Fraternity Exercises

“What Surprises Me, Says God, Is Hope”

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation.
2024

The texts of meditations by Monsignor Giovanni Paccosi, Bishop of San Miniato, on the occasion of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL. From April 12 to 14, around 21,000 people gathered both in person in Italy and in communities abroad, conne...

Fraternity Exercises

Our eyes fixed on Jesus, who is the origin and fulfillment of faith (2023)

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, 2023
2023

The texts of meditations by Fr. Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, Abbot General of the Cistercian Order, on the occasion of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL. From April 14 to 16, around 32,000 people, including 5,000 gathered in person in Rimini and t...

Fraternity Exercises

"Christ, the Life of Life" (2022)

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, 2022
2022

The texts of the meditations of Father Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, Abbot General of the Cistercian Order, on the occasion of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, held via video link from Friday April 29 to Sunday May 1, 2022.

Fraternity Exercises

What Can Withstand the Test of Time? (2019)

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, 2019
2019

Download the texts of Fr. Julián Carrón's meditations and the homilies by Fr. Stefano Alberto and Msgr. Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, on the occasion of the 2019 Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, which took place in...

Fraternity Exercises

"See, I am Doing Something New: Do You Not Perceive It?" (2018)

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, 2018
2018

Included in the booklet are meditations by Fr. Julián Carrón and homilies by Fr. Stefano Alberto and Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell. The Fraternity Exercises took place in Rimini on April 27-29, 2018.

Fraternity Exercises

My Heart is Glad Because You Live, Oh Christ (2017)

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL, 2017
2017

In the booklet, you will find Fr. Julián Carrón's meditations, and homilies by Fr. Stefano Alberto, Fr. Francesco Braschi and Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli on the occasion of the 2017 Fraternity Exercises which occurred in Rimini on April 28-30, 2017.

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"Behold, I make all things new"

CLU Spiritual Exercises
2023

The Spiritual Exercises of the University Students of Communion and Liberation (CLU) were held in Rimini from 8 to 10 December 2023, with the theme "Behold, I make all things new" (Rev 21:5). The lessons were delivered by Fr. Francesco Ferrari, priest of...

CLU Exercises

"Who Do You Say that I Am?" (2010)

CLU Spiritual Exercises 2010 booklet.

The CLU Spiritual Exercises occurred in Rimini on December 10-12. Lessons were lead by Fr. Julián Carrón, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, with witnesses by Wael Farouq and Emilia Guarnieri.

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Meeting with high school graduates

with Davide Prosperi and Matteo Severgnini
2023

On May 31, 2023, at the Sacro Cuore in Milan and via video link from Italy, a meeting of the high school graduates of Gioventù Studentesca took place with Davide Prosperi and Matteo Severgnini Download the pdf

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Let us begin to judge: it is the beginning of liberation

The texts of testimony and synthesis of the Gioventù Studentesca Equipe.
2023

The texts of Francesco Fadigati's testimony and Matteo Severgnini's synthesis of the Gioventù Studentesca Equipe, which was attended by over six hundred high school students, along with some adults and teachers. La Thuile, 8-10 September 2023

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The urgent need for happiness (2022)

The challenge of maturity

On May 29, 2022, via video conference from Milan, the meeting of Student Youth members finishing their last year of high school with Davide Prosperi and Francesco Barberis.

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You only see what you admire (2020)

The GS Beginning Day

On October 10 2020, the Student Youth (Gioventù Studentesca) Beginning Day took place via video link in Italy and abroad, with Julián Carrón and Francesco Barberis. The title of the day was: You only see what you admire. Pdf and epub

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Notes from the Raggio of Gioventù Studentesca (2020)

Via video link with Julián Carrón and Francesco Barberis.

On May 21, 2020, during the pandemic, Gioventù Studentesca students connected online to participate in the Raggio led by Fr. Julián Carrón and Francesco Barberis. "We have asked ourselves: 'During this time full of new and trying circumstances, remote le...

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"What am I here to do in the world?" (2020)

The challenge of graduation

On February 12, 2020, in Milan, a meeting was held with Fr. Julián Carrón and Francesco Barberis, with members of Gioventù Studentesca. Students from more than eighty cities in Italy, Switzerland, Portugal and the Czech Republic also connected to the meet...

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"Who Is This Man?" (2019)

The GS Beginning Day Milan, 6 October, 2019

On 6 October, 2019, almost two thousand high school students from Lombardy met for the Beginning of the Year Day for Gioventù Studentesca. The title of the day was: "Who Is This Man?". The meeting with Fr. Carrón and Francesco Barberis took place in the...

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What Can Withstand the Test of Time? (2019)

The GS Easter Triduum Rimini, April 18-20, 2019

The GS Easter Triduum took place on April 18-20, 2019, in Rimini. The title of the Triduum was, "What Can Withstand the Test of Time?" The lessons were guided by Fr. Pierluigi Banna and saw about 6,000 students from Italy and abroad in attendance.

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Easter 2024. Holy Week

Communion and Liberation
2024

The booklet with the texts and prayers that Fr. Luigi Giussani always proposed, especially to the movement's university students, as an aid to living the Easter Triduum and Easter.

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A process of gazing

Gathering of the Young People of CL Assisi, 23–26 November 2023
2023

From November 23 to 26 2023, the second gathering of a group of young people from the movement took place in Assisi. Over four hundred people, from Italy and abroad, shared moments of intense discussion and experienced moments of conviviality (here is the...

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"Faith, the fulfillment of reason"

2023

The notes from the Communion and Liberation Adults' Beginning Day in Lombardy, which was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago (Milan) and via video link-up, on 23 September 2023. The texts of the interventions by Francesco Cassese and Davide Prosperi. ...

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The Verification of Faith

CLU Equipe
2023

Synthesis by Fr. Francesco Ferrari to the Equipe of University Students of CL. La Thuile (Aosta), August 29–September 1, 2023. "[...] This morning I will not summarize the abundance that these days have been, I just want to elaborate on what, also togeth...

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“You have given him rule over the works of Your hands”

Gathering of the Young People of CL Assisi, March 23–26, 2023
2023

A three-day gathering of a group of young people from the movement took place in Assisi from March 23 to 26. Three hundred people, from all over Italy and Spain, shared moments of close discussion (a lecture and two assemblies) and experienced moments of ...