Conversion to God, which took place in Camillus de Lellis on February 2, 1575, was of an all- encompassing nature. On the one hand, it is a point of arrival, because it consciously closes a dissolute past, and, on the other, a point of departure, because it opens up a future of holiness. That day, “Kneeling on a stone, he began with unusual pain, and tears raining from his eyes, to weep bitterly over his past life. Saying: ah miserable and unhappy me, what great blindness was mine not to know my Lord sooner?” (Vms 46). What happened in him during the crossing of the “Valley of Hell” from San Giovanni Rotondo to Manfredonia, his “Road to Damascus” (cf. Acts 9:3-7), marked him so deeply that the “No more world, no more world”, which he uttered through his tears, announced a radical change of life in the course of which he embraced, without ever looking back, Christ who so loved the world to the point of giving his own life on the Cross. The way in which Camillus then devoted himself totally to the service of his suffering neighbour, even at the risk of his life, giving birth to the ‘nova schola caritatis’ (Benedict XIV, 1746), became the content and implementation of his conversion, in which he was ‘CONQUERED BY CHRIST’ (cf. Phil 3:12).

This Pauline expression with profound spiritual, theological and pastoral significance is considered by the Central Commission, after detailed discussion and consultation with others, as the motto for the Jubilee – 450th anniversary of the Conversion of Saint Camillus (February 02- December 08, 2025), which we, as his spiritual sons and daughters, wish to celebrate with abundant fruits of grace.

To this end, the Central Commission is organising a competition and wishes to invite the various realities that make up the large Camillian Family spread throughout the world, those who collaborate with it and all devotees of the saint to create the Logo, the lyrics of the Hymn and the text of the official Prayer for this Jubilee.

The logo, the lyrics and prayer must contain the Jubilee motto: ‘Conquered by Christ’ and must refer to the Jubilee theme: the conversion of Saint Camillus.

In addition, the logo, the lyrics and the text of the prayer will be admitted in the following manner:

1. LOGO

The logo must identify and summarise, in terms of communication, the human and spiritual figure of Saint Camillus through the motto Conquered by Christ. It should therefore have the following characteristics:
• must be original, unprecedented, developed specifically for the competition, aesthetically effective, easily distinguishable and adaptable to different dimensions, enlargeable or reducible, always maintaining its effectiveness on different sizes, surfaces and uses;
• should not infringe or violate the rights of third parties, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and any other intellectual property rights;
• must not contain any effigies or photographs or other identifying elements without authorisation;
• must be suitable or adaptable to any media used;
• must be reproducible while maintaining its effectiveness in any size, format and type of print;
• must contain the inscriptions: Conquered by Christ / Saint Camillus 1575-2025;
• must be reproducible in four-colour, greyscale and black-and-white printing.

2. ANTHEM LYRICS

The lyrics of the hymn should contemplate and synthesise, in terms of communication, the human and spiritual figure of Saint Camillus through the motto Conquered by Christ. It should therefore have the following characteristics:
• must be presented in Italian; if in another language, provide the exact translation into Italian
• must be syllabic, melodic and strophic,
• must consider the religious/liturgical context and at the same time be in line with the times,
• must be original and unpublished,
• the composition must be poetic and the lyrics must consist of several stanzas,
• the stanza generally consists of three or four verses of eight syllables each and are identical in their metrical structure.
• those among the composers who can set their texts to music, let them do so. Otherwise, the Central Commission will commission competent people to create music to the texts that will be selected.

3. TEXT OF THE PRAYER

The prayer should identify and summarise, in terms of communication, the conversion of Saint Camillus through the motto Conquered by Christ. It should therefore have the following characteristics:
• must be brief in the whole and in any paragraphs
• must reflect St. Camillus’ deep relationship of friendship with the Lord and his particular charism of service to the sick
• must also reflect his love for the Virgin Mary, health of the sick.

4. RULES OF PROCEDURE

Any material that enters the competition:

1. must be received by the Central Commission no later than 30th April 2024
2. must not be published or otherwise disclosed before the official publication date set by the Central Jubilee Commission
3. must not be submitted to other events or competitions
4. should be sent to the e-mail address: giubileosancamillo2025@gmail.com, and will have in the subject line the words “Conquered by Christ. Creation of Logo or Hymn or Prayer”.
5. must contain the following:

For the Logo
• a technical-descriptive report of the planned idea indicating the characteristics and explaining the logic and communicative intentions, in pdf format.
• Colour logo table in high resolution jpg. format
• Greyscale logo table in high resolution jpg. format
• Black-and-white logo table in high resolution jpg. format
• Proof of logotype scalability: small 0.8×0.8 cm.; medium 3×3 cm.; large 10×10 cm.
• Indication of colours in CMYK, RGB and optionally Pantone® format
• Indication of the fonts used and the body.

For the lyrics of the Hymn and the text of the Prayer
• a technical-descriptive report of the planned idea indicating the characteristics and explaining the logic and communicative intentions, in pdf format.
• texts in text document or word format, no pdf;
• text in Italian or, if in another language, the exact translation into Italian
• the text must not bear the authors’ names;
• copy of an identity document in pdf format;
• the completed and signed data processing consent;

6. The submitted material will be kept until the winners of the competition are determined. The Jubilee Commission for the 450th anniversary of the Conversion of St. Camillus is expressly exempted from the obligation to return the materials received.
7. The Commission reserves the right to request the authors to partially modify the Logo and/or the texts of the Hymn and Prayer to be translated for possible use on foreign markets.

N.B. These are indicative and not exhaustive targets. Consequently, Logo or Hymn and Prayer texts that do not correspond to the targets will be evaluated with and as all others.

GENERAL NOTE

By the very fact of participating in the competition, the authors selected for the Jubilee for the 450th anniversary of the Conversion of Saint Camillus attribute and assign to the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm the rights and faculties described in the following list and, in relation thereto, irrevocably and expressly renounce, in favour of the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm, any and all rights to remuneration, consideration or claims, also with respect to third parties to whom the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm assigns the listed rights in whole or in part and for any reason, free of charge or against payment:
• Right of the first use through public performance for the opening of the Jubilee
• Exclusive right to reproduce on discs, CDs, musical DVDs and on any other technological/digital support chosen and commercially exploit and distribute it in any form and manner throughout the world in the number that the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm, in its unquestionable judgement, deems appropriate.

The Order of the Ministers of the Infirm is entitled to:

• cede such reproduction and exploitation rights to third parties without the authors having any objection or claim to the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm or the selected third parties (except for the copyrights that shall be paid in the terms and with the modalities provided by law by S.I.A.E.).
• set the selected lyrics to music.
• reproduce or have reproduced by third parties, authorised by the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm, the songs (text and music; text or music) by means of printed paper (album or other form) and through any digital platform now existing or to be invented in the future, and the dissemination thereof.
• reproduce or have reproduced by third parties the literary text and the musical parts, in the interest of the dissemination of the songs taking part in the event, in record covers, newspapers, magazines, discs, CDs, DVDs and on any other paper or technological/digital support.

The Order of the Ministers of the Infirm reserves the right to make any changes to these regulations that may be necessary for the Jubilee (February 02-December 08, 2025).

Participation in the competition implies that the competitors formally accept these regulations in each of its articles.

Fr. Medard ABOUE, MI
Coordinator, Central Commission