Dear Readers

The annual meeting of the Focolare delegates and the General Council (pages 4 and 5) brought to an end a year’s work, commitment and life of Focolare members worldwide and gave a fresh start to a new one. The year 2019/2020 will be a special one: the Movement will be celebrating Chiara Lubich’s centenary; it will be holding its General Assembly, and it will be focussing on Jesus in the midst of the community, a spiritual theme of central importance for the Focolare Movement.

The Movement’s life during the past year shows quite clearly that the “New Structure” project is bearing its first fruit: lighter structures seem to contribute to new creative forces; new forms of proclamation and evangelization are being initiated, and the synergies among the various branches of the Movement and with other ecclesial and lay realities are taking place. All this emerged even during the Delegates meeting.

How are we to face the coming year? President Maria Voce and Co-President Jesús Morán reminded us of a very interesting indication that Pope Francis communicated during a private audience they had with him: “Pursue the prophecies of Chiara” (page 12).

His words are an exhortation. Generally, prophecies are uncomfortable; they interrupt existing patterns, they launch towards a future, which is often unknown. Chiara’s charism has this prophetic force, even today! Are we aware of this?

Joachim Schwind
Focolare Communication Office

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