Walk of life – Winter edition 2022
Winter edition 2022
Gressoney St Jean (AO), 18-21 marzo 2022
Change the World from Here
An ongoing conversation between the graduates and Junior Alumni of FGE Jesuit schools
An Ignatian Year initiative
A pastoral proposal for high school/university students and/or young workers alumni of the FGE Jesuit schools.
Three immersive days of community building between knowledge of the mountains in Winter (snowshoeing and ski touring), cooking and conversations, at Villa Monterosa, Gressoney St. Jean.
Based on the success of the Summer experience, and with the desire to deepen the conversation started last August, we propose a “Walk of Life Winter Edition”, with the aim of creating an opportunity for connection between the students who conclude the high school path and some young university students, who shared the same educational path.
Appropriately extended spaces and times will allow the sharing of different experiences with a view to orienting the future path in the university environment. It will also be an opportunity to start learning paths of the Mountain “in winter”: in the snow, walking, listening to the “silent sound” of immaculate nature at altitude.
The dimensions we intend to cultivate are the same already highlighted in the Summer proposal:
- The ENVIRONMENTAL dimension: rediscovery of the beauty of nature as the principle of an integral ecology.
- The SOCIAL dimension: walking together on the paths of sharing and personal and community research.
- The SPIRITUAL dimension: opening up, through fraternal dialogue, to dialogue with God as an inspiration for growth and change.
This, and much more, is… Walk of Life.
The contents of our “ongoing conversation”: discussing our past school experience, new university contexts and different perspectives will be an opportunity to approach high-school graduation with greater awareness of the good received and the possibilities of making it available to others in order to change the world from here. For this reason, the title of the experience is “Change the World from Here”. This experience is one of the proposals for the Ignatian Year, which the whole Society of Jesus is celebrating: to know the inspirational source of the Jesuit schools’ charism so as to draw new life into our lives and to become more and more men and women with and for others.
SAMPLE DAYS
Arrival day (18 March): start of the conversation, walk in the. First dinner preparation and free evening (knowledge games in the villa or outing in the village).
“Middle” days (19-20 March): early wake up in the morning, breakfast, prayer with conversation input and ski-hiking and / or snowshoeing to discover the mountain (including fresh snow ascents in the Monterosa area). In the afternoon, return, rest and start the conversation. Evening: dinner, continued conversation in the villa or outing to the village.
Departure day (21 March): wake up in the morning, prayer, breakfast and time to assess the experience. Conclusion by 12:00. Departures.
COORDINATORS
Fr. Eraldo Cacchione, SJ
Fr. Alessandro Viano, SJ
Fr. Nicola Bordogna, SJ
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU
Mountain walking gear: layered jackets for temperatures down to -10 degrees. Suitable hiking shoes (must be above the ankle). Good backpack. Who has them, bring his snowshoes or his ski mountaineering boots / skis. Snowshoes will be provided by the Villa.
WORKING MATERIAL
We will follow, as an outline for the spiritual journey, the Autobiography of Saint Ignatius and the book “Ignazio solo e a piedi ”, by Ignazio Tellechea. It is recommended that you bring a personal notebook in which to write down your reflections.
HEALTH PROTOCOL
We will follow the State guidelines and legislation on Covid 19
FEES
Participation fee (which includes the presence of three Jesuits, board and lodging, paper material and medical insurance also for mountain excursions): 180 euros.
NB: The participation fee DOES NOT include the return trip to Gressoney, to be organized on one’s own. It also does NOT include the payment of the guide for excursions, the amount of which may vary depending on the number of participants.
NBB: If you find it difficult to pay the full participation fee, do not hesitate to contact Father Eraldo Cacchione SJ: cacchione.e@gesuiti.it.
REGISTRATION
Registration by March 15, 2022. Registration is considered completed at the time of payment of the participation fee.
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PAYMENT
Participation fee must be paid by March 15 in a single solution by bank transfer using the following coordinates:
IBAN: IT 64 L 030 6909 6061 0000 0120 940
TO: “Cooperativa sociale amici di Villa Sant Ignazio”
Description: NAME and SURNAME, + “Walk of Life Winter 2022”.
The fee is NOT refundable, except for cancellation of the experience by the organization due to health reasons or force majeure.
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