Notes from the assembly of CL communities in Eurasia with Fr. Carrón, a “long-distance dialogue” catalyzed by the challenge posed by Rosa Montero in El País. What makes the here and now a beginning and not the end? From July/August 'Traces'.
"From the time you wake up in the morning, you have to have some explanation for your being here, for your life, for your ex- istence–today, here and now." (Julián Carrón)
College ended in the middle of the pandemic. Then came illness, many uncertainties, and the desire to be able to relive the fascination of the encounter. Ana speaks of why she decided to join the Fraternity.
Joining the Fraternity of CL was something stable in the midst of a sea of questions and uncertainties. The beginning of the pandemic surprised me whilst I was in Erasmus in Paris. I had to return to Madrid and all my plans changed completely overnight. A...
Just a few weeks left to the opening of the 42nd edition of the Rimini event, but it is not too early for a taste of what is to come. A brief look at what ‘shows’ are in this year’s program.
Days spent at home, loved ones mourned from a distance, friendships cultivated online, jobs lost or done in slippers. “Hidden" experiences that have become common to us all, as only happens during great events in history. At the dawn of the First World Wa...
Faced with her husband's leukemia, Valentina finds herself on her knees, drawn into a dialogue in which everything is illuminated.
Last week we celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary here in Boston where we have been living for a few years now. During mass, Fr. Luis spoke these words, which I felt were very true: “You are faithful to one another, but in the first place it is God...
The First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, scheduled for Sunday, July 25, promoted by the Holy Father and the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
"We have seen what happened with the elderly in certain places in our world as a result of the coronavirus. They did not have to die that way." These are the Pope’s words, in Fratelli tutti, to all the elderly, often left alone. These were circumstances t...
A hundred friends from the CL communities in the South East spent a few days together on the shores of a lake in Georgia. Enrico speaks about the testimonies, the games, the walks… and the baptism of their new arrival.
Sautee Mountain Retreat is located in the mountains of Georgia, in the southernmost part of the Appalachian Mountains. We found ourselves there in late June for the summer vacation of the CL communities of the Southeast and Florida – from Knoxville, Tenne...
The letter sent by Fr. Julián Carrón, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, to Card. Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastry for the Laity, Family and Life.
Your Eminence,
In response to the letter with which you intended to provide me with an advance copy of the text of the general Decree regarding the exercise of governance within international associations of the faithful, I wish to assure you that the ...
“Anticipation of vacation is evidence of the will to live; for just this reason it must not be ‘vacation’ from oneself. Then summer will not be an interruption or a postponement of taking life seriously.” (Fr. Giussani)
