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A youthful summer
Local Genfests were held not only in Manila but also in some countries worldwide, with similar experiences for youths of all latitudes and cultures. Here are some of them.
In Dublin with the concreteness of “The Joy of Love”
Alberto and Anna Friso who have long been committed in the New Families of the Focolare Movement, share their own expectations for the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland (August 21 – 26, 2018). Interview by Vatican News.
Dialogue and politics, a possible binomial?
Can we save relationships between people with highly divergent political ideas? At the Genfest in Manila some Gen from Spain recounted their experience after the October 2017 referendum for independence.
The ‘invisible’ people on the border
Migrants. They are not numbers, but people who carry with them a burden of suffering, together with their own culture and hope for a better future. The town of Ventimiglia is one of the frontier “hotspots” on the migrant routes of Europe. Here, some people decided not to ignore them.
In the Seggau Palace
From July 24th to August 1st the annual summer gathering of bishops who animate the meetings for Bishop Friends of the Focolare Movement, was held in Seggau, Austria, attended by 63 prelates from 31 countries, who wanted to live and enter more deeply into the spirituality of communion.
“Thousand Roads” to Rome
While tens of thousands of youths from almost 200 dioceses throughout Italy are on their way to Rome for the meeting with Pope Francis on 11-12 August, the two-day programme was presented. About 70,000 young people will meet the Pope on Saturday at the Circo Massimo,...
Not from war
Tommaso Carrieri is co-founder of Non Dalla Guerra (“Not from war”). He spoke of his work for peace to 6,000 young people attending Genfest 2018 in Manila.
Choosing God as a family
As the World Meeting of Families in Ireland draws near, we bring you the experience of a family from Mexico. They left behind all certainty in order to respond to an invitation to move to the Focolare’s little city in Aztec country.
Dancing beyond borders
When dance is not simply an art form giving one person a future, but does so for many. Mayur, an Indian dancer, tells his own story and that of Mayur’s Dance Academy where people come before the fees to be paid.
In remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
73 years ago, on 6 August 1945, the horror of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, three days later, came in the form of an immense flash of light which brought immediate death to hundreds of thousands people, almost all civilians, and many more in the following years, due to the...
A letter from prison
Letter from a young inmate to the young people at Genfest2018. “Even behind bars you can live for a united world, by trying to love and serve everybody.”
As the World Meeting of Families Draws Closer
With just under a month to go to the World Meeting of Families, which is taking place from 21 – 26 August in Dublin, Ireland, plans are at an advanced stage. Brenda Drumm, who is in charge of communications: “We can’t wait to hug Pope Francis.”
Thought of the day
Welcome everyone
Welcome everyone