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English (UK)[:mt]Margaret Karram – il-president il-ġdida
Il-Presidenza għall-Moviment tal-Fokolari fis-6 snin li ġejjien
Bħalissa l-Moviment tal-Fokolari qed jiltaqa’ għall-Assembea ġenerali li ssir kull sitt snin. Din hi t-tielet assemblea wara l-mewt tal-fundatriċi tiegħu Chiara Lubich. Wara tlett ijiem ta’ rtir u preżentazzjoni ta’ rapport minn Maria Voce, li mexxiet il-Moviment għal dawn l-aħħar tnax-il sena, bdew il-votazzjonijiet għat-tmexxija fis-sitt snin li ġejjien.
F’komunikat stampa maħruġ mill-Uffiċċju Informazzjoni tal-Fokolari fl-1 ta’ Frar tħabbar li:“Margaret Karram, ġejja mill-Art Mqaddsa, kienet eletta President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari fil-31 ta’ Jannar 2021 b’aktar minn żewġ terzi tat-359 parteċipant mid-dinja kollha li qed jieħdu sehem fl-Assemblea Ġenerali tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari”.
Karram twieldet Haifa, f’Izrael, fl-1962, minn familja Palestinjana. Ggradwat fil-Ġudaiżmu mill-Università Ebrajka ta’ Los Angeles. Wettqet diversi ħidmiet ta’ responsabbilità fil-Moviment u tat is-sehem tagħha f’diversi kummissjonijiet u organizzazzjonijiet li jaħdmu għad-djalogu bejn it-tliet reliġjonijiet monoteisti. Ilha mill-2014 tagħti sehemha fiċ-Ċentru Internazzjonali tal-Moviment bħala kunsilliera.
Fl-2013 rebħet il-Mount Zion Award għall-impenn tagħha biex ikun żviluppat id-djalogu bejn ir-reliġjonijiet u l-kulturi differenti u fl-2016 ġiet mogħtija l-Premju Internazzjonali S. Rita għall-ħidma tagħha biex jikber id-djalogu fost l-Insara, il-Lhud, il-Musulmani, l-Iżraeljani u l-Palestinjani permezz ta’ dak li wieħed jista’ jibda jgħix fil-ħajja ta’ kuljum.
In-nomina tagħha tħabbret wara li d-Dikasteru għal-Lajċi, il-Familja u l-Ħajja kkonferma l-elezzjoni tagħha, skont kif jitlob l-Istatut Ġenerali tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, li jgħid li l-President il-ġdida għandha twettaq il-ħidma tagħha “b’fedeltà, spirtu ta’ servizz u sens ta’ knisja għall-ġid tal-membri tal-Opra u tal-Knisja universali” u li għandha tkun “sinjal ta unità” f’Moviment li jħaddan u jagħmel ħiltu biex iwassal il-messaġġ ta’ fraternità li Chiara Lubich, il-fundariċi tiegħu siltet mill-Vanġelu: “Missier, ħa jkun ilkoll ħaġa waħda” (Ġw 17, 20-26).
Maragaret Karram għandha bosta impenji u sfidi li qed jistennewha fis-snin li ġejjien; hi ġiet fdata b’ħidma ta’ tmexxija u direzzjoni f’Moviment li għandu dimensjoni globali u li jidħol b’mod profond fir-realtajiet u l-isfidi lokali u globali tal-umanità. L-Istatut ġenerali jindika wkoll “l-istil” li bih trid tiddistingwi ruħha l-ħidma tal-President; jgħid: “Il-presidenza tagħha trid tkun qabel kollox waħda ta’ mħabba għax hi trid tkun l-ewwel waħda li tħobb u taqdi lil ħutha fil-waqt li tiftakar fil-kliem ta’ Ġesu: “Min irid ikun l-ewwel fostkom, għandu jkun ilsir ta’ kulħadd” (Mk 10:44).
Jesús Morán jerġa’ jkun elett ko-president
Wara l-votazzjoni għall-President, l-Assemblea vvutat ukoll għall-ko-president,u Jesús Morán ġie elett għat-tieni darba biex ikun il-Ko-president tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari. Id-Dikasteru għal-Lajċi, il-Familja u l-Ħajja kkonferma din in-nomina tiegħu fit-2 ta’ Frar.
