ARTEMIDE ZATTI

(ANS - Turin) - Giving thanks to God for the gift of Artemide Zatti's holiness and celebrating the great value of their vocation together with all Salesian Brothers around the world: this was the meaning of the Eucharistic Concelebration presided over yesterday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, by Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco (Turin), in front of about 650 Salesian coadjutors who came from all over the world for the canonization events of Artemide Zatti, SDB.

(ANS - Rome) - By reason of the canonization ceremony of Artemide Zatti, Pope Francis and the Rector Major were honored with an icon of the new saint, handcrafted by Lara Sacco, a professional iconographer. Pope Francis received it from the Rector Major on the sidelines of the audience granted on Saturday, Oct. 8, while it was given to Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime on Sunday, Oct. 9, as a tribute from the Salesian Congregation. Here, in detail, are the multiple meanings of the icon.

(ANS - Turin) - For the hundreds of Salesian brothers who came to Rome for the canonization of Artemide Zatti, SDB, the moments of celebration, spirituality, communion, and gratitude are not yet over. The organizing committee that took care of all events related to the canonization also prepared a pilgrimage in Don Bosco's footsteps for all of them. Begun on Saturday, October 8, with the discovery of the places lived and frequented by the Saint of the Young in the capital of Italy, the program is completed these days in Turin, Castelnuovo Don Bosco, and in the traditional Salesian sites of Piedmont.

(ANS – Dili) – It is with great joy and enthusiasm that the Salesian congregation in the whole world celebrated the canonization of the blessed Artemide Zatti to the stage of Sainthood. The same, here in TLS Vice-Province; each Salesian Community and the parishes under the Salesian tutelage celebrate this historical and sacred celebration with joy and enthusiasm.

(ANS - Rome) - After months of waiting and fervent preparations throughout the Salesian Family, yesterday, Oct. 9, 2022, Salesian coadjutor Artemide Zatti was proclaimed a saint; but the events organized to celebrate this historic moment - the canonization of the first non-martyr Salesian - are not over. In fact, the Rector Major invites the entire Congregation and the Salesian Family to celebrate a Eucharist of thanksgiving for the canonization of Br. Artemide Zatti on Tuesday, October 11, in every part of the world and at the most opportune times for individual contexts: it will be a way to thank God for this great gift as a global community. For his part, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, will preside over the Eucharistic Concelebration of Thanksgiving for the gift of Artemide Zatti's sainthood at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin-Valdocco, which will be attended by Salesian brothers who have come from all over the world to Italy because of the canonization.

(ANS - Rome) - The canonization of Artemide Zatti was an event that filled all of Argentina with joy and pride, the country where the Salesian coadjutor spent his entire life of dedication to the sick and the poorest. Although born in Italy, he lived in Argentina from the age of 17 until his death, and has thus been called the third Argentine saint, after St. Héctor Valdivielso Sáez, and St. José Gabriel del Rosario, better known in his homeland as the cura brochero. That is why today, Monday, Oct. 10, at the Argentine National Church in Rome, Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, presided over a Mass of thanksgiving for Zatti's canonization for the Argentine faithful gathered in Rome.

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