A people who aspire to unity and universal brotherhood among all people.
Who we are?
THE FOCOLARE MOVEMENT
The Focolare Movement (Work of Mary) is a lay movement that originated within the Catholic Church to foster unity among people, as Jesus asked: “that all may be one” (cf. Jn 17:21), to help build a family of peoples.
It was founded by Chiara Lubich (1920–2008) when, just over twenty years old, she consecrated herself to God
in the midst of the Second World War. Very soon, other young women joined her and, together with her, formed the first community known as a “focolare,” made up of consecrated single persons and married people who participate according to their state of life.
From the very beginning, people of every culture,
DISSEMINATION
The Movement is present in 182 countries, with stable centers in 87 nations. Christians belonging to 350 Churches and ecclesial communities are part of the Movement, and believers of different religions, as well as people of non-religious convictions, share in various ways its spirituality and objectives.
vocation, social background, ethnicity, and religion joined the emerging Movement. The majority are lay people (adults, families, young people, adolescents, children), but there are also consecrated persons, priests, and bishops.
OUR GOAL
To promote ever-wider unity within the human family. To this end, the Focolare Movement engages in dialogue with people and organizations from all cultural backgrounds.
It works for ever greater unity within the Catholic Church;
It seeks relationships of communion and carries out visible gestures of unity among Christians of different Churches.
It strives to achieve unity through a shared commitment to the so-called Golden Rule, present in almost all the sacred texts of the major religions: “Do to others what you would have them do to you.”
It collaborates with people of non-religious convictions on the basis of shared values oriented toward the common good.
It is committed to creating spaces for encounter and dialogue in the various fields of culture.
THE FOCOLARE MOVEMENT IN lEBANON
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