{"id":305700,"date":"2017-12-01T02:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T01:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/noel-left-his-mark\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:35:56","slug":"noel-left-his-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/noel-left-his-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Noel left his mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EmmanuelDeJesus\"<\/a>He was a graphic artist, who left his mark. <\/strong>He had a preference for masters such as Michelangelo and Gaud\u00ec, and was precociously talented in free hand. He created his own personal style based on his knowledge of the grand masters from the past. Emmanuel, who was known to everyone as Noel, <\/strong>worked closely with the young people from his city, bringing his brightness, inventiveness and creativity the preparations of the 2018 Genfest<\/a> that will bring together 10,000 young people from around the world. On September 2nd he fell asleep and never woke up, due to sleep apnea. More than an grown up, he was considered a peer by the teenagers<\/a> and young people<\/a> from the Focolare Movement<\/a> in the Philippines<\/a> who are now counting on his help to carry on. Grace, Paul, Lela, Paula, Edith and other friends of his write. \u201cHe gave of himself without holding back and without expecting anything back. <\/strong>Always on the move from when he was a small child. At the age of two he attended his first Mariapolis<\/a> and climbed the walls even during the meetings.\u201d He was generous by nature. <\/strong>At the age of six he had given away a pair of shoes that had just been bought for him to a clothing drive for the victims of a wildfire that had devastated a certain region. When he was asked why he did that, he replied: \u201cI saw Jesus in those people.\u201d During his early school years <\/strong>Noel met a lot of difficulty. When a doctor discovered the medical cause \u2013 a problem with his eyesight \u2013 Noel candidly confessed that he had never told his parents because he didn\u2019t want to worry them. His family moved to another location, <\/strong>and Noel and his brother placed a poster on the front door, \u201cFriends Wanted.\u201d Then they went knocking on the doors of their neighbours, trying not to be too pushy. As an adult <\/strong>Noel was very esteemed by his colleagues and employers. He was simple-hearted and sociable, but also trustworthy and precise, respectful of work hours. He was forgiven when, because of a disorder he suffered from during the night hours, if he sometimes suddenly fell off to sleep and spilled his coffee on the keyboard of the computer. He was always available for the projects of the Focolare youth<\/a>. Any time they needed a drawing or a project, he was always willing to place his talent at their disposal. He was the drummer for a Gen band from the time he was a boy. <\/strong>He certainly wasn\u2019t the best drummer on the square and, when he was there, the band never worried too much about being perfect, but only about playing with their hearts. Agnes, from the band, recalls how, for him, the \u201ctogetherness\u201d was what mattered and not so much making an appearance. He put the same attention into his relationships with people. Noel arrived in <\/strong>Loppiano<\/a>, Italy, <\/strong>for the Gen School in 2004. He was one of the few that had a driver\u2019s license and became the driver for everyone, even at night when needed after a long day of work. He became a point of reference for many young people when he went back to his own country. Whether or not he realized it, he encouraged them and motivated them not to give up, but to persevere, to hope and follow God. \u201cWhen it comes to love,\u201d he would often say, \u201cyou need to give everything, especially when you\u2019re able to give it.\u201d Noel was always at his mother\u2019s side, protective of his sisters and close to his brother even when he left the country. He never wanted to see unhappy people around him. A friend, teacher and gentle\u00a0 giant. <\/strong>A person who\u2019s left his mark. That\u2019s Noel for us. He was 38 years old, but he didn\u2019t want to get old. Now he\u2019ll be forever young.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Logo<\/a> While working with some young Filipinos in preparation for the Genfest, 38 year old Emmanuel De Jesus died suddenly. Those who knew him now consider him as a guardian angel of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}