{"id":328766,"date":"2016-12-03T04:06:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T03:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/updating-charisms-with-fidelity-and-imagination\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:05:51","slug":"updating-charisms-with-fidelity-and-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/updating-charisms-with-fidelity-and-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating Charisms with Fidelity and Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From left: Jorge L\u00f3pez e Alberto Garc\u00eda (Regnum Chisti), Jes\u00fas Mor\u00e1n (Focolari)<\/p><\/div> Following the meeting for Eccelsial Movements and New Communities last February in Paray Le Monial, France, representatives of Regnum Christi<\/a> and the Focolare<\/a> saw the need to \u201cupdate Charism <\/strong>in order to meet the challenges of the contemporary world.\u201d The discussions then expanded to the urgency of identifying new and more effective approaches to today\u2019s culture that is in continual evolution. Their concern was so strong that both Movements decided to fix a date when they could spend a whole day together, sharing expriences and praying for the protection of the Holy Spirit as they sought the right ways. The intention for the meeting between 22 representatives of Regnum Christi and 29 representatives of the Focolare that was held on November 26th at Rocca di Papa, Italy, <\/strong>was not to study or come up with new strategies, nor to consult experts. It was simply meant to be an exchange among brothers and sisters in a synodal heart-to-heart communion, because the more we\u2019re open to one another the more the presence of the Holy Spirit is deepened. It was a communion made of prayer, fraternal dialogue and communication that was itself seen as a gift to offer. Secretary of the Congregation For Catholic Education, Archbishop Vincenzo Zani, <\/strong>was invited to give the keynote address. Referring from magisterial texts he traced out a process of evangelization of the culture based on the \u201cmysticism of brotherhood\u201d (EG, 115) and on the transformational power of the Charisms. \u201cTheir co-essentiality to the petrine charism,\u201d he explained, \u201cmakes them capable of strengthening the Church\u2019s invitation to a positive vision of the cutlure, since \u201cgrace presupposes culture.\u201d

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From left: D. Edoardo Robles Gil, General Director of the Legionaries of Christ- Regnum Christi with Jes\u00fas Mor\u00e1n and Archbishop Vincenzo Zani.<\/p><\/div> Two other highlights were the presentations <\/strong>on updating the Charism. Focolare co-president, Jes\u00fas Mor\u00e1n<\/a>,\u00a0 talked about creative fidelity: \u201cThe Spirit is ever new and continues to make history.\u201d It is necessary to be perfectly rooted in the tradition,\u201d Mor\u00e1n reiterated, but to be so \u201ctoday.\u201d Jorge L\u00f3pez,<\/strong> General Committee member and General Director of the consecrated lay members of Regnum Christi, recalled that the \u201cone authorized to update a Charism is the Church. And we are [ourselves] inasmuch as we are Church.\u201d He then confided that \u201cit is ironically our poverty that equips us for accomplishing our mission in accordance with the model of the Blessed Virgin Mary.\u201d Interesting experiences were shared concerning the evangelization of the culture: <\/strong>four projects \u2013 two from Regnum Christi and two from the Focolare \u2013 in response to crucial challenges in the world of education today. They had two things in common: working together by creating networks; and the relationship between culture and the life. Marta Rodriguez, <\/strong>Director of the Woman Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, offered a helpful image: \u201cThe bridge between Jesus Christ and the secularized culture is people\u2019s hearts. In the offering of our life to God, we have to look at others from the standpoint of Christ\u2019s heart.\u201d The dialogue went on during lunch <\/strong>and increased the fraternal friendship. The afternoon concluded with an unplanned open discussion. And it was perhaps because of this that Someone was able to take things into His hands, allowing the participants to experience that \u201cmysticism of brotherhood\u201d that Pope Francis mentions in the Joy of the Gospel. As each person spoke at the mic, everyone else listened deeply. In that moment it seemed that even the personal roles of each person bloomed as they were illuminated by what the Spirit had revealed up to that point. It was difficult to tell who belonged to which Movement. <\/strong>Perhaps it was a bit like what the first Christians were experiencing when they claimed to be \u201cof one heart and one soul\u201d (see Acts 2:42-48). Everything belonged to everyone in the joy and gratitude that exuded the Gospel. Any questions and fears that were floating \u2013 how to teach in a digital age; how to keep identity and mission alive, and so forth \u2013 found answers in the presentations and discussions. There was an\u00a0 awareness and trust that the Charisms are meant for history and for its technology, in a constant dialogue with the Eternal and totally open to those who have different convictions. Being \u201ctogether\u201d is the necessary condition to \u201cgo out\u201d to where God\u00a0 will want us to go. Each of us needs the other, and needs to let ourselves be surprised by God. Anna Friso  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A day of friendship, prayer and communion among Regnum Christi\u2019s General Committee and the Focolare\u2019s General Council. The discussion focused on updating Charisms in front of the challenges of the times and on the evangelization of the culture.<\/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-328766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328766","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=328766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}