{"id":373638,"date":"2024-07-15T00:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/?p=373638"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:44:09","slug":"italy-350th-anniversary-of-piacenza-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/en\/2024\/07\/15\/italy-350th-anniversary-of-piacenza-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALY: 350th ANNIVERSARY OF PIACENZA MONASTERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 24th<\/sup> May, with the launch of a book recounting our history, we brought to a close our year of celebration of the 350th<\/sup> anniversary of our presence in Piacenza. We had begun more than a year-long of thanksgiving festivities on 19 March 2023, with Fr. Miguel Marquez Calle, OCD General, presiding at a solemn Eucharistic celebration. In his homily that day, Fr. Miguel had told us: \u201cAn adventure, yours, that today celebrates 350 years, a story of the lives of so many people, (your sisters), who were in love\u2026 Permit this dream of God to continue, because Jesus is still incarnate today, continue to believe, with absolute fidelity, that nothing is impossible for God\u201d.<\/p>\n

We refer below to some of the other memorable events that took place throughout this special anniversary year.<\/p>\n

On 4 July 2023, our Mother, Sr. M. Francesca in the company of three others sisters from our community, were received in the Basilica of St. Antonino by His Lordship, Bishop Adriano Cevelotto. To mark the memorable occasion and the extraordinary 350th<\/sup> anniversary of the Carmelite presence in their city of Piacenza, Bishop Adriano presented them with the prestigious \u201cgolden Antonino Award\u201d in recognition and appreciation of the Carmelite Community. Later in the year, in October, the Community hosted special conferences with Fr. Saverio Cannestra OCD and Sig. Matthew Corradini, (writer and Hebrew scholar) on the theme \u201cTeresian Spirituality and Hebrew Mysticism\u201d. Fr. Saverio lectured on \u201cProphetism in the Mysticism of St. Teresa\u201d.<\/p>\n

On 17 March 2024, as an \u201cofficial\u201d closure of the centenary, Bishop Adriano presided at a solemn Eucharistic celebration while on 21 April, we had an added \u201cgift\u201d of a musical recital of \u201cVuestra soy\u201d performed by some special friends!<\/p>\n

And now, loving souls, let us recommence\u2026<\/p>\n