Jesús Morán għandu 64 sena; twieled f’Navalperales de Pinares, Avila, Spanja. Iltaqa’ mal-messaġġ evanġeliku li jipproponi l-Moviment tal-Fokolari meta kien student universitarju permezz tax-xhieda ta’ xi wħud minn sħabu. Illawrja fil-Filosofija fl-Università Awtonoma ta’ Madrid, u mbagħad fit-Teoloġija Dommatika fl-Università Pontifiċja Kattolika f’Santiago, il-Ċile. Għandu dottorat fit-Teoloġija mill-Università Pontifiċja tal-Lateran, f’Ruma.
Mill-1996 sal-2004 hu kien id-delegat tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari għaċ-Ċile u l-Bolivja, fejn kien ordnat saċerdot fil-21 ta’ Diċembru 2002. Mill-2004 sal-2008 kien ko-responsabbli tal-Moviment fil-Messiku u Kuba.Fl-Assemblea Ġenerali tal-Fokolari li saret fl-2008, hu kien elett kunsillier ġenerali, u fl-2009 beda jagħmel parti mill-Iskola Abba, ċentru interdixxiplinari ta’ studju tal-Moviment, bis-sehem tiegħu fl-antropoloġija teoloġika u t-teoloġija morali. Mill-2014 sal-lum hu kien ko-president tal-Moviment.
L-ewwel dmir tiegħu hu li jgħin u jikkollabora mal-president. L-Istatut tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari jitkellem dwar “unità profonda mal-president” biex tkun tista’ tiżen ideat u deċiżjonijiet, fi smigħ u tiftix komuni tar-rieda t’Alla. Hu responsabbli tas-saċerdoti li jaderixxu għall-Moviment, u jara l-ħajja interna u l-attivitajiet tal-Moviment ikunu konformi mat-twemmin u l-morali tal-Knisja.
Fil-jiem li ġejjien ikomplu jsiru l-votazzjonijiet biex jiġu eletti l-kunsillieri ġenerali u titkompla l-ħidma dwar l-orjentamenti u l-linji li l-Moviment irid jimxi fuqhom fis-sitt snin li ġejjien.
Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari
Traduzzjoni bil-Malti: Vivienne Attard
[:en]Elected on 31 January, she is the third President to lead the Movement after the founder, Chiara Lubich, and after Maria Voce who has just completed two terms.
PRESS RELEASE – 1st February 2021
Yesterday, Margaret Karram, from the Holy Land, was elected President of the Focolare Movement with more than two thirds of the votes cast among the participants in the General Assembly of the Movement, composed of 359 representatives from all over the world. She succeeds the founder Chiara Lubich and Maria Voce who was in office for 12 years (two terms).
Margaret Karram is 58 years old and an Arab Catholic-Christian. She was born in Haifa and graduated in Judaism at the Hebrew University of Los Angeles (USA). She has held various positions of responsibility for the Focolare in Los Angeles and in Jerusalem. Her past experience includes membership of various commissions and organizations for the promotion of dialogue between the three monotheistic religions, such as the Episcopal Commission for Interreligious Dialogue, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land and the ICCI (Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel). She worked for 14 years at the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem.
Since 2014, she has been at the International Centre of the Focolare as councillor for Italy and Albania and co-responsible for Dialogue between Ecclesial Movements and New Catholic Communities.
She speaks Arabic, Hebrew, Italian and English. In 2013 she received the Mount Zion Award for Reconciliation, together with the Jewish scholar and researcher Yisca Harani, for their commitment to developing dialogue between different cultures and religions.
In 2016 she received the St Rita International Award for having promoted dialogue between Christians, Jews, Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, starting from people’s everyday life.
The election took place yesterday, 31 January 2021, but her appointment only became effective today, following confirmation by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, as envisaged by the General Statutes of the Focolare Movement. The document expresses the hope that the new president will be able to carry out her task “with faithfulness, in a spirit of service and ecclesial sensitivity, for the good of the members of the Movement and of the universal Church.”
Duties of the Focolare President
According to the Movement’s General Statutes, the President is chosen from among the focolarine (consecrated women with perpetual vows) and will always be a woman. In the Statutes we read, she “is the sign of the unity of the Movement”. This means that she represents the great religious, cultural, social and geographical variety of those who adhere to the spirituality of the Focolare in the 182 countries where the Movement is present and who identify with the message of fraternity that the founder, Chiara Lubich, drew from the Gospel: “Father, that they may all be one” (Jn 17:20-26).
