anniversary of don Bosco’s birth, the Waldensian Church took the opportunity
to invite him and he promptly accepted with enthusiasm.
The Shroud, being a relic, has little meaning for
most Protestants and even
for many Roman Catholics.
However, the real ecumenical miracle is that today the
Salesians, don Bosco’s own
Order, are good friends with
the Waldensians and they
even share some publishing
projects, such as materials
for Sunday schools and Bible
books for children. No more
funeral bells tolling then:
along with the Mayor of Turin the Waldensian church was packed with RC
prelates, priests, nuns and a mixed congregation of the faithful!
Photographs by P. Romeo/Riforma. For more photos, film and full report
on the memorable day, do come to our WALDENSIAN CAMBRIDGE DAY!
Erica Scroppo
News from Anna Marmion
Anna is a lovely girl with a beautiful smile and
a fantastic voice whom I used to see quite regularly in the parish church next door. Her family
is not religious and she became a believer and a
churchgoer after joining one of the choirs of St
Andrew’s church where the mother of a close
school friend is a priest.
She is now studying Modern Languages at
Durham University and last year she asked me
to find her voluntary work within my Church in
Italy, thus combining her desire to help and serve
with the need to improve her spoken Italian. She
is therefore in Torre until the end of August doing a bit of everything and particularly enjoying
working in the guesthouse Foresteria Valdese. In
her free time she has helped the youngsters in
precatechismo (Confirmation class) and she has
joined the church choir, having opportunities to
perform solo. At present she is preparing a piano and voice concert.
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