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.
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.
A couple from Croatia and their experience with the Focolare Movement’s “Paths of Light” project
La historia de una familia “ampliada” que se abre a un amor que no es automático
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.
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).
Truthfully, to us it seems very nice that in this era that there is still someone who prepares a crib in the family and tries to involve others around it, when Christmas is reduced to an exchange of more or less useless and expensive gifts, to bright angels hanging everywhere along the streets of our cities, to large Christmas trees with coloured balls.
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An important step for the project which aims to accompany couples who wish to strengthen their unity.
[more]On December 3, 2019, join the movement and give – whether it’s some of your time, a donation, or the power of your voice in your local community.
It’s a simple idea. Whether you come together with your family, your community, your company or your organization, find a way to give back and then share your idea.
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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.
…we often experience the impotence of words with our children, with our relatives , who absorbed by their interests , which are often consumerist, reject any spiritual discourses. We can’t get through to them when we refer to the values in which we believe and which have supported us from the first day of our marriage. They appear to be so helpless, so vulnerable and dissatisfied but we don’t know how to help them…
Angela L. – Campania
Meetings with families, the Up2me Tutor school and a visit to the social centres and ‘Housing’ project. Interview with Gianni and Maria Salerno
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We often listen to bad news, sometimes it is inhuman and disturbing, other times it is because our eyes can’t distinguish beauty any more. How can we nurture an optimistic view on life?
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