There are many commitments and challenges awaiting Margaret Karram in the coming years: the tasks of governing and directing a worldwide Movement like the Focolare, which is deeply immersed in local and global realities and the challenges of humanity, starting from this time of pandemic. The Statutes also indicate the “style” that should distinguish the work of the President: “Hers is to be, above all, a presidency of love – they state – because she must be the first in loving and, therefore, in serving her own brothers and sisters, remembering the words of Jesus: “Whoever wishes to be first among you must be the servant of all” (Mk 10:44).
The primary commitment of the President, therefore, is to be a builder of bridges and a spokesperson for the central message of the spirituality of the Focolare, ready to practise and spread it, as we read further on, even at the cost of her own life.
The next steps of the General Assembly of the Focolare are the election of the Co-President this afternoon and of the councillors on 4th February.
Stefania Tanesini – Communications Office – Cell. +39 338 5658244Elected on 31 January, she is the third President to lead the Movement after the founder, Chiara Lubich, and after Maria Voce who has just completed two terms.
PRESS RELEASE – 1st February 2021
Yesterday, Margaret Karram, from the Holy Land, was elected President of the Focolare Movement with more than two thirds of the votes cast among the participants in the General Assembly of the Movement, composed of 359 representatives from all over the world. She succeeds the founder Chiara Lubich and Maria Voce who was in office for 12 years (two terms).
Margaret Karram is 58 years old and an Arab Catholic-Christian. She was born in Haifa and graduated in Judaism at the Hebrew University of Los Angeles (USA). She has held various positions of responsibility for the Focolare in Los Angeles and in Jerusalem. Her past experience includes membership of various commissions and organizations for the promotion of dialogue between the three monotheistic religions, such as the Episcopal Commission for Interreligious Dialogue, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land and the ICCI (Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel). She worked for 14 years at the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem.
Since 2014, she has been at the International Centre of the Focolare as councillor for Italy and Albania and co-responsible for Dialogue between Ecclesial Movements and New Catholic Communities.
She speaks Arabic, Hebrew, Italian and English. In 2013 she received the Mount Zion Award for Reconciliation, together with the Jewish scholar and researcher Yisca Harani, for their commitment to developing dialogue between different cultures and religions.
In 2016 she received the St Rita International Award for having promoted dialogue between Christians, Jews, Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, starting from people’s everyday life.
The election took place yesterday, 31 January 2021, but her appointment only became effective today, following confirmation by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, as envisaged by the General Statutes of the Focolare Movement. The document expresses the hope that the new president will be able to carry out her task “with faithfulness, in a spirit of service and ecclesial sensitivity, for the good of the members of the Movement and of the universal Church.”
Duties of the Focolare President
According to the Movement’s General Statutes, the President is chosen from among the focolarine (consecrated women with perpetual vows) and will always be a woman. In the Statutes we read, she “is the sign of the unity of the Movement”. This means that she represents the great religious, cultural, social and geographical variety of those who adhere to the spirituality of the Focolare in the 182 countries where the Movement is present and who identify with the message of fraternity that the founder, Chiara Lubich, drew from the Gospel: “Father, that they may all be one” (Jn 17:20-26).
There are many commitments and challenges awaiting Margaret Karram in the coming years: the tasks of governing and directing a worldwide Movement like the Focolare, which is deeply immersed in local and global realities and the challenges of humanity, starting from this time of pandemic. The Statutes also indicate the “style” that should distinguish the work of the President: “Hers is to be, above all, a presidency of love – they state – because she must be the first in loving and, therefore, in serving her own brothers and sisters, remembering the words of Jesus: “Whoever wishes to be first among you must be the servant of all” (Mk 10:44).
The primary commitment of the President, therefore, is to be a builder of bridges and a spokesperson for the central message of the spirituality of the Focolare, ready to practise and spread it, as we read further on, even at the cost of her own life.
The next steps of the General Assembly of the Focolare are the election of the Co-President this afternoon and of the councillors on 4th February.
Stefania Tanesini – Communications Office – Cell. +39 338 5658244[:]
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