Focolare Movement

Genfest 2024: images and testimonies

Oct 16, 2024

Genfest 2024, an international event promoted by the young people of the Focolare Movement, took place in Brazil in July and was attended by over 4,000 young people.

Genfest 2024, an international event promoted by the young people of the Focolare Movement, took place in Brazil in July and was attended by over 4,000 young people from all over the world. This event was divided into three phases.

In the first, the young people volunteered in some social projects in various countries of Latin America.

In the second phase the young people gathered together in the big arena of Aparecida to experience two days of celebration and sharing testimonies of life.

In phase three they then divided into small communities according to their professional experience to put into practice the ideal of unity and fraternity of Chiara Lubich.

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