«Chiara Lubich: unity and politics»
The Focolari founder’s charism contributes towards renewal in politics.
From 12 to 15 March 2015
An international event, consisting of conferences and seminars, is scheduled to take place in various capital cities on the 7th anniversary of Chiara Lubich’s passing away on March 14, 2008. These conferences and seminars will give one the opportunity to reflect on the prospects that emerge from Lubich’s message of unity for today’s politics.
Commitment in politics is considered by Lubich as a true and proper vocation, “a personal calling that emerges from circumstances and is communicated through one’s conscience”. She speaks of the response to this call as being “before all else an act of brotherhood: one acts in response to a public need and deals with questions that concern others, wanting their good as if it were one’s own”. Such an act enables “a constant dialogue with every other aspect of life (economy, health, communication, art, administration of justice, etc) in order to provide the conditions for society itself, in all its expressions, to achieve its design completely”.
The programme of scheduled events and information about them can be found on the website www.politicsforunity.com. A summary of Chiara Lubich’s writings, selected by the event’s organizing committee, is also available.
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Updated on March 11, 2015
It will the Cathedral of Frascati (Rome), chosen by Msgr. Raffaello Martinelli for the official opening of the “process on the life, virtues, reputation for holiness and signs” of Chiara Lubich, that will highlight “the ecclesial nature of this act”. The opening ceremony, termed as Prima Sessio, took place on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 16.00hrs, it may be followed live via internet.
