He should have attended engineering, but the test date coincided with the only good weather window of summer 1991. And therefore, mountain passion as he was, he chose to climb the cervin; As a result, he enrolled in chemistry. Once graduated, he could have made himself hired by some multinational who paid handsomely; except that Don Giussani asked him to stay in the university, because he was (and) an important Christian presence in the educational areas is important. “I have always faced the events of my life by focusing on what was a point of charm for me, of true attraction”. Thus presents himself to believe Davide Prosperi, from 2021 president of the fraternity of communion and liberation, the first secular of the history of the movement. Believing met him on the occasion of the Jubilee of the movements and associations held in Pentecost.
Tuscan of origin, Prosperi was born in Milan 53 years ago, is married and has 4 children aged between 24 and 19 years old. From an early age, an orphan of father, he grew up in an environment linked to CL, first attending the elementary school “La Zolla” in Milan and subsequently the scientific high school at the Sacred Heart Institute. Halfway through the university course, a crisis: «I wanted to become a mountain guide. Until, in ’94, I participated in the spiritual exercises held by Don Giussani. I was hit, as if by lightning. I was 22 years old ».
When did the meeting with Don Giussani took place?
«I succeeded in 1995, fortunately, on the occasion of the Catholic culture prize in Bassano del Grappa. Giussani invited me to lunch at a month and so he started our relationship. Once graduated, he asked me to stay in the university. I took the doctorate, then I became a researcher at the CNR. After that the landing in Bicocca, as a teacher of biochemistry ».
What does the charism of cl is consisting of?
«It is a method of education for faith that embraces all aspects of life. Don Giussani was a person who fascinated because he was interested in everything. He never forced you, but accompanied you on a path of verification of the proposal he did ». (…)
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