Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- Extended description: A statement of Don PIERINO, the founder of the community. Don Pierino GELMINI was born in Pozzuolu Martesani (Milan) in 1925. In 1949 he became a priest and was later transferred to Rome. In 1963 he had met Alfred Navona, drug addict, who asked him for help. When Alfred rejected the offered money and assistance in the hospital, don Pierino chose to take him home, although he had no experience or knowledge about drug addiction. Even though, this meeting was the birth of first and many more Communities Centers for drug addicts throughout the world. Don PIERINO na obisku pri skupnosti odvisnikov, komuna narkomanov, ki se zdravijo v samostanu; izjava Don PIERINO, ustanovitelj skupnosti. Don Pierino GELMINI se je rodil v Pozzuolu Martesani pri Milanu, leta 1925. Leta 1949 je bil posvečen v duhovnika, nekaj let je bil župnik, nato pa je bil premeščen v Rim kot sekretar kancelarja Svete Rimske Cerkve na vatikanskem ministrstvu. Leta 1963 je srečal Alfreda, narkomana, ki ga je prosil za pomoč. Ko je zavrnil ponujeni denar in pomoč v bolnišnici, se je Don Pierino odločil in ga peljal k sebi domov, čeprav ni poznal problema narkomanije. To srečanje je rodilo prvi center Skupnosti Srečanje, ki so se razširile po vsem svetu in štejejo dvesto skupnosti.- Information:- Don PIERINO has visited a community for drug addicts held in a monastery Kostanjevica in Nova Gorica.- Original language summary: Don PIERINO na obisku pri skupnosti odvisnikov, komuni narkomanov, ki se zdravijo v samostanu Kostanjevica pri Novi Gorici; ustanovitelj skupnosti poda izjavo.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana