The milestones of spazio + spadoni from 2020 to today
From 2020 to today, we look back at the main milestones of spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM projects, meetings, training activities and initiatives dedicated to the Works of Mercy in Italy and around the world.
202013 milestones
15.07 | Event G.eMMe – Young members of the Confraternities of Mercy of Versilia at Saint Cerbonius
04.09 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 1
05.09 | Event Young activity leaders of the Confraternities of Mercy at Saint Cerbonius
11.09 | Event Inauguration of spazio + spadoni
18.09 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 2
03–04.10 | Event Spiritual exercises for the Confraternity of Mercy of Lido di Camaiore at Saint Cerbonius
07.10 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 3
18.10 | Event Mission vigil at Saint Cerbonius
06.11 | Event Training course on delivering online training
22.11 | Event Filming of the missionary TV spot with NoiTv
28.11 | Event Filming of the Christmas TV spot with the Confraternities of Mercy and NoiTv
30.11 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 9
15.12 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Marta Avesani
202128 milestones
12.01 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Brother Francesco D’Aiuto – Brazil
20.01 | Event Sister Laura Gemignani at Saint Cerbonius
02.02 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Diego Dalle Carbonare – Sudan
13.02 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 5
23.02 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Hyacinthe – Burundi
27.04 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 6
10.05 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 8
25.01 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Elisa Schiavo – Chad
03–04.06 | Event Training for sisters at Saint Cerbonius
12.06 | Event spazio + spadoni at the Coordination of the Confraternities of Mercy of Umbria
19.06 | Event Address by spazio + spadoni at the National Assembly of the Confraternities of Mercy
22.06 | Event Luigino Bruni at Saint Cerbonius
25.07 | Event The spazio + spadoni sisters highlight the importance of Grandparents’ Day with photos and activities
06–11.09 | Event spazio + spadoni Convention “Making Room for Reciprocity” at Saint Cerbonius
13.09 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 4
15.09 | Event spazio + spadoni is received by Cardinal Bassetti
02.10 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM projects – nos. 18 and 19
12–13.10 | Meeting Father Jacques Mourad, Bishop of Homs since 2023, meets spazio + spadoni at Saint Cerbonius
13.10 | Event Sister Hyacinthe visits Saint Cerbonius
27.10 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 21
30.11 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Father Jacques Mourad – Syria
18.12 | Event Peace Light of Bethlehem at Saint Cerbonius
21.12 | Event Christmas toast
27.12 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 24
202231 milestones
03.01 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 31
08.01 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 26
10.01 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 27
25.01 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Laura Gemignani – Uganda
04.02 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 25
22.02 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Perpetue – Democratic Republic of the Congo
22.03 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 30
29.03 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 33
29.03 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Luigi Butori – Thailand and Vietnam
19.04 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 32
26.04 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 11
26.04 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Maria Mabel De Luna Melo & Sister Claudiane Serra Braga – Brazil
28.04 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 20
16.05 | Meeting The Mothers General of the Little Sisters of Evangelisation and the Sisters of Jesus the Educator, both Congolese, meet at Saint Cerbonius
20–22.05 | HIC SUM HIC SUM missionary training for young people and volunteers interested in serving in the missions
24.05 | Meeting Online missionary meetings “spazio + spadoni Tuesdays” – Sister Odette Maria Kabarere – Rwanda
29.04–01.05 | Meeting spazio + spadoni meets in Rome with several Mothers General attending the UISG Plenary Assembly
31.05 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 12
06–09.06 | Event Training for sisters at Saint Cerbonius
06.06 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 36
25.07 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 37
04.08 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 38
10.08 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 39
07–11.09 | Event spazio + spadoni Convention “Making Room for Courage” at Saint Cerbonius
22–24.09 | Event spazio + spadoni is a partner and takes part in the global event organized in Assisi by the Economy of Francesco
29.09–02.10 | Event spazio + spadoni is a partner and takes part in the Festival della Missione in Milan
08.10 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM projects – nos. 40 and 41
21.11–16.12 | OPERA M Works of Mercy course for French-speaking sisters at Loppiano
15.12 | Event Online exchange of Christmas greetings
202312 milestones
01–10.02 | OPERA M Works of Mercy course for English-speaking sisters at Saint Cerbonius
02.05 | Event Luigi Spadoni is awarded honorary citizenship of Rosolini
12.06 | Meeting Luigi Spadoni speaks at “The Second Monday of the Month”, a series of meetings promoted by the National Volunteer Centre
24.07 | Event Luigi Spadoni receives the Silver Palm award in Acireale
17–28.07 | OPERA M Meeting in Lucca entitled “Sharing the Works of Mercy” for Ambassadors and Linkers
08.09 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 43
15–17.09 | OPERA M spazio + spadoni Convention “Making Room for the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy” in Noto
29.09 | Meeting Bishop Émile Mushosho Matabaro of Doruma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, meets spazio + spadoni at Saint Cerbonius
10.10 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 42
16.11 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 44
25–26.11 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Cotonou, Benin
02–03.12 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
20249 milestones
09.03 | Meeting spazio + spadoni meets the sisters studying in Castel Gandolfo
13.03 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 45
28.04 | Meeting Luigi Spadoni meets in Lucca with Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Secretary of the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization
03.05 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 46
28–29.06 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Bafia, Cameroon
06–11.07 | OPERA M Training on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Rome
11.08 | Meeting Luigi Spadoni meets Father Francesco Zambotti
31.08–01.09 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Nairobi, Kenya
18–20.09 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
202516 milestones
26.02 | OPERA M Bishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang of Bafia, Cameroon, appoints Sister Marie Noelle Messini to lead the world’s first diocesan Office for the Works of Mercy
27.02 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 47
14–30.03 | HIC SUM Three volunteers from the Confraternity of Mercy of Adrano travel to Madagascar to visit the communities of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Ragusa as part of the HIC SUM project
05–09.05 | Event spazio + spadoni takes part in the UISG Plenary Assembly with an exhibition stand and welcomes several Mothers General at the General House of the Daughters of Mary Missionaries
19.06 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Lomé, Togo
27–28.06 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Bangui, Central African Republic
19.07 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Bossembélé, Central African Republic
23.07 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 49
30.07 | Meeting spazio + spadoni meets the San Gennaro Foundation in Naples’ Rione Sanità
25.08 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 48
13–14.09 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Mbarara, Uganda
09–12.10 | Event spazio + spadoni is a partner and takes part in the Festival della Missione in Turin
14.10 | Meeting Luigi Spadoni meets in Rome with Sister M. Félicité Mbombe, Superior General of the Sisters of Saint Thérèse of Basankusu – Democratic Republic of the Congo
14.10 | Meeting Luigi Spadoni meets in Rome with Sister Françoise Bobile Mulasi, Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus Emmanuel – Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
13.12 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Bouar, Central African Republic
15.12 | HIC SUM Launch of HIC SUM project no. 50
20264 milestones
22–23.01 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy in Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
24.02 | Meeting Rafael Baciano Sapato, a Mozambican priest and former director of the IMBISA Secretariat (Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa), meets spazio + spadoni at Saint Cerbonius
08.04 | Forum Forum on the reEvolution of the Works of Mercy for catechists in Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
22.05 | Event Luigi Spadoni speaks at the round table “The Culture of Giving: A Bond That Unites Us” during the FRATRES National Assembly