“Love excuses all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Everything! Anything! It is love in spite of everything.
A couple from Croatia and their experience with the Focolare Movement’s “Paths of Light” project
The Loreto School, the freshness of the first 40 years.
This year five families from four continents are attending the school, which was inaugurated by Chiara Lubich, who also indicated the name “Loreto”. Since 1982, 500 others have participated, while almost 1,500 families have stayed for shorter periods.
The existence of struggling couples, separated couples and those in new unions is a cry for help in the world. The “New Families Movement”, a branch of the Focolare, endeavours to support these families.
The 10th World Meeting of Families just concluded. “Be the seed of a more fraternal world” was Pope Francis’ mandate to all those families present.
La historia de una familia “ampliada” que se abre a un amor que no es automático
Alice Carwardine, an Australian Catholic, began her ecological conversion during Lent 2018, by writing a list of exactly forty changes. In seeking a Gospel text to serve as inspiration for this conversion, she chose the moment when Jesus enters the temple and overturns the tables of the money changers and the chairs of the dove sellers (Mt 21:12).
From the 8th to the 28th of July, 22 families from various parts of the world participated at the first edition of the “Loppiano Family Experience”: a three-week immersion in the life of the Loreto School and the citadel of Loppiano.
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Come mai è diventato così difficile poter condividere le proprie difficoltà? Andiamo in profondità per rispondere a questo interrogativo, esplorando il concetto di coregolazione emotiva.
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“The idea was born in response to the desire of many families who want to live an experience of deepening the charism of unity and then become animators of other families”, explains Maria Salerno, from the Secretariat of the New Families Movement, “but who cannot take a year off work for their own formation, as […]
[more]This publication now brings together in a single printable digital version the 10 guides, accompanying the special edition with the collection of 10 videos of the pope in dialogue with families (already individually available on the website www.amorislaetitia.va).
With these words the Holy Father introduces us to the theme of the education of children, which is “a call, a challenge, a joy”.
Developed within the Focolare Movement, Up2Me has been piloted so far in 28 countries. It grew from the need frequently expressed by children and youth who find themselves facing big issues like life, health, sexuality, modern life styles, emotions, future life choices … without adequate tools to deal with them.
The Holy Father speaks about “foreverness” in marriage, in this fifth video of the 10-part series prepared as part of the celebration of the «Amoris Laetitia Family» Year. This time Pope Francis addresses himself particularly to spouses.
“Don’t be afraid to fail: fear is the greatest obstacle to welcoming Christ and His plan for our lives! Be careful of fear!”, the Holy Father powerfully warns us.
The Attachment Theory provides us with a framework within which it is possible to understand the dynamics of a couple.
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Our choice in love is influenced, unconsciously, by what we have experienced as children, in our family of origin.
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On the 23 to the 24 March 2024, 47 families (139 people, including 46 children) met at Loppiano with Dr. Ezio Aceti, developmental psychologist, to address the issue of education for the age group 0-12 years and pre-adolescence.
The next Family Format weekend will be on April 20-21 and the theme will be: “Aspects of disability in the family: children, the elderly… new perspectives”.
