Celebrating Chiara Lubich’s 8th Anniversary

 
Chiara Lubich lived on this earth from January 22, 1920 until March 14, 2008. A mass will be celebrated in her memory on Sunday 13 March at 7pm in Milltown Parish Church, Sts. Columbanus and Gall, Milltown Road, Dublin 6

ChiaraOn the day she died thousands of people filled the streets of Rocca di Papa where the International Headquarters of the Focolare Movement is located as well as Chiara’s house. They were there to pay their final respects, and even larger crowds attended her funeral at the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.

In the years that followed, her anniversary became an occasion to reflect on different aspects of the life, witness and thought of Chiara Lubich: ecumenical dialogue (Trent, 2012); the charism of unity and young people (2012); charism, history, culture (2013); interreligious dialogue (2014); politics for unity (2015). On January 27th of the same year there was the official opening of the Cause of Canonisation.

In 2016 the focus will be on peace. Chiara Lubich was a peacemaker. She opened paths of dialogue at many levels and was internationally recognised, like when she was awarded the UNESCO Prize For Peace Education in 1996. Her spirituality, which also translates into the daily practice of universal brotherhood, has inspired hundreds of projects around the world that are aimed at enriching the world with humanity and solidarity through caring for Creation. These projects are all gathered in the United World Project (UWP).

Over the next few weeks there will be many events organized throughout the world to mark her anniversary. (Events list)

In Dublin there will be a mass celebrated in her memory on Sunday 13 March at 7pm in Milltown Parish Church, Sts. Columbanus and Gall, Milltown Road, Dublin 6. Everybody is invited to attend. Download leaflet

In Belfast there will be a mass celebrated in her memory on Monday 14th March at 8pm at 24 Piney Hills, BT9 5NR