April 18, 2014
It is a necessity today to revive a political culture and give back the voice to personalities who wrote important pages of history, while one follows those who lived strong political ideals.
A talk about Igino Giordani, a pioneer of European unity and a politician who stuck to the values of good governance, will be held inRomeon the 34th anniversary of his death and on the eve of the European Parliament elections. The biography of Giordani, a twenty-year work carried out by Tommaso Sorgi, will be presented to the public on this occasion.
Igino Giordani (1894-1980) was a man who possessed profound freedom, even from the constraints of power. His life can still be taken as a witness to a political culture that values coherence, dialogue and peace.
Giordani was amongst the first youth who accompanied Don Luigi Sturzo in the affairs of the newborn Italian Popular Party. He faced the growth of the fascist regime with great determination; he aspired for the dream of a United Europe to happen soon, and did all he could for Jews hit by the Nazi persecution. Giordani was a collaborator of Alcide De Gasperi in setting up the Christian Democratic Party. He was a parliamentarian, a member of the Italian Constituent Assembly, a writer and a journalist. In 1948 he met Chiara Lubich and started to share the spirit of the Focolare Movement she had just founded. He became one of the Movement’s co-founders.
“A tweet from the past: In the beginning was the backbone…..”
Talk and discussion at Capranica College in Rome on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 16.00.
Prof. Rocco Pezzimenti, historian of Italian political thought (LumsaUniversity,Rome).
Hon. Rosa Russo Jervolino, who knew Giordani personally.
Prof. Alberto Lo Presti, director of the Igino Giordani Centre.
Authorative testimony will complete the whole picture of the multifaceted figure of Giordani and start the debate with parliamentarians present.
Biographical notes about Igino Giordani
Igino Giordani: The Politician
Invitation “In the beginning was the backbone…”
Video excerpts (in Italian) of Igino Giordani are available on request.
Updated on April 24, 2014
SIF – Focolare Information Service
