Genfest 2024, a worldwide Festival of fraternity promoted by the young people of the Focolare Movement, will take place in July at Aparecida, Brazil and it will showcase the “local” commitment of many Focolare communities.
The Prayers for Unity will be held online at 17:50 for 18:00 UK time on every 2nd Monday of the month. Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone else who would like to participate.
For many years our local Welwyn/Hatfield InterFaith group have celebrated National InterFaith Week in November by hosting a shared supper at the Focolare Centre for Unity. It being our most popular event of our busy year, we decided to also hold one this summer.
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Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple – truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.’ (Mt 10:42).
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In the “link-up” we truly experience love that “reaches out and comes back” because of how thankful you are and the way you make it your own.
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Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. (2 Cor. 13:11).
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Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour (Rom 12:10).
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In this short excerpt, Chiara, in answering a question on the relationship with other religions, reveals the secret to building true universal fraternity: seeking what unites us in diversity.
Message of Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, to all those who are preparing for the next Genfest 2024, the event of the Movement’s young people that will take place in Aparecida, Brazil, and in different parts of the world with various local Genfests.
Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we offer a short video documentary on a recent meeting of people from the Focolare Movement belonging to various Churches.
A short video supporting the theme of the year: ‘We are called and we are sent’ – part of the Conference Call of 7 October 2023. ‘By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’ (Jn 13: 35)
We can keep our hearts anchored in heaven while living in the midst of the world, by letting ourselves be guided by the thoughts and feelings of Jesus whose inner gaze was always turned to the Father and whose life always reflected the law of heaven which is the law of love.
[more]In the ‘link-up’ we truly experience love that ‘reaches out and comes back’ because of how thankful you are and the way you make it your own.
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Live as children of light: for the fruit of the light is found in all
that is good and right and true. (Eph. 5:8-9)
