A meeting on the Florence School of Pope Francis

In Florence on 11 March at 17,30 at the Convent of San Marco, Conference Hall (Chiostrini room), via della Dogana 3/r. will be presented the book "When the day was an arrow", Roberto Alborghetti, to celebrate the two years of the pontificate of Pope Francis.

The book tells the route between the classrooms of Pope Francis and his testimony educational.

Participate in the event with their speeches P. Fausto Sbaffoni O.P., Director of the "Journal of Ascetic and Mystical"; Maria Grazia Colombo, Past president AGeSC; Carmelina Rotundo, Journalist; Luigi Cobisi, Councillor National Association of Journalists; M. Patrizia Calabresi, Head Room Bibliography National Library of Rome; Daniel Meyer, Journalist; Maurizio Martini, Director overthesky.it/; Frank Mariani, Journalist Vaticanist, Our director and also of Catholic News; Silvia Nanni, Journalist; Riccardo Bigi, Journalist "Today Tuscany"; Renato Piazzini, Photographer magazine "Art Art"; Elisa Amerena, Vicepresidente Associazione EcoRinascimento; Elizabeth Colzi, Expert in communication.

The book is a story dedicated to Pope Francis, his years spent in schools and his testimony educational.

The same title is a direct reference to an expression that Bergoglio had to his experiences as a student, ie a year spent at the Salesian School Wilfred Baron, near Buenos Aires.

The volume is divided into two parts, the first dedicated to the path and the school experiences lived by Jorge Mario Bergoglio dome pupil, student, professor and rector: the second refers instead of its commitment in the field of education and training.

Drawing on unpublished material, also collected in the archives of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, publication investigates not only the relationship built with the world of school, but also the educational issues dear to the future Pope Francis, pastoral activities undertaken in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, the "life lesson" of a bishop who, as the successor of Peter, never ceases to be a teacher and educator.

Not for nothing the last chapter is devoted to the story of the extraordinary meeting of Pope Francis with the world of the Italian school in St. Peter's Square 10 may 2014.

The book comes in the commitment of a great association, the Agesc, who wanted this book to celebrate his fruitful 40 years of the foundation.

The book is thus a gift not only for the parents of Catholic schools, but also for all those who feel the current "educational emergency" as "suburbs" to which to meet with "stubborn hope".

Nicola Nuti

By the number 54 - Year II 04/03/2015