Everything I Did I Did for Happiness

In May 1999, seven thousand people crowded the basilica in Bologna, Italy to offer a farewell to Enzo Piccinini, a surgeon who died tragically at the age of forty-eight. Who was this doctor who had left an indelible mark on so many lives?

Formed in an era of political activism and violence, the young Enzo made a surprising decision-to pursue a life of faith and healing-thanks in part to his encounter with Father Luigi Giussani and his commitment to the movement of Communion and Liberation (CL).

At the center of his vocation as a doctor was the belief that patients needed to be cared for in all their humanity, including their relationships, and to be helped to face pain and the fear of death-an approach still known as the "Enzo Method."

While maintaining a hectic schedule as a surgeon and teacher, Enzo found time to travel all over Italy, visiting CL communities and moving people with the eloquence of his Christian witness. Designated "Servant of God" by the Church, the diocesan phase of the cause for his canonization has been opened.

Everything I Did I Did for Happiness is an engrossing story that teaches us, as Enzo said, "to put your heart into what you do."

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Everything I Did I Did for Happiness

In May 1999, seven thousand people crowded the basilica in Bologna, Italy to offer a farewell to Enzo Piccinini, a surgeon who died tragically at the age of forty-eight. Who was this doctor who had left an indelible mark on so many lives?

Formed in an era of political activism and violence, the young Enzo made a surprising decision-to pursue a life of faith and healing-thanks in part to his encounter with Father Luigi Giussani and his commitment to the movement of Communion and Liberation (CL).

At the center of his vocation as a doctor was the belief that patients needed to be cared for in all their humanity, including their relationships, and to be helped to face pain and the fear of death-an approach still known as the "Enzo Method."

While maintaining a hectic schedule as a surgeon and teacher, Enzo found time to travel all over Italy, visiting CL communities and moving people with the eloquence of his Christian witness. Designated "Servant of God" by the Church, the diocesan phase of the cause for his canonization has been opened.

Everything I Did I Did for Happiness is an engrossing story that teaches us, as Enzo said, "to put your heart into what you do."

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Everything I Did I Did for Happiness

by Marco Bardazzi
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Overview

In May 1999, seven thousand people crowded the basilica in Bologna, Italy to offer a farewell to Enzo Piccinini, a surgeon who died tragically at the age of forty-eight. Who was this doctor who had left an indelible mark on so many lives?

Formed in an era of political activism and violence, the young Enzo made a surprising decision-to pursue a life of faith and healing-thanks in part to his encounter with Father Luigi Giussani and his commitment to the movement of Communion and Liberation (CL).

At the center of his vocation as a doctor was the belief that patients needed to be cared for in all their humanity, including their relationships, and to be helped to face pain and the fear of death-an approach still known as the "Enzo Method."

While maintaining a hectic schedule as a surgeon and teacher, Enzo found time to travel all over Italy, visiting CL communities and moving people with the eloquence of his Christian witness. Designated "Servant of God" by the Church, the diocesan phase of the cause for his canonization has been opened.

Everything I Did I Did for Happiness is an engrossing story that teaches us, as Enzo said, "to put your heart into what you do."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781639821341
Publisher: Slant Books
Publication date: 02/15/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 170
File size: 513 KB

About the Author

Marco Bardazzi is an Italian journalist and writer. A father of three, he lives with his wife in Milan, where, in 2021, he founded Bea, a strategic communications firm. Previously, he was Communications Director at a global energy company. He worked for thirty years at Ansa Italian News Agency and La Stampa, for ten of them as a U.S. correspondent. Among his books are In the Vineyard of the Lord: The Life, Faith, and Teaching of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI and Silicon Europe
Marco Bardazzi is an Italian journalist and writer. A father of three, he lives with his wife in Milan, where, in 2021, he founded Bea, a strategic communications firm. Previously, he was Communications Director at a global energy company. He worked for thirty years at Ansa Italian News Agency and La Stampa, for ten of them as a U.S. correspondent. Among his books are In the Vineyard of the Lord: The Life, Faith, and Teaching of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI and Silicon Europe

Table of Contents

1: Putting [1] Your Heart in[2] to Things

 

2: Sant'Orsola

 

3: The Apartment and the Crypt

 

4: Three Turning Points

 

5: A Fever for Life

 

6: Mass General

 

7: The "Enzo Method"

 

8: Father Giussani

 

9: Patients and Persons

 

10: The Secret Weapon[MOU3] [CP4] : Research

 

11: After Enzo

 

12: "What I Learned"

 

Endnotes

 

Author's Note

 

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