{"id":327522,"date":"2015-09-02T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T02:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/usa-dialogue-and-the-difficult-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:01:14","slug":"usa-dialogue-and-the-difficult-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/usa-dialogue-and-the-difficult-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"USA: Dialogue and the difficult questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20150901-02\"<\/a>In 1998, <\/strong>Chiara Lubich <\/a>established the Education for Dialogue Centre in <\/strong>Mariapolis Luminosa, <\/strong><\/a>the Focolare\u2019s permanent Mariapolis in the State of New York. For that occasion she wrote: \u201cMay all those who take part in the activities of this centre also feel like builders of this new reality, collaborating with love, patience, mutual understanding and solidarity, in order to create an island of peace and a sign of unity for today\u2019s world. . . may it especially be a school where one learns to live out this love, which is the only thing that can make the peoples of the earth a single family.\u201d \u201cThese words from Chiara also informed a recent meeting of August 15 and 16<\/strong> at the North American Mariapolis, titled: Dialogue and the Difficult Questions. <\/em>It was attended by a hundred people and it focused on how to dialogue and communicate with people who think differently.\u201d \"20180901-01\"<\/a><\/strong>There were also very valuable contributions by four experts in moral theology and political theories from Fordham University<\/strong> (New York), Providence College<\/strong> (Rhode Island) and Georgetown University<\/strong> (Washington D.C.). They write: \u201cWe began with some words from Chiara Lubich on the dialogue that emerges particuarly from the spirituality of unity <\/a>which, if practiced, helps to transform people\u2019s relationships with eah other.\u201d Charlie Camosy<\/strong> (Fordham) and Amy Uelman<\/strong> (Georgetown), examined the \u201creasons why USA society is so polarized by opposing positions and how the walls between people could be broken down by listening and being open to others.\u201d Dana Dillon<\/strong> (Providence College) dealt with the delicate relationship between love and truth, based on one of the main points of the spirituality of unity: Jesus forsaken<\/a>. The theologian presented Him as the true model of dialogue inasmuchh as \u201cHe entered into the disunity of that moment in which He felt abandoned by the Father, unifying the greatest division possible, the one between Heaven and earth.\u201d In the afternoon there was an interactive programme <\/strong>offered by Claude Blanc<\/strong>, a leadership coach and team work consultant, who guided the participants in several exrecises in \u201clearning to listen deeply and without pretexts.\u201d A reflection on \u201cDifferent Ways of Communicating\u201d (imposing, discussing, trying to convince the other, and focusing on the common good), given by Bill Gould<\/strong> (Fordham),brought the session to a perfect conclusion. \"20180901-03\"<\/a>The roundtable discussion on Sunday, <\/strong>evidenced the need for being prepared to confront some current burning issues as well as the challenges of daily life. Two impressions:<\/strong> \u201cThe workshop on listening helped me to see how importnat and fruitful this can be in daily relationships;\u201d \u201cI leave quite enriched by this experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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