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 10th World Meeting of Families just concluded. “Be the seed of a more fraternal world” was Pope Francis’ mandate to all those families present.
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.
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).
A couple from Croatia and their experience with the Focolare Movement’s “Paths of Light” project
The Focolare Movement is a partner of the Laudato Si’ Movement for the Care of Creation. Tomas Insua, the Executive Director, speaks of the great synergy in the commitment to improve our common home.
In the USA the statistics for the states of New York, New Jersey and California are increasing every hour. The areas of the three states have imposed a voluntary curfew on people and there are also many people in need of help.
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Fraternity, tenderness and creativity: the right ingredients to face the emergency of the Coronavirus through thousands of experiences of love for others.
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The world is taken by fear with the burst of COVID19 globally. As a local community of the Focolare Dumaguete City, we braced ourselves for the inevitable. When the first death of a Covid19 patient was reported in our city, we were shaken. It did not take long before we were under a lock down and advised to do home quarantine.
[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 Covid19 that has been rampant in the world in recent months has been a wake up call for some
[more]This morning a surprise and a lot of joy for our families at Loreto School. On the day of the Annunciation we received a special touch from Mary for her Citadel of Loppiano: the snow!
We proposed to live the quarantine of colours in time of social isolation.
We presented it today to the families to help each other to live as harmoniously and in communion as possible this unforeseen and complex moment. We are all committed to ensuring that the emotional life and communion among all, generated by GIM, will always support families in these difficult days.
The departure of Carlo Casini has caused us heartache, it has left a huge void, it’s almost as if a piece of us is missing.
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