“Living Peace”, a peace education project promoting a culture of peace and fraternity, began in 2012. It involves more than 1,000,000 young people, teenagers and children from 130 countries around the world and is inspired by Chiara Lubich’s “Art of Loving”. On 5 February 2022 an online event on Living Peace International’s Youtube channel will celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Anna Moznich from AMU – Action for a United World explains the educational peace project, Living Peace International.
1300 students and professors of Egyptian schools and universities witness their commitment to peace.
In anticipation of the film about the major event which involved 25 thousand students in 200 schools worldwide, here are some video clips showing the actions for peace in several countries. Enjoy!
A project involving 25,000 children belonging to 200 schools from 136 cities in 103 countries. An international event live on internet (http://live.focolare.org/ipf).
Letting God dwell in us: this is the starting point to safeguard and give joyful witness of the inestimable value of unity and peace, in charity and truth; to enrich ourselves and be seeds of goodness and brotherhood for the world.
The life of Jesus brings us the wonderful message of God’s mercy, Love that envelops and forgives everything. Building peace means putting it into practice in everyday life, to discover the beauty of a gift that revives people and makes them free.
To be peacemakers means to act with generosity, be in solidarity with those around us, go beyond and open paths that allow us to get closer to others – so they feel embraced as they are.
Building peace is like being on a construction site, where there is always work to be done, and we are all called to “do” our part. Peace is not just the absence of war or an abstract concept; it is something we build together, facing all difficulties and starting from our own small surroundings.
When we live the Word we are bound to go out of ourselves and meet our brothers and sisters with love. We start with the ones closest to us: in our cities, our families, wherever we are in everyday life. This friendship becomes a network of positive relationships, that aims at living the commandment of mutual love, which builds fraternity.
