India: A family for father Don Bosco
WorldA Salesian priest, in 2019 he started Talitha Cumi Unnati, an educational centre that, today also with the support of Avsi, welcomes girls in difficulty. Here is his story
Stories - 2023
"Look! What do I remind you of?"
WorldFrom the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China... A vacation for 80 people from CL's South East Asian community. Beautiful days, “but not because of our virtue, it is God who brings us together.”
Russia: An unpredictable unity
WorldDarina lives in a small village near Vladimir. She became a teacher "so that the children would encounter the same gaze that I met." That gaze which for her has overcome all loneliness. From the November issue of Tracce.
Greece: "My church of migrants"
WorldOn the island of Lesvos, Fr. Martin serves an unusual parish, made up mostly of refugees: "I watch them, I listen to them. And their faith strengthens my own."
Uganda: Picnic and destiny
WorldA day together, with students and young workers, at the botanical gardens in Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria. To deepen the friendship that binds them. And to propose it to others
Kansas: The spark on campus
US, UK and MoreThe first 'conference' of CL univeristy students at Benedictine College in Atchinson. A small weekend-long meeting involving sixty students from the United States and four from Italy. Here is their account.
I, a Muslim, thirst for their happiness
WorldMeeting an Italian teacher and the impact of the “gifts” received from friends who are in love with life. From October Traces, the story of Yersultan, a Kazak student.
Why are we still here?
US, UK and MoreAn invitation to take part in the Spiritual Exercises in the local parish hall, regular meetings on the book "The Religious Sense" by Luigi Giussani, and the discovery of something unknown that everyone was looking for.
Sierra Leone: the fruit of a friendship
WorldFrom former child soldier to foster father. Jimmy Tamba recounts his meeting with Fr. Berton, CL and the Nembrini family. "They did not analyze what had happened to me, they made me see the good in the world."
Mikhail Shishkin: "Only culture can rebuild"
EncountersOne of the greatest contemporary Russian authors, now in exile: “When the war ends, it will be language, music, poetry that will build bridges between Russians and Ukrainians. That is why I do not stop writing.”
Venezuela: "Within fatigue, we are joyful Christians"
EncountersThe exhibition on Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, his first time at the Meeting, the challenges of a country in crisis. Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Caracas, speaks.
Sparks of the Meeting
WorldGiacomo volunteered at the Meeting as a photographer. Here, in pictures and words, he recounts his days in Rimini
Cuba: Change of frequency
WorldThe Cuban community gathered to follow the presentation of The Religious Sense. But that evening, among the streets of Old Havana, the encounters and surprises continued. Alejandro's story from the latest issue of "Huellas”.
Madrid: "My adventure with Newman”
WorldThe encounter with the movement at age 17. The "yes" to Christ, the choice to teach and the birth of a school that today welcomes more than 1,500 students. Enrique Arroyo's testimony at the European Diaconia.
Greece: "Our vocation is the world"
WorldPaolo and Elena live in Athens. Charitable giving, dinners, meeting with other movements and associations up to the Spiritual Exercises. "To rediscover, in the gaze of the other, the beauty of our charism."
Bepi Berton: The mango seed
WorldThe Xaverian missionary in Sierra Leone died ten years ago. Caring for local Christian communities, welcoming the youngest, child soldiers... The memory of one of those young people "embraced by him".
"A new beginning, in which Christ will keep me with Him forever”
WorldBorn in South Korea, he moved with his family to Vancouver. At 13, he entered the diocesan seminary, and then came the encounter with St. Charles Fraternity. The story of Andrew Lee, one of the fraternity's new priests ordained on June 24.
Meeting up in Sydney out of gratitude
US, UK and MoreThey called it "Syd Catch up," a kind of mini Meeting, the first public event organized by the small community in the Australian city. Two meetings and an exhibition that have not gone unnoticed.
Be realists, ask for the impossible
EncountersAmerican theologian John Cavadini describes the “countercultural” value of Giussani’s book: “I am so moved just to know that my students have the chance to read a book like this.” From June Traces.
The beautiful path that (also) passes through Mauritius
WorldThe Fraternity Exercises in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Stefano, on his first trip to the island, speaks of a friendship "full of affection upon the first greeting".
Uganda: Florence's three prayers
WorldShe is one of "Rose's women." Her and Obote Milton were to be married in a church 20 years after their marriage in a tribal ceremony. Two weeks before the wedding he was killed. Their story and her words at his funeral.