Don Antonio Mazzi, Italian educator and activist, engaged in activities for the recovery of drug addicts and founder of the Exodus Foundation which confirmed the death, has died. Mazzi passed away today at the age of 96 in his historic House inside Parco Lambro in Milan. Educator, journalist, and TV personality, he had the mission in his life to help the least fortunate.
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Surrounded until the end by the affection of his boys and educators – reads a note from the Exodus Foundation – Don Antonio leaves an unfillable void. For over forty years he tirelessly led Exodus with dedication, transforming the street into a place of rebirth, redemption, and hope for thousands of fragile young people and their families, and opened new frontiers in Italy and worldwide, the poor world, through associations and cooperatives, carrying forward together the great message of hope in the human being and humanity. The entire Exodus community unites in memory and gratitude towards a man who dedicated his entire life to hospitality and education.
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“We have lost a father, a man, in his own way a visionary – declares Franco Taverna, vice president of the Exodus Don Antonio Mazzi Ets Foundation -. A ‘crazy priest, borderline’ as he often liked to define himself, who never tired of fighting to give back the future to many boys he met in his life. Don Antonio loved to repeat that it was not he who saved the boys, but that it was precisely his ‘difficult boys’ who saved him. Today the entire great Exodus family gathers around his memory. We do not mourn him with resignation, but we will celebrate him, continuing to carry forward his mission with the same passion, determination, and that healthy madness he transmitted to us until the last day.”
“His methodological approach centered on education, combined with an extraordinary overall vision, allowed rewriting the guidelines of pedagogical intervention in Italy – continues Taverna – The Foundation, confirming the full continuity of all ongoing operational and project activities, is committed to preserving and enhancing his vast scientific, educational, and moral heritage.”
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