Genfest, the worldwide event-experience organised by the youth of the Focolare Movement, will take place in Brazil, from the 12th to the 24th of July. A further 44 local events will be held in 32 different countries.
The Genfest is held every six years on an international level. This year it will take place for the first time in Brazil, in a journey divided into three phases.
Christians Together in Malta -Malta Ecumenical Council (CTM) held their annual Pentecost Ecumenical Service on 13 June at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Valletta.
[:en]480 representatives of world faiths took part in the interreligious conference promoted by the Focolare Movement which began on 31 May at the Mariapolis Centre in Castel Gandolfo, Rome, and which concluded on the 4 June in Assisi. A delegation of 200 participants was received in audience by Pope Francis.[:]
“Dak li ma jħobbx ma għarafx lil Alla, għax Alla hu mħabba” (1 Ġw 4, 8).
“Oħloq fija qalb safja, o Alla, u spirtu qawwi ġedded fija” (Sal 51[50], 12).
Messaġġ għall-Milied minn Margaret Karram, President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari.
Jekk tieħu f’idejk il-ktieb “Ngħixu l-Kelma” tiskopri li l-Kelma hi għajn ta’ barka, issaħħaħ il-fidi, timla bit-tama, tkattar il-ferħ (…). Kif jgħid Papa Franġisku: “Il-Kelma turina min hu Alla, twassalna għand il-bniedem, tinfed ir-ruħ tagħna, tfarraġna u fl-istess ħin tqanqalna biex naġixxu u nersqu lejn il-ġrieħi tal-umanita’.
Fl-okkażjoni tat-80 sena, mit-twaqqif tal Moviment tal-Fokolari, fis-7 ta’ Diċembru 2023, Papa Franġisku laqa’ f’udjenza privata lil Margaret Karram, President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, lil Jesús Morán, Ko-President, u lill-membri tal-Kunsill Ġenerali u lil dawk responsabbli tal-Moviment fiż-żoni tad-dinja. Dan li ġej hu d-diskors li għamel il-Papa waqt din l-udjenza.
Fis-7 ta’ Diċembru, Papa Franġisku ser jilqa’ f’udjenza lil Margaret Karram, President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari u lil dawk responsabbili tal-Moviment fid-dinja kollha.