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Season of Creation 2026: The Transformation of a Community
The “Season of Creation” is an ecumenical Christian initiative that begins every year on 1st September and ends on 4th October, the feast of St. Francis. This year with the theme “Living Water”, Christians around the world are invited not only to contemplate water at the river banks, but to immerse themselves in what it represents: life, relationship, healing, hope and the love of God that flows through all of creation. Here is a testimony from Congo, in Africa.
The platinum Rule
Idea of the Month – September 2026
‘Love does no harm to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law’ (Rom 13:10)
Word of Life – September 2026
1st September, the “Season of Creation” begins
In the message published on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Leo XIV urges us to face today’s ethical and cultural crisis that includes the desire for war, domination and the pursuit of profit. What is needed is “an authentic ecological conversion” that comes from the heart.
Chiara Lubich: “untying humanity’s most difficult knots”
A prayer by the founder of the Focolare Movement to Our Lady, Untier of Knots
Living the Gospel: seeing our brothers and sisters
The Word of the Gospel proposed for this month is: “My soul magnifies the Lord”, the opening words of Mary’s song when she met Elizabeth.
The commentary on the Word of Life says, “The words of this hymn invite us to understand God’s salvific intervention in our personal and community life, leading towards the new heavens and the new earth that the social revolution of the Gospel inaugurates.”
These experiences show us that praising God means taking the side of the little ones and believing that the world can, and must, change.
Franco Fortuna, a Saint Next Door
Franco Fortuna, a religious education teacher and deacon, devoted himself to the service of the local Church and to the formation of many families linked to the Focolare Movement. He has sown a lot of love in those who knew him. He left this Earth on 12th August, 2025,
A friendship is truly worth a kidney
A thought that arose almost by chance, an invitation accepted in the silence of prayer, and a choice capable of changing two lives. The story of a friendship that became a gift of life.
From Atheist to Parish Council President
A friendship born by chance and made up of small attentions and unconditional gestures can leave a lasting mark on a person’s life and become the beginning of an unexpected change.
Kala, an institution
On the morning of 10th August, the earthly journey of Dr. Kala Acharya ended. She was a deeply committed Hindu who was engaged in interreligious dialogue, and had a profound relationship with Chiara Lubich.
In a letter expressing her condolences, Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement wrote, “With her spiritual sensitivity and her great human depth, she helped our Movement to understand every more fully the universal dimension of Chiara’s charism. With discretion, expertise and passion, she accompanied us in re-reading many of our founder’s insights from new perspectives”.
Kala, una istituzione
La mattina del 10 agosto scorso si è concluso il cammino terreno della Dott.ssa Kala Acharya, induista molto impegnata nel dialogo interreligioso, che aveva saputo instaurare un rapporto profondo con Chiara Lubich.
«Con la sua sensibilità spirituale e il suo grande spessore umano, ha aiutato il nostro Movimento a comprendere sempre più la dimensione universale del carisma di Chiara», scrive Margaret Karram, Presidente dei Focolari, nella lettera di condoglianze. E aggiunge: «Con discrezione, competenza e passione, ci ha accompagnati a rileggere molte intuizioni della nostra fondatrice da prospettive nuove».
What’s UP?
A space for connection of the Focolare Movement that brings us closer together and makes us more and more like family
Thought of the day
Have the courage to change
Have the courage to change