[:mt]Margaret Karram: Il-President il-ġdida tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari[:en]Margaret Karram: the new President of the Focolare Movement[:]

[:mt]See Press Release

Il-President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari għas-sitt snin li ġejjien hi Margaret Karram, li twieldet Haifa, fl-Art Imqaddsa fl-1962.

L-elezzjoni li għaliha huma meħtieġa almenu żewġ terzi ta’ dawk preżenti għall-Assemblea ġenerali saret il-Ħadd 31 ta’ Jannar u ġiet approvata mid-Dikasteru għal-Lajċi, il-Familja u l-Ħajja, kif jitlob l-Istatut tal-Fokolari.

Il-President il-ġdida – li skont l-Istatut dejjem trid tkun mara – tmexxi l-Moviment għas-sitt snin li ġejjien.

Minħabba l-pandemija, l-Assemblea ġenerali tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari li vvutat għall-President il-ġdida qed issir kollha online. Bdiet fl-24 ta’ Jannar li għadda u tispiċċa fis-7 ta’ Frar 2021. Hi t-tielet Assemblea ġenerali li qed issir wara l-mewt tal-fundatriċi Chiara Lubich.

Qed jieħdu sehem fiha 359 membri mid-dinja kollha u hemm rappreżentanza ta’ diversi kulturi, ġenerazzjonijiet, vokazzjonijiet, appartenenzi ekkleżjali u twemmin reliġjuż preżenti fil-Moviment tal-Fokolari.

Wara l-elezzjoni tal-President, fl-1 ta’ Frar ikun hemm l-elezzjoni tal-Ko-president, li skont l-Istatut irid ikun fokolarin saċerdot, u mbagħad l-elezzjoni tal-kunsilliera li jagħtu s-sehem tagħhom fit-tmexxija ċentrali tal-Moviment.

Aktar ‘l quddiem ikun hemm press release.

Lorenzo Russo – Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari

Min hi Margaret Karram?

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See Press Release

The election, which required a two-thirds majority of those present, took place on Sunday 31 January, and has been approved by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, in accordance with the Movement’s Statutes.

The new President – who by Statute will always be a woman – is to guide the Movement through the next six years.

The current General Assembly of the Focolare Movement, which elected the new President, is being conducted entirely online due to the pandemic. It began on January 24 and will conclude on February 7, 2021. It’s the third General Assembly since the death of founder Chiara Lubich.

359 people are taking part around the world. They represent some of the different cultures, generations, vocations, members of different churches and religious faiths who are part of the Focolare Movement.

With the election of the President, on February 1 the Co-President will be elected, who according to the Statutes must be a Focolarino priest, then the councillors who will collaborate in the central governance of the Movement.

Lorenzo Russo – Focolare Communications Office[:]