Emmaus Maria Voce, president of the Focolare Movement, and Jesus Moran, co-president, have just come back from a visit to the Focolare community in Syria. You can read more in the posts below. Last summer Sylwia Machej and Patricia Batista, from the UK, took part to a “temporary Focolare” project in Homs.
Here is their first-hand report (courtesy of New City).
Maria Voce to young Syrians: “Do not let your values be stolen from you. Join all the young people who want a better world. The world is waiting for you.”
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On Saturday May 4th the president and co-president of the Focolare met with the Syrian community of the Movement. The sharing of their testimonies conveyed their pain and their sense of loss and mourning, but also their wealth of culture and traditions – and their desire to live and to rebuild their homeland.
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The first city to be visited by the President and Co-president of the Focolare Movement during their journey to Syriaisn Homs where they met the small community that chose not to abandon the city during the civil war. These same people now contribute towards the rebuilding of their country.
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At the end of March, young people from the United World Project GB met for the second time following an initial meeting in London in November 2018. This time, they headed north to sunny Glasgow (yes, it really was sunny!) to build on the project, progress with new ideas and spend time with each other.
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