{"id":2881,"date":"2021-01-24T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T12:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensa.it\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:24:58","slug":"il-mensa-italia-saluta-don-calogero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mensa.it\/?p=2881","title":{"rendered":"Il Mensa Italia saluta Don Calogero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-0\">Ci duole annunciare la scomparsa di un Socio anziano: <\/span><strong><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-1\">Padre Calogero La Placa<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-2\"> (tessera n\u00b04). Una persona importante per il Mensa Italia, e non solo.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4a3fo-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"95ujc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"95ujc-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"95ujc-0-0\">Don Calogero \u00e8 stato Socio del Mensa International, prima ancora che venisse costituito il Mensa Italia. Nel 1967 ha fondato una scuola all\u2019avanguardia, riservata ad alunni ad alto potenziale cognitivo.\u00a0<\/span>La struttura, situata appena fuori dal centro abitato di Petralia Soprana (in Sicilia), prese il nome di \u201cVillaggio Cerasella\u201d ed ebbe un\u2019eco internazionale. La Columbia University finanzi\u00f2 per due anni una ricerca sull\u2019evoluzione cognitiva di questi studenti, con la partecipazione del Mensa New York e il continuo supporto di Victor Serebriakoff.<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"95ujc-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-0\">Fu lui a proporre di annoverare tra gli obiettivi statutari del Mensa quello di \u201c<\/span><strong><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-1\">riconoscere e promuovere l&#8217;intelligenza a beneficio dell&#8217;umanit\u00e0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-2\">\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"85nbs-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"41in0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"41in0-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"41in0-0-0\">Molti dei Soci pi\u00f9 giovani non hanno purtroppo avuto modo di conoscerlo, ma chi ha avuto questa fortuna ne parla con grandissima stima e testimonia il profondo affetto che ha sempre nutrito per la nostra associazione, sentendola una sua creatura.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"41in0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"am9mt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"am9mt-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"am9mt-0-0\">Concludiamo questo saluto con un passaggio della lettera che Don Calogero ha scritto ai Soci del Mensa Italia nel 2017:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7p367\" data-offset-key=\"99qu0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mj _1mf\" data-offset-key=\"99qu0-0-0\"><span class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"99qu0-0-0\">\u201cIo vorrei dire a te, Mensista: chiediti il perch\u00e9 hai ricevuto quelle eccellenti e genuine qualit\u00e0 personali, e pensa cosa potrebbero fare per il bene dell\u2019umanit\u00e0, per il benessere, lo sviluppo, la pace, la serenit\u00e0\u2026 cio\u00e8 riconosci le tue naturali potenzialit\u00e0, e incoraggia liberamente, onestamente la Societ\u00e0 ad assicurarti quanto ti \u00e8 necessario; ma nello stesso tempo chiediti come, con la tua sola naturale qualit\u00e0, mai sopraffatta da estranee naturali vocazioni o interessi, fiore da fiore, luce da luce, possa tu essere utile alla societ\u00e0.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ci duole annunciare la scomparsa di un Socio anziano: Padre Calogero La Placa (tessera n\u00b04). Una persona importante per il Mensa Italia, e non solo. 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