The International Day of Happiness (known as Happiness Day) is celebrated every year on 20th March. We might ask, is it still possible to be happy in a world that seems to deny people hope? During the 1984 Youth Jubilee Year, Chiara Lubich spoke on the essence of true “joy”.
“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” (Ps 25:4)
A month after she left us for heaven, we remember Gisella (Gis) Calliari who was a close collaborator of Chiara Lubich in the founding of the Focolare, and who was a protagonist, right from the start, of the birth of the charism of unity into the world.
We publish summary of the New City’s interview with Robert Chelhod, a native of Aleppo, Syria, and local coordinator of the AMU projects. His hopes for the rebirth of his country.
“To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.” (Rev 21:6)
HabitAndando is a workshop that has been taking Colombian students and professors from the Colombia University of Architecture in Colombia, to Italy. This year it took Colombian students and their professors to the Italian University of Annunzio di Pescara.
The Host Spot project in Alexandria has concluded with a new awareness and a renewed commitment to create a pathway for peace. But it doesn’t end here!
The Focolare Movement has also responded to the Pope’s appeal for a “Day of the Poor”. Pope Francis had established it on last November 19th. A look at some of the efforts from the North to the South of Italy.
The personal testimony of someone who was present at Genfest 1975, held in conjunction with the Holy Year in Rome. There were 20,000 young people, from all 5 continents, gathered at Palaeur Stadium. Chiara Lubich presented them to Pope Paul VI: “A new world is born.”
Georges Lemopoulos, member of Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, former Vice-Secretary General of the World Council of Churches (WCC), remembers Chiara Lubich. He is currently responsible for the preparations for the 70th anniversary of...