Remembrance - Don Mario Picchi |
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Don Mario Picchi Died Saturday, 29th May 2010 PLEASE NOTE: Scottish Addiction Studies has established an online form for friends and colleagues to leave their memories and thoughts of our dear friend. Your memories will be added to this site. If you would like to leave a message about Don Mario Picchi, please click HERE. Dear Silvia, David and friends in Italy, this is very sad news for us all to lose such a wonderful pioneer and advocate on behalf of not only community members in CeIs but throughout Italy and beyond. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Anthony Slater President, EFTC Mario; a moving spirit who effected positive change and a good man. It is a sad loss. George De Leon Former Director, Center for Therapeutic Community Research, USA It is so sad to hear that Mario left us. I have very good memories of him and remember the great athmosphere of the conferences he organized in Rome. Also my condolences to his close collaborators. Eric Broekaert Professor of Orthopedagogics, Universiteit Gent & Former President, EFTC It is hard for me now as an outsider and occasional visitor to the TC scene in Italy to judge Don Mario´s importance for the development of the TC approach in Italy and the many countries that profited from this development. But I am aware that he had played an outstanding role that we probably cannot overestimate. What I loved best about him was his beautiful and clear Italian. He was one of the few persons whom I managed to understand pretty clearly. It is sad that within months we have lost the two great TC pioneers of Italy: Juan Corelli went ahead, now Don Mario followed... Martin Lutterjohan Senior Advisor, NACD, Cambodia I remember Don Mario quietly asserting at the same time the rights of the young people and those of the families. Umberto Nizzoli Personalita /Dipendenze, Quarterly Journal Editor My memories of Don Mario: Don Picchi! There have been so many great leaders and pioneers in so many countries in our field, that one finds it difficult to separate them into categories of greatness, however, in the case of Don Mario Picchi, the task becomes quite easy! Don Picchi was Exceptional! Any one who was ever in his presence will testify to this! May God rest his soul and say "Job well done"! Ron Williams President/Founder Stay'n Out Programs, N.Y.T.C Inc., New York, USA There was a place called the CeIS existing in a time when its message was needed by many. It's symbol was a young man looking through an open door and the light from inside the door cast a long shadow behind him. Inside the door was Juan (Pares) Corelli holding court with an incredibly creative group of volunteers. There was a corridor at the end of which was a door that opened to an office. There sat a sad eyed priest with slim shoulders upon which it seemed, sat the wieght of the world's sorrows. Most visitors entered the office with ready advice of what the CeIS needed to do and left asking the question: "What would you have me do to help?" The small office in Piazza Benedetto Cairoli was a place of transformation, where broken people came and began to heal their wounds. It was a therapeutic community in every sense of the words. There were many impressive occasions when the great and mighty of our world came to visit the CeIS,first at Piazza Cairoli then later at Via Attilio Ambrosini. Yet the most impressive sight you could witness was Mario Picchi coming in at six in the morning to clean the bathrooms of the CeIS. It was there you learned the meaning of service. Ther are many of us that had our small contibutions accepted and put into service. For those of us that were fortunate to know the place called the CeIS, it will continue to live in our hearts. We will always be grateful to have visited the office at the end of the corridor and again ask: "What would you have us do to help?" Humbly, we thank you, Mario. Tony Gelormino Friend, Student, Older Member, World Federation of Therapeutic Communities (WFTC), New York, USA At 86 looking back at my life - some of my greatest experiences were created by Mario and Juan who ennabled me to direct around ten week-long psychodrama workshops at Castelgandolfo. I also remember Tony with great fondness for his help. Lew Yablonsky Friend Leave your own message or memory here View other TC pioneer remembrance pages here |
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