Inspired by this slogan, the team coordinating the Formation Course on the Charism of the Pauline Family celebrated the 25th anniversary of this Course by looking back over its journey and identifying prospects for the future. The encounter, which was held on 19 March in the SSP community in Via Alessandro Severo, was introduced by Course coordinator, Sr. Marta Finotelli, sjbp. Special guests present for the occasion were Sr. Joseph Oberto, pddm, Fr. Giancarlo Rocca, ssp, and Sr. Ana Paula Ramalho, fsp. The event opened with a video made by the students of this year’s Course, aimed at memorializing its 25-year history, so as to help everyone acquire an overall knowledge of the Pauline Family and its complementary charisms. The video highlights the wealth of content available in the Charism Course and suggests the possibility of dedicating a time of study and research to its journey in order to come to a deeper grasp of the Pauline Family’s service to the Church and the people of God.
Sr. Joseph emphasized that the Formation Course, from its beginnings, has been aimed at helping Pauline students get to know Fr. Alberione and his works–a path that has also involved the development of the Pauline Spirituality Center, study conferences, the making of films, and pilgrimages to the PF’s sites of foundation. All this has provided the students with opportunities to enter better into the context of the life of young James Alberione, discover that our family spirit is an essential element of the Pauline charism, and offer tools for a biographical work that takes as its point of departure the writings of the Founder.
The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Charism Course will have another significant online moment on 8 June 2024. The event is reserved for the Course’s alumni, who now number: more than 500, scattered on five continents, where they continue to spread the immense wealth of the Pauline charism.
