Malcolm Shabbazz Mosque & Focolare Movement (New York)

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Commemoration and celebration of the 15th anniversary of the unique and timely “pact” of Chiara Lubich and W. D. Mohammed.

“Our Journey Towards the Excellence of the Human Family”

On May 18, 1997, history was made at the Historic Malcolm Shabazz Mosque in Harlem, NY.

On that day, two blessed leaders, Imam W. D. Mohammed (religious and spiritual leader of the largest constituency of Muslims in America), and Chiara Lubich (president and spiritual leader of the Focolare Movement worldwide), held a joint meeting at the Mosque to formalize a “pact” illustrating their commitment to work together to promote unity. This collaboration was not only between their own communities, but also with people of faith from all religions, based on common principles and values.

PRESS RELEASE

Saturday, May 12, 2012, from 3 to 4 PM
In all the different time zones of the world

The Young for Unity of the Focolare Movement

is sponsoring the third edition of the worldwide sports-relay: Run4unity.

3 February, during the United Nations Conference on Eradicating Poverty

During a splendid sunny day, with unusually mild temperatures for New York City at this time of year, on Friday, 3 February, our much anticipated event of the EOC was held at the United Nations. Together with the different speakers, we arrived to New York from all over the world (Alexis from Burundi, Claudia from Brazil, Nikko from the Philippines, Elizabeth from Boston, John and Dan from Indianapolis, and other young people from Boston and New York City) between 1 -2 February, just in time to decide together the last details of the program and to be in tune. The forum that was assigned to us was one of the main meeting halls, with a lot of space and two big screens for our Powerpoint presentations.

On the occasion of this Blessed Easter - an excerpt of an interview with Chiara Lubich by Zenit Catholic News Agency on April 8th, 2004.

Zenit: We are nearing Easter. While the world is breathing an atmosphere of fear because of the threat of terrorism, what answer may come from the mystery of Good Friday and the Easter Resurrection?

Annamaria and Danilo Zanzucchi are first married couple entrusted with writing meditations for the Good Friday observance in Rome.

As announced by the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen Annamaria and Danilo Zanzucchi of the Focolare Movement to write the meditations for the 2012 Way of the Cross, which will take place during Good Friday observances on April 6^th at Rome’s Colosseum. This year’s meditations will acknowledge the family’s vital role in sanctifying the world.

(Link to the meditations )

Theme for 2012:
"We will all be changed by the Victory of our Lord Jesus Christ" (cf. 1 Cor 15:51-58)

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (PCU) gives witness to the unity that Jesus asked for when he prayed “that they all may be one” (John 17:21) and focuses on all that Christians of many traditions have in common.

Chiara Lubich's message of the 25 December 1973, addressed to the members of the Focolare Movement.

«If I should have to leave this world today and you were to ask me for a single word, one last word that sums up our Ideal, I would say – certain of being perfectly understood – ‘Be a family’.

Claritas is a new online academic journal, published by Purdue University Press in cooperation with the Focolare's Città Nuova publishing house in Rome. Scholars from around the world are looking forward to its first issue.  Callan Slipper, an Anglican theologian and one of the editors and designers of this project, answers some questions about it.