At the conclusion of their assembly, Focolare youth presented to the Movement a summary document of a process which was not always smooth. It will contribute to the international annual meeting of delegates from around the world just underway in Italy.
With these three words the president of the Focolare opened the movement’s Youth Assembly which runs from 10 to 15 September.
The present and future challenges of humanity in the light of Chiara Lubich’s intuitions and experiences of summer 1949. The theologian Hubertus Blaumeiser relates about the recent Abbà School seminar held at Tonadico (Trent, Italy).
The Focolare president, Maria Voce, briefly talks about her participation in the annual meeting of the General Secretaries of the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) being held in Birmingham (United Kingdom) from 1st to 4th July. The focus of the meeting is the relationship between the institution and charismatic realities in the Church in Europe today.
A strong appeal for a Europe that is open, inclusive and dialogic launched by the president and co-president of the Focolare Movement at Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019.
The Focolare president and co-president returned to Lebanon where they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Movement with the community and various civil and religious leaders.
May 10th 2018 will remain a historic date for the first Focolare little town as well as for the whole of the Movement.
Maria Voce to the young Syrians: “Do not let your values be stolen from you. Join all the young people who want a better world. The world is waiting for you.”
On Saturday May 4th the president and co-president of the Focolare met with the Syrian community of the movement. The sharing of their testimonies conveyed their pain and their sense of loss and mourning, but also their wealth of culture and traditions – and their desire to live and to rebuild their homeland.
Homs is the first city visited by the President and Co-president of the Focolare Movement during their journey to Syria, and there they met the small community that chose not to abandon the city during the civil war. These people now contribute towards the rebuilding of their country.
