“What is most familiar to the sailor is the vastness of the horizon and the immensity of the sky. These two factors of the cosmos had penetrated Giorgio’s soul, which could connect every tiny detail with the infinite horizon that throbbed in his heart… A fullness of joy possessed forever and totally with absolute intensity. Every little sign put him on the trail of the eternal.”
(From the Preface by Don Primo Soldi)

Giorgio Ferro loved the sea. He embarked at a very young age as a deckhand and followed a career as a sailor until he became a Boatswain. He lived exceptional experiences on the training ship Amerigo Vespucci and aboard cruisers and submarines on extraordinary missions. His humanity unfolded fully, always searching for a meaningful encounter that would give meaning to his existence. Out of love for his wife Lory and three children he returned to dry land. The pain of separation from his adventurous travels could have bent him, but instead it was a new beginning thanks to his encounter with Fr. Luigi Giussani. The fruits of good derived from that friendship are described in this book.