![]() I was attracted to what I saw in my superiors, even if the desire to live for the Lord was not yet clear.” However, it would become evident that what is at stake is “to offer the whole life for Him. “On this journey, my vocation matured, especially during the high school years in Florence. This would become the first of many trips that would take him farther than what he could have imagined. “I didn’t know what to expect, but it was an opportunity to go ahead with the studies”, he remembers today. His friend Luciano, a year before, entered the seminary at San Sepolcro. For middle school, he had to go back and forth between his home and Galeata, covering 20 kilometers of dirt road one way. ![]() He was a bright student as a child who loved to study. He tells us, “here is the house where I lived as a child, a mill along the river.” Father Valerio is the youngest of four children. ![]() He smiles as rain pours down from the sky – without an umbrella and not even a rain jacket – yet he looks as if he were at peace with the world. ![]() He is in Italy to take part in the Assembly to elect the new superior general of the Fraternity of St. We meet him at Santa Sofia, a little town on the Apennine where he was born, with a flooding rain that locks up 4000 residents of the town in their houses. However, you need to hear his story to see where his joy comes from. You only need to look at a photo of him with children of Nairobi, Kenya, where he is for the past 33 years. Live up your 20s because they go by quickly and you can't get them back when they're gone.There is no need to do an interview to know that Father Valerio is a happy man. Those older than you have stories to tell and wisdom to share if you're listening. Who is that exactly? Anyone helping you in your life journey, that can be a mentor. It's a great time to have that sense of adventure in your 20s.
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