On Saturday 8 June, the President of the Focolare Movement, Maria Voce, was invited to the international conference for leaders of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. In her talk, Maria Voce spoke about how the Holy Spirit is seen in the Focolare Movement. We publish some extracts.
Extract from Chiara Lubich’s address to the 7th Assembly of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, Amman, 29th November 1999.
Extract of talk given by Chiara Lubich in Montet, Switzerland, on 21 September 1991
A commission has been set up to prepare for the 2020 Focolare General Assembly. Indications have been given by the President Maria Voce and Co-president Jesús Morán: guarantee maximum freedom of expression for all!
How often does one get to discuss the economy and work with the help of experts in the field and yet free from any commercial, political or personal constraints? Not very often. Yet this was the experience of those who participated in this seminar organized by the Focolare Movement on 7th April 2019.
Christian love in economy and work surprisingly delivers the hundredfold in a better quality of life, in an economy on the move, and it benefits all, especially the more vulnerable. It gives deep serenity and true values.
We have to admit that eleven years after her death, and as we approach the centenary of her birth in 2020, Chiara Lubich is someone yet to be fully discovered.
Reflections on forgiveness by Chiara Lubich, taken from the Word of Life of November 2000.
Meditation on the Art of Loving by Chiara Lubich
A priest recounts an experience regarding the Word of Life: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20).