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“Tulong tulong”: helping one another
Choi Funk insegna Architettura all’università De La Salle e con i suoi studenti sta mettendo a punto un progetto per ripulire dai rifiuti il fiume Pasig a Manila. Partner insostituibili sono le persone che vivono nelle baracche sulle rive del fiume.
A People on the Run
Ever since the beginning of the serious crisis inVenezuela, the uninterrupted flow of people on the run is colliding with a tightening of border laws in neighbouring countries, but the Focolare community in Peru has not stopped welcoming Venezuelans. The story of Silvano Roggero from the focolare in Lima.
Educating the children: a joy and a challenge
The World Meeting of Families is currently underway in Dublin, Ireland. The panel dealing with the topic of education will be presented by Gianni and Maria Salerno who are responsible for Focolare families around the world.
News from Kerala
The flood in Kerala, southern State of India, has wrought more than 400 victims and about 750,000 displaced. The rescue and assistance operations are brought ahead amid great difficulties due to the inaccessibility of some areas struck. In some cases, they were forced...
Italy: The Focolare and the Diciotti vessel
"We are following closely the events surrounding the Coast Guard Ship 'Ubaldi Diciotti', which arrived in Catania and is in two-days stand-off with 177 people on board who are not being allowed to disembark. The umpteenth case, unfortunately, that over the past few...
The greatest of these is love
A love just declared, but already burning the soul. The enchantment of being together, such a happy scene that leads to further choices. That’s the opening scene of any marriage. But then? The contribution to the World Meeting of Families from Anna and Alberto Friso of the Focolare Movement and collaborators of the Dicastery of the Laity, Family and Life.
A letter from the land of the Bangwa
The Focolare Movement recently received a letter from the district of Lebialem, Cameroon, signed by Mbeboh John, president of the Lebang Cultural & Development Organisation. In his letter, he expressed his appreciation to the President of the Focolare, Maria Voce,...
Summer boot camps in the outskirts
“The peripheries: capital of Italy” is the title of the boot camps held by the young people of the Focolare in Turin, in the regenerated spaces of a former factory, and in Rome, in a district marked by marginalization and degradation. An experience of commitment, interpersonal relations and collaboration with the territory’s associations and institutions.
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.
Thought of the day
Never lose friendliness
Never lose friendliness