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Aletta recounts . . . thirty years with Chiara Lubich

On July 6th, at the Focolare Centre for Unity in Welwyn Garden City, England, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor delivered a memorial lecture to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Focolare’s founder, Chiara Lubich.

By living the Golden Rule in the Focolare community of Acquaviva delle Fonti in southern Italy, people share the family spirit with otherswho are living far from their homes and loved ones.

A very intense program with the over two million young people who are expected to attend, World Youth Day is also the first big event for Pope Francis.

Filipino writer Jose Aranas, editor-in-chief of the Focolare New City Magazine (Philippines) is among the 25 winners of International Journalism and Media Awards, in the category “Interreligious Dialogue”. The awards will be conferred in Panama City during the World Media Congress (Sept. 29 – Oct. 6).

The diocesan phase of the Vietnamese Cardinal’s beatification is coming to a close. He was imprisoned for 13 years for his faith. He is a witness of hope for our times.

One initiative in dealing with the educational crisis is the publication of a new book by educator, Michele De Beni, in preparation for the “Learning Fraternity” congress scheduled for September 2013

July’s Word of Life is an invitation to concentrate on love of neighbour. What follows is a description of the spiritual itinerary and stages of that path as experienced by a Conventual Franciscan.

The continuing economic crisis can lead to dishonest shortcuts, an experience that goes against this current.

An interview with Hanneke Steetskamp, focolarina of the Dutch Reformed Church: the ecumenical journey passes through a deep acceptance of the other.