{"id":306622,"date":"2018-11-09T01:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/prophetic-economy-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:38:30","slug":"prophetic-economy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/prophetic-economy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophetic Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>500 \u201cProphetic Economy<\/a>\u201d participants from 40 countries and all five continents were gathered from 2 to 4 November<\/strong> at the International Mariapolis Centre, CastelGandolfo, near Rome, Italy. The event facilitated interactive and intergenerational exchange through a program of inspiring contributions, work groups and creative workshops. What began as an international platform of encounter, exchange and encouragement, the event went far beyond the limits of mere networking, to become a driving force of energy and commitment for initiatives and actions at local, regional and international levels. Internationally-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs<\/strong>, a key speaker at the event, affirmed, \u201cProphetic economy means an economy that operates in the vision of the prophets, of justice, of peace, a vision of meeting the needs of the poorest people, a vision of protecting creation.\u201d. \"\"<\/a>Diversity characterized the participants<\/strong>: economists, ecological activists, experts from the financial sector, students, entrepreneurs, people from a variety of different cultural and religious backgrounds, with a wide age range \u2013 the youngest being only 9 years old! The younger attendees were protagonists both in age-specific sessions involving interaction with experts in the fields of economy and ecology, and in cross-generational panels, contributing their own distinctive questions, proposals and life experiences. \u201cHow good it has been to have the children and young people with us\u201d said Josiane Gauthier<\/strong>, Secretary General of Catholic Development Alliance CIDSE. Inspiring us with their profound intelligence and grace and truth\u201d. The event highlighted examples of good economic practices<\/strong>. As Italian economist Stefano Zamagni<\/strong> explained, \u201cIt\u2018s those who look ahead and dare to gaze beyond the obstacles. The current economic and social models no longer work\u201d. \u201cThese kind of economic practices already exist\u201d, observed Lorna Gold<\/strong>, economist with Trocair, the Irish development agency, \u201cbut all too often they\u2019re invisible in the media and our culture.\u201d \"\"<\/a>The \u201cProphetic Economy Award\u201d was launched to promote good practice<\/strong> through examples of the prophetic economy in action. Carlo Petrini,<\/strong> founder of the Slow Food Movement, acknowledged the award winners. \u201cThey practice a form of economic reality different from the norm, they see beyond the pervasive economic modes. They are not so much prophetic in vision, as in their daily practice.\u201d \u201cThis is not about utopias or \u2018small islands\u2019 within an unjust and unchanging system. Here, we\u2019re looking at signals of tangible change,\u201d observed Argentinean economist Cristina Calvo.<\/strong> \u201cIn the face of massive global financial mechanisms, we run the risk of feeling powerless. The antidote to being static is to widen the spectrum of action on all levels: micro, medium and macro.\u201d A significant element within this event was the space given to those living in situations of poverty or social exclusion to make their own voice heard. \u201cThe time has come to rethink our economy and rethink our world, not \u2018for\u2019 the poor, not even with their participation, but starting from them,<\/strong>\u201d concluded Jean Tonglet<\/strong> of ATD Fourth World. \u201cOur knowledge is incomplete until it includes the knowledge of those we want to liberate from poverty, who struggle with its effects on a daily basis.\u201d The challenge launched by this event is to invent new ways of collaboration,<\/strong> in order to be stronger and more creative in efforts to change to lifestyles based on a more sharing, more just and more sustainable economy. \u201cThe new idea at the basis of this event,\u201d explained Italian economist Luigino Bruni,<\/strong> \u201cwas to bring ecology and economy together. In today\u2019s world, we cannot speak of poverty without mentioning climate. One of the great messages of Pope Francis\u2019 pontificate is the invitation to activate processes, not occupy spaces, because time is superior to space. Here, we can say that a process has been started\u201d. \"\"The younger participants spent time considering and embracing the challenge launched by the World Food Organization<\/strong> to work to eradicate hunger in the world by 2030 (#zerohunger<\/a>),formulating their own proposals: – to promote the idea of a \u201cdeferred meal\u201d, asking restaurants and bars to encourage their clients to buy an extra meal for someone in need, and issuing a #zerohunger sticker to participating businesses; – to campaign for a new subject in the school curriculum teaching the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations. Prophetic Economy is an international project jointly run by seven organizations:<\/strong> Pope John XXIII Community Association, Nomadelfia, The Global Catholic Climate Movement, ATD Fourth World, Associazione Mondo di Comunit\u00e0 e Famiglia (World of Community and Family Association), SlotMob initiative and the international Focolare Movement represented by its Economy of Communion<\/a> project and \u2018Teens for Unity<\/a>\u2019 youth section. <\/p>\n

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The recent international \u201cProphetic Economy\u201d event succeeded in bringing together diverse protagonists of change in the world, with different approaches to a common goal of improving the status quo. Through a dynamic exchange of good practices \u2013 including outstanding contributions from the younger participants.<\/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-306622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306622","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=306622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}