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A trunk and its branches: the Genfests worldwide

A short journey through the local Genfests, scattered worldwide. We have chosen four of them, which will be held at the same time as the one in Brazil at Aparecida. These are the ones in Hungary, the Middle East, Italy,...

Genfest 2024

The official logo of the Genfest 2024

By Cibele Lana- Focolares Brasil Editorial Team Truly inspired by fraternity, the official logo of the Focolare Movement youth event, to be held in Brazil next July, has been published. Luana Gravina, a young Italian is the creator of the...

Together to care: Genfest 2024 in Aparecida

By Cibele Lana- editorial team of Brazil Focolare We are just over five months away from Genfest 2024, which in Aparecida, Brazil, will bring together thousands of young people from all over the world on the theme of care and...

The power of kindness amongst the youth of the “Kamiti” juvenile prison

Stephen, representing the Gen and Youth for a United World of Kenya’s Focolares, narrates the amazing adventure of solidarity and kindness, born at the Kamiti Youth Correctional Center of Nairobi. Nairobi, Kenya. It is a Saturday in the month of...

Mary arose and went with haste

At Lisbon, even the Youth for a United World are getting ready for the WYD, World Youth Day. “Mary arose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39) is the verse from Luke’s Gospel chosen for the XXXVIII edition. The Mother of...

Syria: Amidst the tragedy, young people are committed to life

By Youmna Bouzamel The earthquake that struck Syria on February 6 has taken its toll on its youth, in a country already weakened by twelve years of war and socio-economic hardships. Despite fear, destruction, and adverse conditions, young Syrians show...

Dare to care beyond cultural differences

In 2022 the youth of the Focolare Movement in Cameroon promoted the Youth Festival on the theme “Dare to care: peace, fraternity and ecology”, that attracted over 400 Cameroonian youth both Anglophone and Francophone. Over the years, the musical and...

Building urban gardens to save the planet

By Valentina Luna and Fernanda Barrios, with Laura Salerno A group of youth of Bogotà initiates an ecological project at a social centre that accommodates mothers and children in difficulty: to make community and caring for the others, educating to...

A helping hand for the Philippines

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help the populations hit by typhoon Rai/Odette in the Philippines. An opportunity for much-needed solidarity. 846,000. This staggering figure should be enough to say it all: it is the number of children affected...

Serbia: building a home to be a home

Although this father could finally afford to buy a house for his family, he did not have the physical ability or financial resources to renovate it himself. The community around him acted. “Many people came to help me, and in...

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