30 May – 3 June, 2012
“The Family: work and celebration”. This is the theme of 7th World meeting of Families which will take place from the 30th May to the 3rd June 2012 in Milan, Italy. Promoted by the Holy See through the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Archdiocese of Milan, the organization of this event mobilizes quite a number of associations, groups and movements that contribute towards the well-being of the family.
For Benedict XVI, this edition of the World Meeting of Families is “an opportunity to reflect about work and rest as aspects of a united family, open to life, well inserted in society and in the Church, attentive to the quality of relationtionships besides that of the household economy”.
Since the very beginning, the families of the Focolare Movement have been contributing towards the organization of this meeting, both as members of the Pontifical Council for the Family and also because of a longstanding presence in religious and civil institutions that contribute towards the well-being of families in Lombardy. The appointment given for Saturday morning 2nd June at Carroponte di Sesto San Giovanni will be in preparation for the evening meeting with Benedict XVI. From there they will proceed together to Bresso Airport to greet the Pope. “Relating about families while waiting for the Pope” is the programme intended for this session. Maria Voce and the couple Anna Maria and Danilo Zanzucchi are expected to participate and give their interventions.
Official Website of the VII World Meeting of Families
Official Website of New Families – Focolare Movement
Updated on 4th June 2012
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SIF – Focolare Information Service
