CIRCUS IS A SIGN OF HOPE
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Circus Is Sign of Hope, Says Archbishop Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglió stated this in an address at the 8th International Congress for the Pastoral Care of Circuses and Fairs, which took place in Rome last week.
The congress, which ended Thursday, was attended by 70 people who work in the pastoral care of this sector, including bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity, entrepreneurs, workers and artists.
Archbishop Veglió stated, "With their art and ability, with imagination and creativity, persons of circuses and fairs are prophets of a humanity rich in promises and hopes."
The environment of circuses and fairs "is the place in which, beyond the cultural barriers and linguistic and religious separations, persons meet, recognize one another as brothers and sisters, accepting each other in their diversity," he noted. "It is in this that the importance and value of the circus and of Luna Park consists."
The prelate stated that those who work at circuses and fairs "are bearers of peace, joy and serene relaxation."
The archbishop observed that the reality of these workers, "positive because of the values with which these 'artisans' of celebration, of marvel and wonder give joy to the societies of the whole world," is characterized by "a certain temporariness of life" and a "continuous uprooting of environments and persons."
Because of the "singular mobility of their life," he added, these workers "do not have a sense of belonging to a parish community and this is reflected negatively on religious practice, frequentation of the sacraments and catechesis."
"Yet their itinerant nature increases in them the desire for genuine ecclesial participation and spiritual growth," Archbishop Veglió affirmed.
The congress, which ended Thursday, was attended by 70 people who work in the pastoral care of this sector, including bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity, entrepreneurs, workers and artists.
Archbishop Veglió stated, "With their art and ability, with imagination and creativity, persons of circuses and fairs are prophets of a humanity rich in promises and hopes."
The environment of circuses and fairs "is the place in which, beyond the cultural barriers and linguistic and religious separations, persons meet, recognize one another as brothers and sisters, accepting each other in their diversity," he noted. "It is in this that the importance and value of the circus and of Luna Park consists."
The prelate stated that those who work at circuses and fairs "are bearers of peace, joy and serene relaxation."
The archbishop observed that the reality of these workers, "positive because of the values with which these 'artisans' of celebration, of marvel and wonder give joy to the societies of the whole world," is characterized by "a certain temporariness of life" and a "continuous uprooting of environments and persons."
Because of the "singular mobility of their life," he added, these workers "do not have a sense of belonging to a parish community and this is reflected negatively on religious practice, frequentation of the sacraments and catechesis."
"Yet their itinerant nature increases in them the desire for genuine ecclesial participation and spiritual growth," Archbishop Veglió affirmed.
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