“Does the insistence of the Christian tradition on the salvific value of the flesh still make any sense? And if so, why? On the Feast of the Epiphany recently celebrated, we meet three characters.” Prosperi's article from Corriere della Sera.
The message of Monsignor Adelio Dell'Oro, Bishop of Karaganda. "We are saddened by so much violence and disrespect for human life. Only with true religiosity, a real dependence on God, we can discover ourselves as brothers and sisters.”
Dear Friends,
All is quiet in Karaganda. The unrest happened and is happening mostly in Almaty and in other cities of Kazakhstan. Here they have begun to grant internet access for a few hours, whilst it is night in Italy. After that it becomes impossib...
His friendship with Jim, whom he met seven years ago, and the birth of a housing community for parolees. Lorenzo from Colorado recounts what he has experienced in recent months.
Seven years ago, I met Jim in a correctional facility in Colorado where he had been incarcerated for more than 20 years. When he was unexpectedly granted parole in 2016, he moved to Denver and our friendship continued. He asked me to help him start a non-...
“It is more evident than ever that it is not a matter of ‘saying’ but of ‘being’.” Service in the Diocese, encounters and relationships with the people. A letter from Tunis.
Tunisia, a melting pot of cultures and a bridge between civilizations, is severely challenged not only be economic poverty, but also by a poverty of hope and meaning. The Church, whose multicolored and multi-ethnic presence has never diminished over the c...
A group of middle school children from Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, Illinois, and Tennessee spend the weekend camping together with Fr. Roberto.
The third weekend of October, I had the opportunity to take my two oldest boys, Francesco and Pietro, to a camping trip as part of the experience of the Knights. The location of the National Bridge State Resort Park near Lexington, Kentucky was beautiful,...
Gaia shares her experience of preparing the AVSI "Tents" Campaign in Chicago with her friends.
Last Christmas, I had the chance to participate in a fundraising event for AVSI Foundation. My friends Cristina and Laura from Italy offered a series of online cooking classes through Cristina's cooking school and all of the money was donated for a projec...
In Kampala, a special form of distance learning has been set up: lessons in the street and handouts delivered to homes. A project born during lockdown and by the AVSI Tents Campaign.
"May this living fountain of hope be every morning the most gripping and tenacious meaning of life possible." Luigi Giussani's address at the 2002 Rimini Meeting on Dante's Hymn to Our Lady.
What I want to tell you is like a clearer and more profound vindication than can be imagined on the apparent uselessness of life, on the apparent negativity of plans. Whoever has not experienced it, whoever has not felt it, and thus has not done it contin...
The Christmas message of Davide Prosperi to the Movement: “Not only does God walk with us, but He entrusts Himself to our freedom; He hungers and thirsts for our freely spoken ‘yes’”.
“Christmas, a real fact that confronts our retreat from life.” Julián Carrón’s contribution on Christmas, published in Corriere della Sera on December 24.
