URGENT LETTER
To the Salesian Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops,
To the Salesian Provincials,
To the Salesian Coadjutors,
To all the Salesians of Don Bosco,
To the members of the Salesian Family,
To the young people of the SYM.
After the letter of invitation on 27th August, here are some concrete indications in view of the canonization of St. Artemide Zatti:
1. To the Salesian Cardinals and Bishops
All the Salesian Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops are personally invited from the 7th to 9th October and will be the guests of the Rector Major for food and accommodation.
To communicate your participation, please write to Fr. Jesus Jurado in jjurado@sdb.org or in WhatsApp: +39 335 848 8484.
All Bishops who wish to concelebrate on 9 October must register directly on the dedicated website: https://biglietti.liturgiepontificie.va./ The registration is available from 1 September.
2. To the Salesian Provincials
All the Salesian Provincials are personally invited from the 7th to the 9th October and will be guests of the Rector Major for food and accommodation.
In order to communicate their participation, they are invited to fill in the registration through the link: https://forms.gle/HhRWofVxnBfveKfp7.
All priests who wish to concelebrate on 9th October must register directly at the dedicated site: https://biglietti.liturgiepontificie.va./ The registration is available from 1 September.
For those who need a visa to enter Italy, please follow the procedure indicated on the attached sheet and send your passport in pdf format.
Bring your Smartphone and headphones with you to Italy (for simultaneous translations)
Forward the Rector Major's invitation to the Salesian Bishops in your area and request their participation;
To personally invite all the Salesian coadjutors of the Province and to inform all the other Salesians that they are invited to the meeting with the Pope and to the canonization, however they must, if they are not coadjutors, take care of their meals and accommodation.
In order to participate in the canonization in St. Peter's Square on 9th October, it is necessary to reserve tickets with Mr. Marco Fragapane - mfragapane@sdb.org indicating the number of tickets needed (please ask only for those really needed). Reserved tickets can be collected from 5th October onwards at the reception of the generalate in Via Marsala 42.
3. To the Salesian Coadjutors
All Salesian coadjutors are personally invited to the canonization from 7th to 10th October and will be the guests of the Rector Major for food and accommodation.
Coadjutor Salesians who have never visited Salesian sites in Turin and the surrounding area will be the Rector Major's guests from 10th to 14th October for the journey from Rome to Turin, for food and accommodation, and for the return journey from Turin to Rome.
To communicate their participation, they are invited to fill in the registration form through the link: https://forms.gle/HhRWofVxnBfveKfp7
Those who need a visa to enter Italy must follow the procedure indicated on the attached sheet and send their passport in pdf format.
Bring your Smartphone and headphones with you to Italy (for simultaneous translations).
4. To all the other Salesians of Don Bosco
All the other Salesians of Don Bosco are invited: those who wish to participate will have to look after their food and accommodation.
All information is available at: www.sanzatti.org;
https://sites.google.com/sdb.link/sanzatti/home
All priests who wish to concelebrate must register directly on the dedicated website: https://biglietti.liturgiepontificie.va./ The registration is available from 1 September;
For those who need a visa to enter Italy, please follow the procedure indicated on the attached sheet and send your passport in pdf format.
Bring your Smartphone and headphones with you to Italy (for simultaneous translations).
5. To the members of the Salesian Family
Every member of the Salesian Family is invited: those wishing to attend will have to look after their food and accommodation.
Participation in the Rector Major's Mass and the Audience of the Pope on 8th October is free.
In order to participate in the canonization in St. Peter's Square on 9th October, it is necessary to reserve tickets with Mr. Marco Fragapane - mfragapane@sdb.org indicating the number of tickets needed (please ask only for those really needed). Reserved tickets can be collected from 5th October onwards at the reception of the generalate in Via Marsala 42.
Bring your Smartphone and headphones with you to Italy (for simultaneous translations).
6. To the young people of the SYM
MGS young people are invited: those who wish to attend will have to look after their food and accommodation.
Participation in the Rector Major's Mass and in the Audience of the Pope on 8th October is free.
