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Dear everyone, We thank you for your closeness to us in these challenging times, which urge us to live our ideal of unity with greater commitment. For this reason, we want to share with you the 2024 Communion Report, which you can find at the following link: https://www.focolare.org/un-bilancio-che-parla-di-pace-formazione-salute-e-inclusione/, which highlights many concrete initiatives to build…

Sept. 2022 – In Hebrew, Nes Ammim means the ‘miracle of the peoples’. This place was created to foster dialogue and understanding between Christians, Jews and Muslims. From 16 to 18 September, “Dare to Care for a Better Future” was held here, a meeting organised by the Focolare Movement in the Holy Land and open…

  Sept. 2022 – Its name means “miracle of the peoples” or “sign for the peoples” as we read in the prophet Isaiah (Is 11:10). In Nes Ammim, a village of Christian origin in northern Israel, dialogue and coexistence among people of different peoples, faiths, religions and cultures is the norm. An ideal location to…

Mar. 2020 – “Together for Jerusalem” was a seminar sponsored by the Focolare in the Holy Land together with the Sophia University Institute (Italy).The seminar gathered Jewish and Christian biblical experts to focus on the vocation of Jerusalem as seen in the Bible, thus setting a biblical foundation to the goals of the Focolare’s future International Center for…

Regno Unito – 17-03-2020 “Abbiamo appena mandato £250 (circa 268 euro) per il Centro a Gerusalemme. E’ una donazione dalle volontarie del Galles” Italy – 29-11-2019 – “Together …Seeds of Peace” The invitation card contains a meaningful design: “The tree of peace” which was done by Francesca Di Pietro, of Colgna Spiaggia (Italy), 12 years…

  Feb.-Mar. 2020 – The call to unity launched by Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Movimento dei Focolari, reaches as far as the city that most of all embodies the encounter between different peoples, cultures, and religions. In Jerusalem, the Custody of the Holy Land hosts the re-adapted exhibition dedicated to the centenary of its…

  Feb.- Mar. 2020 – The “Chiara Lubich City World” exhibition has been inaugurated in the Holy City, the first of the exhibitions outside Italy to be opened. It includes a section dedicated to Chiara Lubich’s visit to the Holy Land in 1956. “I didn’t think Jerusalem and its Holy Sites would affect my soul…

Feb. 2019 – Hearing from those who live there gives hope for the most contested city on earth; a different vision from the one in the news.  

Feb. 2019 – Anna Maria, Jessica and Talat: testimony to friendship among people from the three monotheistic religions. When the walls of distrust and prejudice fall down, you experience that it’s possible to look to the future with courage and hope.  

Feb. 2019 – Peace can be built in a thousand different ways. Sometimes you also need places in which to meet – a place for dialogue, spirituality, study and formation. The Focolare’s project for Jerusalem.  

  Nov. 2013 – The 32nd Ecumenical Conference of Bishops and Friends of the Focolare movement took place in recent days in Jerusalem. It was entitled “The reciprocity of love among the disciples of Christ.” It was started by Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, and with John Paul II’s support, the conference brings…

  Oct. 2013 – Yisca Harani and Margaret Karram are from different cultures, religions and experiences. Together, at the Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem, they received the 2013 Mount Zion Award for the work and commitment that they both have shown and still show in their search for dialogue and coming together between cultures…