Focolare Movement
Project Lia: Transforming Lives

Project Lia: Transforming Lives

It is called “Project Lia”, it started in Indianapolis (USA) and it teaches formerly incarcerated women how to turn waste material into furniture and home accessories. In doing so, the project aims to reduce recidivism, by opening new paths to social inclusion.

Giordani: summer 1949

Giordani: summer 1949

16 July 1949: a fundamental date for the Focolare. Chiara Lubich and Igino Giordani made a “pact of unity” that would be the basis of the movement’s birth. That day marked the start of Chiara’s mystical experience known as “Paradise 1949.” This is Giordani’s poetic description.

Off to Brazil!

Off to Brazil!

March 22 – April 23, 2014. Focolare president Maria Voce visits several states in Brazil. She is expected to discuss with Focolare members, how the Movement can better respond to some urgent needs of the country. We begin with an overview of the Brazilian nation.