Sollicitudo

Sollicitudo is an Italian social cooperative (società cooperativa sociale, ONLUS) based in Lodi, Italy. It was founded on 10 February 1989 and takes its name and inspiration from Pope John Paul II's 1987 encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis ("The Social Concern of the Church"), which was presented to the world on 30 December 1987 on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. The cooperative is explicitly non-profit and describes its mission as promoting social rehabilitation and the work integration of people in situations of need and marginalization, walking "stubbornly and contrarily" alongside those who struggle most in life's race, on the belief that everyone deserves a new opportunity. Commercially, Sollicitudo operates in the graphic arts and printing sector. Its service lines include a print shop (stamperia), graphic design studio with layout and pre-press, digital printing, offset printing, large-format printing, finishing (bookbinding, confectioning, packaging), and event services. The organization presents itself as a cooperative of about 30 operators working across roughly 1,200 square meters of surface area, driven by "one great motivation." Its communication emphasizes both craft quality and social purpose, using quotations from figures such as Swami Kriyananda, Gustav Mahler, René Char, Charles Darwin, and Émile Auguste Chartier to frame its work. As a social cooperative, Sollicitudo is not a conventional for-profit company. Its legal form and ONLUS status mean that surplus is reinvested in its social mission rather than distributed to shareholders. Over the years, many people in difficult circumstances have passed through the cooperative; some have become permanent members of the workforce, others have moved on to new paths, and still others have had more complicated stories. The cooperative continues to present itself as a living social project that does not want to stop being one. The brand is local and rooted in Lodi and its surrounding area, serving clients who need printing and graphic services while participating in a work-integration model. Its identity combines a professional printing offer with a strong ethical and solidarity-based positioning, summarized in its recurring motto "Si può fare" ("It can be done").

Sollicitudo, Società Cooperativa Sociale (ONLUS), was founded on 10 February 1989. Its name and inspiration come from Pope John Paul II's encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis, presented to the world on 30 December 1987 on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. That document addressed themes of the development of peoples on a world scale, including underdevelopment, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, opposing ideological blocs, arms trafficking, terrorism, and demographic and ecological problems, arguing for a solidarity that unites all peoples and nations and for social action that respects and promotes the human person in all dimensions. The cooperative was established in Lodi, Italy, as a social solidarity cooperative with a non-profit purpose. According to its own account, it was founded against skepticism, driven by passion and trust in a social project that remains alive. Over the years, many people in difficult, troubled, and tested circumstances passed through the cooperative; some became permanent members of the workforce, others found new paths, and others had more complicated stories. The cooperative frames all of these as having made their own small or large part in its story. Commercially, Sollicitudo developed a graphic arts and printing operation. Its service areas include a print shop (stamperia), a graphic design studio with layout and pre-press, digital printing, offset printing, large-format printing, finishing such as bookbinding, confectioning and packaging, and event services. The organization describes itself as having about 1,200 square meters of surface area and about 30 operators, with "one great motivation." Its website presents these services with a mix of professional and ethical messaging, including quotations from Swami Kriyananda, Gustav Mahler, René Char, Charles Darwin, and Émile Auguste Chartier. As a social cooperative and ONLUS, Sollicitudo is structured as a non-profit entity. Its stated purpose is to pursue and obtain social solidarity goals, promoting social rehabilitation and work integration for people in need and marginalization. It continues to operate in Lodi and to present itself as a cooperative that believes in a possible utopia and in the right of everyone to a new opportunity, under the recurring motto "Si può fare" ("It can be done").

• 1989

  Sollicitudo, Società Cooperativa Sociale (ONLUS) is founded on 10 February.

• 1987

  Pope John Paul II presents the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis on 30 December, the source of the cooperative's name and inspiration.

Non-profit social cooperative combining professional graphic arts and printing services with work integration and social rehabilitation.

• Stamperia (print shop)

  Print shop services within the cooperative's graphic arts operation.

• Graphic design studio, layout and pre-press

  Design, layout and pre-press services.

• Digital printing

  Digital printing services.

• Offset printing

  Offset printing services.

• Large-format printing

  Large-format printing services.

• Finishing: bookbinding, confectioning, packaging

  Bookbinding, confectioning and packaging services.

• Event services

  Services for events.

1. 1Sollicitudo official websitesollicitudo.it
2. 2Chi siamo | Sollicitudosollicitudo.it
3. 3Sollicitudo - Wikidatawikidata.org