{"id":329354,"date":"2017-07-20T00:10:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/mexico-20-years-since-chiara-lubichs-honorary-doctorate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:07:54","slug":"mexico-20-years-since-chiara-lubichs-honorary-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/mexico-20-years-since-chiara-lubichs-honorary-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico: 20 years since Chiara Lubich\u2019s honorary doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"

1944:<\/strong> Chiara Lubich<\/a> left her beloved books in the attic to join the school of the one teacher, Jesus, leaving behind her dream to study philosophy at Catholic University, where she had thought she would be able to know God. Fifty-three years later, Catholic University of Mexico<\/a> City conferred on her an honorary <\/strong>doctorate in philosophy<\/strong>.\"Chiara It\u2019s been 20 years since the honorary doctorate, and the Focolare community in Mexico organized three events in memory of her message and to fulfill it: the philosophy of being, the Church as communion, and inculturation. June 29, 2017:<\/strong> \u201cThe face of God as communion\u201d was the title of the symposium held at the Pontifical University of Mexico. Msgr Piero Coda, Dean of the Sophia University Institute<\/a>, conducted two conferences: \u201cPope Francis: four points for an emerging Church\u201d and \u201cChiara Lubich: a mysticism of \u2018us\u2019 to live through the change.\u201d T\"Universidadhese two reflections urged those present, mostly priests and men and women religious, towards pastoral work that shows a Church that is merciful, synodal, humble and open. \u201cWhat surfaced,\u201d affirmed Msgr Coda, \u201cis the need to maintain an open dialogue with the vibrant strength that is in the Mexican church, to enthusiastically take up the challenge of pastoral change as advocated by Pope Francis. This encourages efforts by the laity at a cultural and societal level, working closely with young people, and the work of synods in the Church, where charisms can give their contribution.\u201d June 30, 2017:<\/strong> Welcoming everyone to the hall at La Salle University in Mexico City, Dr Enrique Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez Alvarez, dean of the university, explained the importance of the honoris causa doctorate conferred on Chiara Lubich in 1997. \u201cThrough her acceptance, it was she who honored the university,\u201d he said, pointing to the profound harmony between the charism of unity and that of La Salle. \u201cThe University identifies with the Focolare Movement, because we work as allies to bring the kingdom of God here on earth, which without a doubt was Chiara\u2019s primary mission,\u201d Alvarez said. \u201cMay we continue to tighten the bonds that unite us. This is not only Chiara Lubich\u2019s home, but of all who carry on in her spirit, so that today she can continue to live through her followers.\u201d For the occasion Msgr Coda conducted a conference on \u201cChiara Lubich\u2019s contribution to a new philosophy of being.\u201d \u201cChiara\u2019s speech 20 years ago,\u201d Coda said, \u201cshowed itself to be prophetic for Mexico, as a new search for meaning and light, and the need for a new cultural paradigm at the social and cultural level. So her talk gave direction and can be connected to the commitment of Sophia University Institute.\u201d New contacts and plans to collaborate were established between Sophia University Institute, the Pontifical University of Mexico and La Salle University.\"Festa\"<\/strong> The Focolare community threw a celebration in honor of June 7, 1997,<\/strong> together with the apostolic nuncio, Msgr Franco Coppola, and the Dean of the Pontifical University of Mexico, Dr Mario \u00c1ngel Flores Ramos. There was music, dance, video and testimonies from those present on that memorable day, which served as the perfect context to rediscover the depth of Chiara Lubich\u2019s message. \u201cIn the basilica of the Madonna of Guadalupe,\u201d said Maria Voce in her message to the Mexican community, \u201cin front of the \u2018Morenita,\u2019 Chiara highlighted the wonderful symbols that Mary clothed herself in, presenting her as an extraordinary example of inculturation.\u201d Chiara\u2019s legacy, which obviously echoed the original message of Guadalupe, still strongly resonates, Focolare\u2019s president said. \u201cLet\u2019s entrust ourselves to her, icon of the \u2018culture of meeting,\u2019 so that we might fully \u2018make ourselves one\u2019 and bring the spirituality of communion everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three events mark the legacy left by Focolare\u2019s founder to the Mexican people when she visited the country on June 1997.<\/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":[893,894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focolare-worldwide-2","category-senza-categoria-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329354","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=329354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}