"Our work and the footprint of God"
LettersThey curated and explained the exhibition on the Trappist monastery of Azer, at the Rimini Meeting: the account of the preparation and the days lived by the volunteers who acted as "guides".
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An embrace that holds Kazakhstan and Mongolia together
LettersFr. Pier is a missionary in Karaganda and had the opportunity to participate in the Pope's visit to the Asian country. Here is his account.
My meeting with Charles and Dorothy
LettersA young university graduate recounts her two days in Rimini. Here is what struck and enthused her about what she saw.
So that holidays don’t remain a memory
LettersThe walks in the Dolomites, a party in the village square, the news of a friend's death. And a question that weaves through the few days spent together: what does it really mean to undertake a journey?
Germany: When 'yes' is enough
LettersA small community near Munich that takes seriously the challenge of what it means to “be a presence”. The result is the presentation of "The Religious Sense" in the parish, and not only.
Luxembourg: Songs from the world, voice of a people
LettersOn the occasion of the Bonnevoie parish festival, the CL community proposed an exhibition on Fr. Giussani and an evening of songs to all.
Holy Land: Caring for the body of Christ
LettersSeven retirees in Jerusalem to serve the works of the Custody of the Holy Land. Humble works in the holy places, and many encounters with those who live Christianity in that land full of contradictions.
Angela, "Fisherwoman of men"
LettersShe was born in Rome, lived in Milan where she married a Japanese man. And in 1980 she had moved with her family to Hiroshima. She was at the origin of the CL community in Japan. The normal story of a special woman.
Aid to Ukraine and that nostalgia
LettersA doctor in Venice, through friendship with a colleague in Uzhorod, has become involved in several missions to the war-torn country over the past year.
Hungary: “Today I am coming to your house!"
LettersThe Fraternity Exercises, the Pope's visit to Budapest, European Responsibles' Diaconia. For the Hungarian community, "This is how God came looking for us."
Syria: Pilgrims in a tormented land
LettersNot since 2011 had such a large group of pilgrims visited Syria. They were a group of 44 Russian Catholic and Orthodox faithful led by Monsignor Paolo Pezzi in the footsteps of St. Paul. An account of those days
"These nuns are not afraid"
LettersA Sunday morning with the Missionaries of Charity among the homeless. Gerald's coffee, Cyrian's gaze, the Gospel gifted among the tents... An account of a day of charitable work in San Francesco.
Flooding: That "caress" in the darkness of a garage
LettersMore stories and testimonies from the territories flooded in Emilia Romagna. Because you can help even at a distance, even without your boots or hands in the mud.
Flooding: a community in motion
Letters"In the face of what is happening, either you stop at appearances, or you go to the bottom of what you consist of, and become aware of who you are." Two testimonies from Forlì and Cesena.
"That common thread that binds us"
LettersFrom Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Romania... The small communities of the movement from the Balkans gathered in Macedonia at the end of March for a vacation.
At the Golgotha of Auschwitz for peace
LettersA Via Crucis in the symbolic place of the Holocaust to respond to Pope Francis’ appeal for peace. Anna from Krakow, who had not dared to visit the concentration camp for a long time, recounts the event.
Fraternity: "Why are we still here?"
LettersThe expectancy, attention and emotion upon return. Four testimonies from the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, preached by Fr. Mauro Giuseppe Lepori.
The impact of something big
LettersFrom April 6 to 8, more than 3,500 GS Students participated in the Easter Triduum preached by Fr. Fabio Colombo in Rimini. Here are letters from some of them.
Kenya: Joy and the president
LettersDuring his visit to the African country, the Italian President Matterella also stopped at the Saint Kizito Vti vocational school set up by AVSI and fruit of Fr. Giussani's educational passion.
Munich: "Our commitment (not alone) to peace"
LettersPublic moments of prayer, together with other movements, the local church and other friends. Munich also responds to the Pope’s invitation from October 15.
Egypt: Rediscovering the gift of Fr. Giussani today
LettersIn Alexandria, the movement's small community commemorated the centenary of the birth of the founder of CL. In the heart of the Middle East, the testimony of a "continuous story of love".