Polis - The city of the Scouts

March 19, 2009
Casal del Principe (EC)

The call of the mother of Don Peppe was too exciting to remain unanswered. We are here to witness with our presence that the death of Don Peppe was born a stronger sense of civic and that she is not alone but we are always nearby to remind his son how to scout us and groped alleviate her great pain. We are pleased that when she is with us in the midst of our joy and confusion you feel closer to Peppe and his world and is proud that his son was part of our Association who, as he wrote in 2003, is large and united, committed and generous.

We are proud to remember that Don Peppe has been part of the large family in which scouts joined in 1978 by carrying out the service department head and then, after being ordained priest in 1982, Assistant to perform the service in the later group of AE Aversa at different levels and fields of training and finally Scarves Blancs and AE General Pilgrimages Opera Scarves Blancs . Being a priest and Scout meant to him the perfect fusion of ideals and of service. With this spirit had taken the fight to the Camorra , which haunts his area. With the written word and the word was put in charge of the parish and town for their ransom. He wrote: "where there is a lack of rules of law is no law, and reaffirm the overpowering. We must find the cause of the Camorra for sanarne the root is rotten. Where reign poverty, marginalization and discomfort that is easy to weed the Camorra was born and developed. " Don Peppe is the seed sown in the earth dies and is born after his death that are the fruit of our consciences and our commitment.

We like to remember as a document released at Christmas in 1991 wrote that "our commitment to prophetic denunciation should not and can not fail" and in other writings he said that "there is no need to be heroes, one need only find the courage to be afraid , to make choices, to denounce "and that we must look beyond to get to a real liberation of territory and of people's lives and the way education is essential.

Do not forget Don Peppe means not only remember it for what it was and reminded her daily message of civic engagement, the fight against organized crime, construction of social justice in local communities, of love for their land.

The ' AGESCI has sought and seeks to continue to keep alive his figure and his teaching on the subject and would like to remember the presence as a civil party in the trial of his murderers, the presence on the committee for Don Peppe Diana and finally the initiative of competition " AGESCI Spot Festival "launched this year at the national level with an important participation.

We then have to remember not to leave off two initiatives hope.

a) In 2007 the General Council approved a recommendation that you gave the mandate to CG and CS to set up a working group with the sole task of monitoring and support, through contributions to economic and legal support, targeted at the education law on the goods confiscated from the mafia associations assigned to the various levels in the country, in order to promote greater awareness of the actions carried out in support of active citizenship. This year, the CG will pay a commission on this issue also enriched by the contribution that the Campania region wanted to offer to the reflection of all of us, reminding us that our being by the Association of the past must be accompanied by a commitment to more and more qualified than any animal in the knowledge that through the proposal of our educational methods can make significant changes, educating the new generations to a new mentality, seasoning our "food education" the salt of the courage and testimony.

b) This year we launched as a CG and CS to the entire association, under the present in our national project consisting in the need to "promote the value of the political and the political education today, reaffirming centrality of the good citizen "and bearing in mind the recommendation of the CG 2008 calling to initiate discussion on the widespread sense of civic and youth protagonism in the reality of belonging, the theme of our next CG reads:" Young players today, tomorrow's citizens aware : the ' adventure of education. " We asked all groups to discuss and promote initiatives, initiate projects to stimulate their children and Chiefs to a reflection on what it means today to be leaders and to educate adults to become involved. And this we did by invoking the centrality of our constitution in its 60 anniversary with its values ​​and choices is still a basic text to build a future of justice and participation alive and vital to the life of our local community and national level. We have already received reports of several initiatives at various levels of association and we would like to submit at the end of the year will be lived and produced in a national event open to other associations involved in education to make our voices heard and find common ways of engagement. And finally the CG meeting in 2009 in presenting the issue of legal education and active citizenship EMPHASISES we wanted to also coincide with the 15 anniversary of the death of Don Peppe.

And finally a nod to the profession of Maria Theresa, who is the judge of the Juvenile Court of Rome and takes care of the criminal justice sector, and that boys who are accused of committing crimes. In this work we often come across children who have not had positive educational models, but grew up in the belief that the strongest wins, and that every means is allowed to satisfy their desires, without respecting the rules and the law. Examples and testimonies "real" as that of Don Peppe and his efforts to give our kids a better future are crucial because of the less fortunate and marginalized. These guys need more of the other adults involved and credible witnesses, but not necessarily heroes of their choices. Even on their part so thanks to Don Peppe and all those who continue on the path he has traced.

The Scoutmaster and CapoGuida
MariaTeresa Spagnoletti and Eugenio Garavini