First three months at Pinerolo

On the 8th of December, feast of the Immaculate, Matthew Alfino and myself will be celebrating our 3rd ‘complemese’ at the Salesian Novitiate in Pinerolo. It has till now been a great experience during which we are preparing ourselves for our first Profession which, God willing, should take place next September. We are living this experience together with 9 other novices: 6 from Italy, with the other novices coming from Romania, Austria and Slovenia. During weekdays, together with the rest of the community, we live our normal day-to-day routine while sharing moments of prayer, recreation and study. On the other hand, we spend our Sundays in apostolate at the Oratorio S. Pietro e Paolo and Parco del’ Valentino in central Turin.

A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to attend for our Spiritual Exercises at Loreto, focusing on the journey made by the Patriarchs in the Old Testament, and how this was modelled by the lives of various Salesian saints. A couple of days later, we even had the opportunity to welcome Fr. Eric Cachia at the novitiate house, who visited us in view of the Curatorium meeting held on the 22nd of September.

While promising all of you our continuous prayers, we ask you to pray for us during this journey!