{"id":306988,"date":"2019-07-09T20:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/a-mariapolis-for-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:39:56","slug":"a-mariapolis-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/a-mariapolis-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mariapolis for Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time the historical meeting of the Focolare is organized on a continental level and Europe will be the forerunner. From 14 July to August 11, 3,000 people are expected in the Italian Dolomites.<\/em> For the first time in 70 years, the Focolare organize their historical gathering, the “Mariapolis” (city of Mary), for an entire continent, Europe.<\/strong> The European Mariapolis with the title and motto “Aim high” will take place from July 14 to August 11, 2019 in Fiera di Primiero, in the Italian Dolomites, just where this experience began 70 years ago, inspired by the charism of unity. According to organisers, the event is arousing much interest. In just a few weeks, early bookings have far exceeded available accom\"Tonadico modation. As of 31 January, the closing date for pre-registration, almost 3,000 people had registered. There will be about 600 people per week. The European Mariapolis comes against the background of an increasingly fragmented continent of Europe. \u201cOur dream is to have an event which underlines the beauty of the European continent in all its diversity, where the richness of every culture emerges in the splendid tapestry that is Europe,\u201d said Peter Forst from Focolare. \u201cWe believe that through sharing our stories, our cultures and our histories \u2013 getting to know each other \u2013 we can lay the foundation for a more united Europe.\u201d A Mariapolis is a gathering where the citizens of a temporary \u2018town\u2019 try to build a new type of human society based on the relationships in a family \u2013 fraternity and mutual respect, as they holiday together<\/strong>.\u00a0Participants will be accommodated in hotels, a religious institute, houses and self-catering apartments in the Fiera di Primiero region. A team made up of people from a number of European countries has prepared the programme for the four week-long Mariapolis events, which will include a variety of key inputs, moments of cultural exchange, workshops and round table discussions. \u201cWe hope that there will be something for everyone! And of course, it will also be a holiday \u2013 participants will have many opportunities for walking, hiking and other cultural events,\u201d commented Ana Siewniak from the UK, a member of the group preparing the programme.\u00a0 She told CatholicIreland.net that one of the aims of the European Mariapolis was to have loads of \u201cspaces in which to exchange the richness of our cultures and our experiences\u201d, for example learning each other\u2019s national songs or dances. In a recent interview<\/a>, Maria Voce,<\/strong> President of the Focolare Movement, described her own first experience of the last Mariapolis at Primiero 70 years ago in 1959. \u201cI remember it well \u2013 we slept in school halls \u2013 all the mattresses on the floor. There was a chair between each bed and that was the extent of the furniture for the participants. There were no wardrobes, no mirrors for doing your hair. Yet none of this took from the experience of the life of the Mariapolis.\u201d Although the Mariapolis was materially poor, she continued, it was \u201cvery rich in spiritual grace \u2013 the divine, which was built up and shone out among the people of the Mariapolis, involving all the participants\u201d. Among the 12,000 people who passed through the final Mariapolis at Fiera di Primiero in 1959 were people from all walks of life, she explained, and from many countries. \u201cPoor and rich people came\u201d through a large communion of goods among everyone. \u201cIt was truly the coming together of a town rich in these relationships of mutual love. People were all equal in a love that gave everyone the same divine life and full joy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Susan Gately<\/em><\/p>\n

Fonte: Catholicireland.net<\/a><\/strong> Per informazioni: mariapolieuropea.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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