The new “Don Luigi Guanella” Museum was created in 2008 around the rooms where Don Luigi Guanella lived during his stay in Como (1886 – 1915), at the behest of the two Guanellian Congregations (the Daughters of Santa Maria della Provvidenza and the Servants of Charity) as part of the celebrations for the first centenary of the religious profession of the Founder. The institution aims to represent a center of religious and cultural appeal to spread the knowledge and charisma of don Guanella. The new “Don Luigi Guanella” Museum was created in 2008 around the rooms where Don Luigi Guanella lived during his stay in Como (1886 – 1915), at the behest of the two Guanellian Congregations (the Daughters of Santa Maria della Provvidenza and the Servants of Charity) as part of the celebrations for the first centenary of the religious profession of the Founder. The institution aims to represent a center of religious and cultural appeal to spread the knowledge and charisma of don Guanella.
The Museum is spread over two floors:
THE GROUND FLOOR , in addition to the reception and multimedia room, presents Luigi Guanella as a man, placed in his historical context, his relationship with God, seen as a tender and provident Father, and his active charity towards the poorest and most abandoned, which led him to found the Casa Divina Provvidenza in Como in 1886, the first of his institutes. The exhibition also discusses the relationships between Don Guanella and other great figures of his time, such as Don Giovanni Bosco, Don Luigi Orione, Msgr. Andrea Ferrari, Msgr. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, as well as with the Popes of the time, particularly Pius X.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR , you can visit the core of the Museum: Don Guanella's original bedroom and study, carefully restored, which lead into a large hall presenting the great Guanellian family (Daughters of Santa Maria della Provvidenza, Servants of Charity, Cooperators, Guanellian Lay Movement), through which the charisma spread throughout the world.
A space is also reserved for some fundamental figures for the development of the Guanellian Work, including Blessed Sister Chiara Bosatta and Sister Marcellina, co-foundress of the Women's Congregation, Msgr. Aurelio Bacciarini and don Leonardo Mazzucchi, the first two successors of don Guanella at the head of the male Congregation.
TIMES AND TIMETABLES FOR VISITS TO THE MUSEUM
- Every day, by reservation.
- Every Sunday, guided tours at 10.45.
- Guided tours for groups, by reservation.
- Free entry/free offer
INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS (DON ADRIANO)
- tel. 031 296 894; cell. 333 3598816
- museodonguanella@guanelliani.it
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