{"id":158111,"date":"2022-12-06T17:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/?p=158111"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:36:02","slug":"letters-1930-1960-getting-to-know-chiara-lubich-through-her-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/en\/letters-1930-1960-getting-to-know-chiara-lubich-through-her-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLetters 1939-1960\u201d: Getting to know Chiara Lubich through her letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A volume of Chiara Lubich\u2019s works entitled \u201cLetters 1930-1960\u201d has been on sale in Italian bookshops for several months. We spoke to <strong>Florence Gillet<\/strong> from the Chiara Lubich Centre, a theologian and scholar of the Focolare Movement, who is the editor of the publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/italiano-lettere-incontrare-chiara-lubich-attraverso-il-suo-epistolario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-158118 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lettere1930-1960-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lettere1930-1960-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lettere1930-1960-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Lettere1930-1960.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>The book contains 338 letters<\/strong> (a selection of the many letters written by Chiara Lubich) that bring the reader into direct contact with the early years of the nascent Focolare Movement and the development of its charism. \u201cI advise everyone to make the effort,\u201d Florence continues, \u201cto start reading from the introduction, to grasp the key to the reading, and then continue with the letters, one by one, in an orderly way, letting them \u2018speak to the heart&#8217;\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The reader will find letters to individuals, letters to growing communities, letters to members of her family; They will find other letters that are more doctrinal, in which Chiara explains her newfound ideal. \u201cProducing this book has been a fascinating project,\u201d she concludes, \u201cand I think readers will find it fascinating too\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/italiano-lettere-incontrare-chiara-lubich-attraverso-il-suo-epistolario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read complete article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enquiries and orders: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cittanuova.it\/lettere-chiara-lubich-edizione-mondiale\/?ms=001&amp;se=013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citt\u00e0 Nuova website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A volume of Chiara Lubich\u2019s works entitled \u201cLetters\u201d has been on sale in Italian bookshops for several months. 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