Her story
Chiara Lubich was founder and first president of the Focolare Movement, and a prolific writer. To celebrate the centennial of her birth (1920), we’re retracing key moments in her life.
Part 10: 1967-1972
spirituality of unity
How love is like light
Focolare founder in a conversation with people active in different fields of society, on the source of a collective spirituality
“Virginia’s way”
Passion for the Church
Church approval of the Focolare ad experimentum, Pope Paul VI and Chiara Lubich, understanding Mary at the cross, trips behind the Iron Curtain
A better place
Volunteers of God
The birth of secular vocations in the Focolare, the first trips to Eastern Europe and Brazil, and the final Mariapolis in the Dolomites
“We will create a magazine”
The start and initial developments of the first magazine, Città Nuova (New City), and a trip to the Holy Land
A dark yet luminous night
The first Focolare in Rome, “Paradise ’49”, meeting former Prime Minister De Gasperi and Pasquale Foresi
A light in the darkness
The first Focolare in Rome, “Paradise ’49”, meeting former Prime Minister De Gasperi and Pasquale Foresi
A God who is always available
The birth of the first Focolare, a visit to Rome and meeting Igino Giordani
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