves. Human fruitwill, however, only make sense if cele-brations remain aware of the main rea-son for their vivacity, i.e., the pres-ence of Jesus Christ in the midst of hisdisciples. Celebrations are a good plat-form for evangelisation and living be-lief, a testimony for a sad and sense-less world, in which men often meetwithout knowing why. �

the seaside or one of the statesin Mexico. Sometimes, these arecultural trips, to museums andchurches, other times they’remore ecological, to rivers andmountains. We like everything inthe same way.We love playing board games onSaturdays evenings, good films atthe cinema, bowling every nowand then and going to a sportscentre at the weekend where weswim and walk round the gar-dens. Every year we go on missionsduring Holy Week. It’s somethingwe all like and it enriches us ona friendship (we go with families

we’re friends with) and spirituallevel. We like preparing for Christmasvery much. We make the crib,decorate the tree, light the fam-ilies on the Advent wreath, thelamps and the family dinner. Onthe night of Christmas Eve, thewhole family together - grand-parents, aunts and uncles,nephews and nieces, meets tosing carols, rock Baby Jesus andpray, thanking God for His incar-nation, after Mass. A real familycelebration!

Lucrezia and Emilio Planas México

Mexico, joy in the celebration of beliefThe union of the sacraments and popular culture

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Every baptism, every First Communion, are an opportunity to renew and revive family

life. God is always in every aspect, whether big or small, of our daily life

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Provisional programme of the VII World Meeting of Families

(Fieramilano city)• The Family Fair Libreria Internazionale (InternationalBookshop)

Welcome of delegations and families. Inauguration of the Family Fair

Holy Mass in the Parishes

(Fieramilano city)• Theological pastoral conference

• The Family Fair• Libreria Internazionale

Conference 9.30 amOpening ceremony10.00 am 1st report 11.30 am 2nd report 1.00 pm lunch break

(Fieramilano city)debates, testimonies, Round Tables3.00 pm 1st session 5.00 pm 2nd session

Dinner with host families or in parishes

Welcome and celebration organised by hostparishes, pastoralcommunities,groups, associationsand movements

Holy Mass in the Parishes

(Fieramilano city)• Theological pastoral conference

• The Family Fair• Libreria Internazionale

Conference 9.30 am3rd report11.00 am 4th report1.00 pm lunch break

(in Milan and otherLombard dioceses)meetings, debates,testimonies, Round Tables and workshops

Dinner at the location of the afternoon events

Celebrations where the afternoonevents are held

Holy Mass in the Parishes

(Fieramilano city)• Theological pastoral conference

• The Family Fair• Libreria Internazionale

Conference 9.30 am5th report 11.00 am 6th report1.00 pm lunch break

(in various importantplaces in Milan)meetings, debates,testimonies, Round Tables and workshops

8.00 pm Concert at the Scala, for delegations only

Dinner with host families or in parishes

9.30 pm Holy Eucharist in the Duomo and the mainchurches in the diocese

Celebrations andmeetings in parishesfor movements orspecific groups

Afternoon: walk towards thearea of the eventwith the Pope

From late afternoon,welcome and preparation for the meeting with the Pope

Followed by the Celebrationof Testimony with Benedict XVI(Parco Nord, MilanBresso Airport)

10.00 am: Holy Masscelebrated by Benedict XVI (Parco Nord, MilanBresso Airport)

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MAYWednesday 30

MAYThursday 31

JUNEFriday 1

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Registration for the VII World Meeting of Families is viainternet, go to www.family2012.com where you can registerin Italian and another five languages, choose from the various‘hospitality packages’ and complete the registration bypayment on-line. Choose from a ‘long’ stay (package ‘A’) withparticipation in the whole event, including the internationaltheological-pastoral conference, side events and meetingswith the Pope (30 May-3 June), and a ‘short’ stay (package‘B’) just for the meetings with the Pope from 1-3 June.

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“Help a non-Italian family on the path towards Milan. Help us to ensure thatnobody is excluded. It will happen if you want.” The families preparing tocome to Milan to meet the Pope come from all over the world, some fromextremely poor countries like Haiti and others from very distant, poorlyconnected places. To ensure that nobody is excluded and enable those whocan’t afford the costs of travel to come, a Welcome Fund has been createdfor families around the world. Individuals, families, parishes and movementscan contribute to the fund; payments should be made to the current accountIT16Q0306901629100000014189. Reason: Twinning for Family 2012.

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