The new museum was designed and created by a group of Salesians and lay professionals who sought to convey not only a mental and abstract journey, but one that is emotionally engaging and capable of touching the heart. It could not be otherwise in the place where the Letter from Rome was written, in which it is clear that education is a matter of the heart and that affection, familiarity and trust move young people and adults to build a home and live in a family atmosphere.

The Don Bosco Museum in Rome has been created thanks to the competent and passionate Artistic Direction of Fr Pierluigi Lanotte, who was able to digitally translate the ideas and concepts shared with Fr Erino Leoni, Vice-Provincial of the Lombardy-Emilia Province; the rigorous historical reconstruction by Fr Christian Besso, Dean of the Pontifical Salesian University at the Crocetta, Turin; and the timely coordination of the work by architect Giampaolo Mengato,, continuing the work of the museums at Valdocco, Turin and Sampiedarena, Genoa.

The underlying idea behind the museum was to build a network between the various Salesian sites that preserve the historical memory of Don Bosco in order to draw on his spirituality and live it today.

Each of the Salesian sites retains its own unique character and charm. In fact, while the value of the education received from Mamma Margaret, the dream of the 9-year-old that marked his life, the simplicity of peasant life emerge in the Becchi farmhouse; while it is possible to grasp the value of sacrifice, friendship, work and study, the desire to discover his priestly vocation in Chieri; while the outline of the vocation to the service of young people, which requires constant discernment is revealed in the city of Turin, particularly at the Convitto Ecclesiastico, and in his initial wanderings in the oratory; while Don Bosco emerges as the creator of the Preventive System in Valdocco, the cradle of Salesian spirituality, building a home where young people experience the spirit of family, creating schools and workshops, gathering the first nucleus of young people who will become the first Salesians; in Rome Don Bosco clearly emerged as a founder, a lover of the Church and the Pope, with the desire to receive approval for the Salesian Constitutions.

The visit to the Don Bosco House Museum, built on three floors with several rooms, lasts about 1½ hours. On the first floor, visitors can immerse themselves in Don Bosco's educational method and his relationship with the Church and the Popes. On the same floor they can also visit the Chapel of the Interpretation of the Dream, set up in the choir of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

On the second floor, upon entering the room where the Saint lived during his last stay in Rome in 1887, visitors will enjoy the familiarity of his presence and will be able to converse with him in prayer. They will then visit the evangelisation room, where they will experience two of Don Bosco's missionary dreams.

Finally, on the top floor, visitors will retrace the hardships that the Saint of Youth had to endure for the approval of the Salesian Constitutions and the creation of the Salesian Family. The visit will end in the Chapel of the Constitutions, where one can virtually visit the places in Rome where Don Bosco lived, visited or wanted to open a Salesian house during his twenty trips from 1858 to 1887. In the same room, upon reservation, it will be possible to celebrate the Eucharist for young people and groups visiting the Museum.

In short, there is nothing left to do but book a visit and experience the beauty of the Museum for yourself.

• Title Title
• Title Title
• Title Title
• Title Title
• Title Title
• Title Title
• Title Title
•  

Tweet