From Hell to Artists of Hope
Gen Rosso and Fazenda da Esperança inaugurate a new Fazenda in Monopoli, southern Italy, with the musical “Campus”.
[more]New Families Turns Fifty
New Families was founded on July 19, 1967 by Chiara Lubich, who called it “an explosive, apostolic and diffusive” movement, which is now active around the world answering to the needs of the family.
[more]Living the Gospel: “I will give you rest”
This month’s Word of Life invites us to put ourselves at the service of others, especially those in difficult situations.
[more]Today in Venezuela
The situation of the South American country becomes more complex each day. As the bishops encourage “every effort in favor of peace and co-existence based on the law of brotherly love,” some are already becoming involved in providing concrete service to people in need.
[more]Genfest 2018, Philippines
The countdown has begun. Thousands of young people from around the world are meeting on July 6-8, 2018 in Manila, Philippines, moved by their project to build a more united and supportive world.
Ciro: “I just transform it”
Roberto Cipollone (Ciro), craftsman and artist, has his studio in Loppiano. He breathes life, meaning and beauty into discarded items. “An object comes my way and something happens inside of me; I just transform it.“
GENFEST 2018
Manila, Philippines, 6-7-8 July 2018. © 2017 Focolare Movement – Youth for a United World
A school of life for families
Four families from the Philippines, England, Vietnam and Russia, recount their experience lived at the “Loreto School” (Loppiano, Italy) which has hosted thousands of familes from all over the world for 35 years.
Hungary: breaking stereotypes in Ózd
150 Km from Budapest, Hungarians, Roms and people of other nationalities meet to get to know one another, to share and to discover they are brothers and sisters.
Lebanon: Erasing deep prejudices
The local Focolare communities in Lebanon have been taking in Syrian refugees, despite the prejudice and hostility that there can be between the two cultures.
[more]Africa: Peace despite everything
180 young people of East Africa set out on long challenging journeys and economic difficulties to meet in Kampala. The story of commitment for peace among the youth of Burundi.
[more]A long journey in the Middle East
Gianni Ricci, a focolarino priest, spent 23 years in the Middle East to give a hand in spreading the spirituality of unity in the lands martyred by wars and strife
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