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Written by Elizabeth Garlow
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Friday, February 17, 2012 |
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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.
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Written by EoC USA
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
 The Prophecy Makes History: 20 Years of Economy of Communion
This international EoC assembly will take place on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Economy of Communion, launched by Chiara Lubich in Brazil, in May 1991.
The event will be a celebration and a reflection, a chance to deepen and understand the steps necessary for future development from 2011 to 2031:to continue to believe in an economy of communion, to live it, to make it grow beyond all boundaries, to plant trees that we cultivate today and which will bear fruit tomorrow.
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Written by New City Press
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Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
 The Economy of Communion
Pope Benedict XVIs new encyclical letter, Caritas in Veritate, in paragraph 46 speaks of an economy of communion. As John Allen remarked in a July 7, 2009 interview with Mundell & Associates, an Indiana-based Economy of Communion business, The Economy of communion was cited by Benedict XVI as a promising form of intermediate activity between for-profit business and classic non-profit institutions, rupturing what the pope called an exclusively binary model of market-plus-state which is corrosive of society. Using the language of economics, the articles in this volume convey the principles at the root of the Economy of Communion and explain its unique characteristics within the context of current and historical economic thought and practice at both the micro and macro levels. When I proposed the Economy of Communion, I certainly did not have a theory in mind. Nonetheless, I can see that it draws the attention of economists, sociologists, philosophers and scholars from other disciplines (Chiara Lubich). Over the years the Economy of Communion has come a long way. Within a year of its beginning in 1991 a dozen pioneering businesses already existed. Now the Economy of Communion involves over seven hundred businesses throughout the world.
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Written by New City Press
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Friday, December 03, 2010 |
 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Economy of Communion
"Gold examines the origins and substance of a promising alternative to the current globalized economy. During a 1991 trip to Brazil, Chiara Lubich challenged Focolare members to launch businesses that could create jobs and opportunities. Almost twenty years later, Benedict XVI cited the Economy of Communion in Caritas in Veritate as a promising form of intermediate activity between for-profit business and classic non-profit institutions."
John L. Allen Jr.
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Written by EoC
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Monday, July 19, 2010 |
The Business of Working in Communion: Managing a Person-Centered Business
Economy of Communion Annual Meeting: Aug. 6 - 8, 2010
A lifestyle of giving, of seeing each person as the focus of our actions, brings to life a method of doing business that offers hope to our world especially in these troubled economic times. TheEoC has been called a prophecy for a sustainable future. Come and join us as we share the latest developments in the EoC and explore this lifestyle of giving on August 6-8, 2010 at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC.
Schedule of Events, Registration Information and Details
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