FIRST EDITION

Theme of the year: Youth

The 2019 “On the side of the least. Father Oreste Benzi International Award” will be conferred to a an individual, Association or Body who displayed exemplary dedication to young people, consistent with the thought, values and commitment embodied by Father Oreste Benzi. The following characteristics will be particularly valued:

– A life spent among young people, who are often a “no man’s land” and easy prey to unscrupulous merchants, listening to their deeper needs and helping them meet the Absolute, the need for God.

– Believing firmly in the good that is inside every young person, educating them to make commitments and take on responsibilities, and to go beyond one’s personal interest by tying their future to that of others, especially to those who are deemed worthless by society.

– Aspiring to a different society, to new heavens and a new earth, reporting falsity and injustice without fear, acting prophetically and, if necessary, breaking with established patterns, and setting a real example of how true revolution always starts in oneself and how you pay the price for it personally.

SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS

COMPLETE THE FORM

Anybody may submit a nomination for the Award. Nominators are requested to complete the online application form at www.fondazionedonorestebenzi.org before the deadline specified in the Annual Announcement.

As provided for in the Regulations of the Award, the Panel of the Award reserves the right to refuse nominations which, at its sole discretion, do not meet the Award criteria. Self-nominations will not be taken into consideration.

Nominations may be accompanied by self-made photos and videos and/or a slideshow about the nominee of three minutes maximum length, made with any kind of device (e.g. non-professional video cameras, cameras, smartphones etc.).

Deadline for submission of nominations is March 15th 2019.

The Foundation Administrative Board reserves its right to extend the deadline. The full list of nominees is reserved for the members of the Jury Panel and administrative office of the Award.

PROCESSE OF SELECTION

The Panel, after having evaluated all the nominations received by the deadline, will prepare a list of nominees admitted for final voting to be posted on the Foundation site by 31 March 2019. The list may be published through any other media deemed useful.

In this first edition of the Award, notwithstanding the Regulation provisions, the winner’s name will be selected from among those shortlisted by the Panel alone, no later than 30 April 2019.

COMPOSITOIN OF THE PANEL

The Panel shall be composed of three people who have either known Father Oreste Benzi directly or who know the mission of the Community of Pope John XXIII in some way.

The members of the Panel appointed by the Administration Board for the year 2019 are:

Mons. Francesco Lambiasi, Bishop of Rimini;
Paola Severini Melograno, journalist, essayist, radio presenter and television producer;
Maria Mercedes (Mara) Rossi, doctor and delegate to the United Nations for the “Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” Association.

TASKS OF THE PANEL

The Panel shall evaluate the nominees and verify their consistency with the theme of the year. At its sole discretion, it may not accept nominees which are not consistent with the founding values of the “Fondazione don Oreste Benzi”.

It shall publish the list of selected nominees on the Foundation’s site and on any other media deemed useful.

Finally, it shall select the winner’s name with the relevant motivation and give the Award. The Panel takes decisions by majority rule.

THE AWARD

The 2019 Award will consist in a commemorative plaque and in a one week stay for two people at the “Madonna delle Vette” hotel in Alba di Canazei (TN), in conjunction with a “Fraternity Camp or “Sharing Camp” which will be organised by the “Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” Association in the summer of 2019. The hotel was built following the intuition of Father Oreste Benzi, to help young people have a “friendly encounter with Christ”.

The Award will be delivered at the Annual General Assembly of the “Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” Association, which will be held at the end of May 2019.

For any other matter, the Award Regulations shall apply.

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Father Oreste Benzi Award 2019

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