For many people today, work is still a problem: few opportunities, poorly paid jobs, great precariousness and uncertainty, little preparation. For others it is just a parenthesis that separates them from free time and holidays. What if work were instead a vocation? It is important to know and network what is good and beautiful in this perspective.
For this reason, the diocesan offices for social and youth ministry, on the occasion of May 1st, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, organized a public evening entitled:
“Working is a vocation!”, scheduled for Tuesday 30 April, at 7pm in Sala Manzoni, in Rimini (via IV Novembre 37, free entry).
“We won’t listen to some expert– thus explains the style of the evening Don Pierpaolo Conti, director of the Office for Social Pastoral – but positive testimonies, stories of experiences and good practices already in place in the area. We are all called to this vocation of recognizing for everyone, without obstacles, the dignity of work and of every job”.
Five short interventions are planned.
Alvaro Ravaglia, president and founder (over 50 years ago) of the “Golfetta” cured meat production factory based in the Province of Ravenna. The manufacturing currently provides employment to around 300 workers. Member of the UCID (Christian Union of Executive Entrepreneurs) he sees the factory as a large family inspired by the Christian values of life, work and doing business.
Matteo Lessifrom Rimini, responsible for the ‘Communication and training’ sector of ‘Teddy spa’.
Claudio Giani, permanent deacon of the Diocese of Rimini and artisan typographer-printer. For several years he led a workshop at the Zavatta Center of the ACLI (Associations of Christian Italian Workers) aimed at supporting and training companies open to hiring young people with disabilities.
Paolo Bianchini28 years old, operates a Social Cooperative in Lazzaro specialized in the reuse and sale of used clothing, with particular attention to the employment of young people.
Samuele Ramberti he is a young restaurant entrepreneur. Through a social cooperative that aims to share the culture of food, he sends job offers to people who have immigrated from other countries.
After the witnesses’ reflections it will be possible to share a second, more convivial moment with them around an aperitif in the garden of the Diocese.
