Mrs.Vincenza Arbore
Appointed on January 2, 2020 as the New President of
the Association Luisa Piccarreta Little Children of the Divine Will
for the period 2020-2022
His Excellency, Leonardo D’Ascenzo, Archbishop of Trani – Barletta- Bisceglie has appointed Mrs.Vincenza Arbore as new president of the Association Luisa Piccarreta Little Children of the Divine Will, for the period 2020-2022, following the elections for the renewal of the Board of Directors, held on December 1, 2019 during the general assembly of members.
Mrs. Arbore is flanked by Mrs. Annalisa Pellegrino, as vice president. Mr. Giuseppe D’ Introno holds the position of treasurer and Mrs. Riccardina Latti that of secretary. Then there are Mr.Vincenzo Suppa, Mr. Francesco Martinelli and Mrs. Gabriella Cantatore as directors to complete the 7 members of the Board of Directors.
Mrs. Vincenza Arbore is the fourth president of the Association Luisa Piccarreta after Sr. Assunta Marigliano, Mr.Sabino Lastella and Mr.Michele Colonna.
“As provided in the statute – the outgoing president Michele Colonna says – my mandate has come to an end; I thank the Directive Council that supported me in these years, I express my gratitude to Don Sergio Pellegrini always ready to suggest the appropriate solutions to the various problems. A particular thanks goes out to the members of the various commissions who worked for the smooth functioning of the Association LCDW, especially in welcoming pilgrims. Best wishes to the new Directive Council and the new President so that they can continue on the path undertaken for the diffusion of the Divine Will ”.
Vincenza Arbore has been collaborating with the Association Luisa Piccarreta Little Children of the Divine Will since 1988.
On October 1, 2000 she was appointed as member and secretary of the Diocesan Office “Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta” for 5 years.
She was an adjunct notary of the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta.
She is the secretary of the ‘Secretariat of the Cause of Beatification of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta’.
From 2002 to 2010 she was a council member of the Board of Directors of the Association and from 2017 she is treasurer of it.
In June 2017 she was appointed as administrator of the Fund of goods in the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Luisa Piccarreta.
“I wish to thank His Excellency Archbishop Leonardo D’Ascenzo – the new President says – for the trust he has placed in my person with the appointment he gave me on January 2nd, confirming the esteem already manifested by the members of the ‘Association Luisa Piccarreta Little Children of the Divine Will’ in the elections for the renewal of the Board of Directors on December 1, 2019
Their esteem for me honors me and encourages me to carry out with commitment, dedication and spirit of service the important mission that our Lord wanted to entrust me, – Mrs. Arbore continues – thanks also to the thirty year experience gained within the Association LCDW and thanks to the experience as treasurer from 2017 to 2019 in the previous Board of Directors, which I thank for the work done so far.
Among the main objectives to be achieved in the next three years – the new guide of the ‘Association Little Children of the Divine Will’ explains – there is the renovation project of the Luisa Piccarreta House Museum. This project completes the restoration of the building concerned with a laboratory aimed at the dissemination and knowledge of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta through the use of innovative technologies. In addition, there is also the project of “unity” among all the groups or cenacles of the Divine Will, scattered throughout the world, through the service structure named “Family of the Divine Will” with which our Association has endowed itself.
I believe and trust in our Lord, in the help and suggestions of the members of the Directive Council, of all the associates and all those who want to approach the knowledge of our reality; all together – the President concludes – we will work in humility and fraternity, as a family, for Luisa, for her Cause of Beatification and for the Association entitled to Her “.