In order to participate in the canonization in St. Peter's Square on 9th October, it is necessary to reserve tickets with Mr. Marco Fragapane - mfragapane@sdb.org indicating the number of tickets needed (please ask only for those really needed). Reserved tickets can be collected from 5th October onwards at the reception of the generalate in Via Marsala 42.
Bring your Smartphone and headphones with you to Italy (for simultaneous translations).
Protocol n° 22/0287
Brasilia, 27 August 2022
For the attention of
PROVINCIALS
SALESIAN CONFRERES
the world over
INVITATION TO THE CANONISATION OF SALESIAN BROTHER ARTEMIDES ZATTI
Dear confreres,
My fraternal and affectionate greetings and my best wishes to each of you in the name of the Lord.
I am writing this letter from Brasilia where I am accompanying the Provincial, confreres, Salesian Family and young people in celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the St John Bosco Province of Belo Horizonte (Brazil).
As the heading indicates, the purpose of this letter is to invite Provincials and confreres from the provinces to the canonisation of our Salesian brother Artemides Zatti.
The Consistory, which the Holy Father presided over today, 27August 2022, has determined that the canonisation will take place on Sunday 9 October 2022 in Rome.
The Holy Father Pope Francis has also granted us the great gift of a private audience on the eve of the canonisation, Saturday 8 October at 12 noon, open to all members of the Congregation and the Salesian Family. We have also been granted the possibility of celebrating the Eucharist on the morning of 8 October at 10.00 o’clock.
With the joy of this news, dear brothers and sisters, I offer some information for a better involvement in the canonisation event:
· All confreres from all the provinces of the world who, in dialogue with their respective provincials, wish to participate are invited to come to Rome.
· Brother confreres of all ages who intend to come are invited by the Rector Major and his Council. The Rector Major and the General Council will bear all the expenses for board and lodging, from the day of arrival until the day of departure on return to their respective provinces.
The canonisation of Artemides Zatti will be a great feast for all of us Salesians, but especially for our coadjutor brothers.
· The Rector Major has asked all members of the General Council to be present on this important day.
The invitation is extended to all provincials of the 91 provinces and vice-provinces of the Congregation. I ask all provincials to make the effort to be present to represent their province, along with some other confreres.
· The Rector Major also invites Salesian Bishops, Archbishops and Cardinals who wish to participate. It will certainly be a great day for the whole Church, for the particular Churches and for the Salesian Congregation.
· All participants at the canonisation must arrive in Rome by 7 October 2022 and return to their headquarters at the end of the event, i.e. on the evening of Sunday 9 October 2022, or on the morning of Monday 10 October 2022.
Those who wish can certainly stay longer in Rome. However, for any extended stay, everyone will have to make their own arrangements.
· Salesian Brothers are also invited to continue their pilgrimage to visit the Salesian holy places at Valdocco-Chieri and Colle, from 10 October (journey to Valdocco) until the morning of 14 October 2022.
· On 13 October, at the end of the pilgrimage, in Turin-Valdocco, the Rector Major will preside at a Eucharist of thanksgiving for the gift of holiness of Artemides Zatti.
· The whole Congregation and the Salesian Family are invited to celebrate a Eucharist of thanksgiving on the same day and in every part of the Salesian world, in communion with the one we will celebrate in Valdocco.
· A group of Salesian confreres has been working for weeks to ensure reception, accommodation and travel to Rome, providing suitable accommodation for all participants.
· The Economer General, Brother Jean Paul Muller, and the General Economer's Office team are up to the task and will be attentive to those who may need special help with travel.
· Finally, to register and also to respond to requests regarding practical details (accommodation etc.), a website has been set up at the following link: www.sanzatti.org
For any practical detail enquiries, please contact our confrere Fr Jesús Jurado at his e-mail address: jjurado@sdb.org.
Dear confreres, following on from this very important invitation containing early information, we will send you the precise calendar, times and programme of the various days.
With this urgent letter (which could not be sent before because the decision of the Consistory of Cardinals with the Pope had not been held), I intend to ask you to urgently activate all the decisions that you must take in each province in order to guarantee participation in the event and to give adequate notice in the individual local situations.
With true affection, united in the Lord and in gratitude for the gift of this canonisation,
I am sincerely yours,
Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, sdb
Rector Major