Friday 31 March 2017

Rome, Italy - A music that speaks about peace ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Youth for Peace performing in Tor Bella Monaca, a suburb of the Italian capital city. In their lyrics visions of solidarity and peace. 



Thursday 30 March 2017

Lagos, Nigeria - Visiting the outskirts of a huge African city ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
A visit to one of the largest African slum, that of Makoko (estimated 250,000 residents), with the distribution of sweets to the youngest. The members of the Lagos community are regularly in touch with hundreds of children and scores of elders. 

Wednesday 29 March 2017

Barcelona, Spain - Discovering the beauty, and magic too ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
A visit to the Sagrada Familia and a picnic with the friends of the House of Solidarity. In order to live a day of culture and friendship, celebrating together the coming of Spring. 

Many of the guests of the House of Solidarity, although they have lived in Barcelona for years, had never been inside the most famous work of Gaudi. All were fascinated by the beauty, the symbolism and the magic of a church that is unique in the world.

Monday 27 March 2017

Bucharest, Romania - Praying for peace in a divided world ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
In a season of rearmament and terrorism, in a time of renewed clashes and wars that drag on for years, while growing nationalism risks fuelling conflicts and contrasts, it's increasingly important to pray for peace. 

Friday 24 March 2017

Berlin, Germany - Youth with a vision of peace ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Some weeks ago the national meeting of Sant'Egidio Jugend für den Frieden (Youth for Peace) in Germany. 100 young people with a vision of peace. 100 young people who build bridges, not walls. 

Thursday 23 March 2017

Moshi, Tanzania - Taking care of the health of the elderly ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor. 

The students of Medicine at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College who are members of the Moshi Sant'Egidio Community organized a diagnostic screening for free for the elderly living in the villages around that town in northern Tanzania.
In this way it was also possible to involve many of their colleagues and encourage them to find out a geographic and existential periphery.






Wednesday 22 March 2017

Abidjan, Ivory Coast - The start of a race of friendship and peace ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Lunch with the children of the School of Peace of Boribana (a vast slum at the edge of the Ivorian largest city, whose name means "end of the travel" in Malinke). 

A moment of sharing and joy, but also an opportunity to talk about the education to non-violence and the construction of a better world.
Because childhood and "teen" years should be the start of a race of friendship and peace.


Monday 20 March 2017

Rome, Italy - Prayer and memory go hand in hand ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer. 

The evening prayer in the San Bartolomeo Basilica, in Tiberina island: the church is a remembrance shrine for the martyrs and witnesses of faith along the 20th and 21st century.

Friday 17 March 2017

Parma, Italy - "No more deaths at sea, ensure humanitarian corridors!"

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace. 

Youth for Peace of Parma and many other students of the Emilian city gathered together in order to listen to several testimonies, reflect on the migration phenomenon, reaffirming that humanity has its own rights. They have said "No more!" to the tragic deaths in the Mediterranean Sea and "Yes!" to the humanitarian corridors.


Thursday 16 March 2017

Trieste, Italy - "Do not be afraid of tenderness" ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts. 

The children of the School of Peace of Trieste on March 8th: ready to give flowers to passers-by for Women's Day ....

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Barcelona, Spain - Going outside the house of the elderly, around in the city ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor. 

The service to the elderly who live in the hospice of Sant Llatzer becomes hope, redemption, widening of horizons. 
It's together we go beyond the barriers, conquer the difficulties, discover again a city and its beauty.


Monday 13 March 2017

Poznan, Poland - Remembering, in order to conquer indifference

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer. 
As happened for Modesta Valenti in Rome, in many other communities around the world are remembered the names of those who lost their lives in the streets and squares of our cities. Because of cold, harsh living conditions, indifference. Not a short list, for a memory that is at the same time prayer, consolation for those who knew those faces, committment to ensure that mercy and solidarity are stronger than the cold of winter and of heart. 

Friday 10 March 2017

Thursday 9 March 2017

Würzburg, Germany - Opening the door to integration ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
Studying at the School of German Language and Culture in Würzburg, Bavaria. Language is the key to integration, friendship helps to open the door.

Wednesday 8 March 2017

Rome, Italy - All the beauty of the world ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Someone had a difficult story, someone else not so much. From the Art Laboratory of Gardenie Square (Eastern part of Rome) best wishes for March 8th to all the women: friendship and beauty will save the world! 

Monday 6 March 2017

Genoa, Italy - Remembering, in order to conquer indifference

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer. 
As happened for Modesta Valenti in Rome, in many other communities around the world are remembered the names of those who lost their lives in the streets and squares of our cities. Because of cold, harsh living conditions, indifference. Not a short list, for a memory that is at the same time prayer, consolation for those who knew those faces, committment to ensure that mercy and solidarity are stronger than the cold of winter and of heart. 

Friday 3 March 2017

Antwerp, Belgium - A new harmony among religions ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
It took place in Antwerp, with the support of Sant'Egidio, the annual session of the World Interfaith Harmony, a reality promoted by the King of Jordan and sponsored by the United Nations. 

The World Interfaith Harmony is a platform where the world's religions, and especially the monotheistic ones, go deeper through the issues they share, such as love of neighbor. Doing so they build links and look forward an increasing cooperation in the globalized world.

Thursday 2 March 2017

Amatrice, Italy - So that hope is stronger than anger ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Who goes towards the others is a peacemaker. Who goes to the wounded of life is a peacemaker. Those who see the possibility of hope and not the temptation of anger is a peacemaker. 

So it is for the Youth for Peace of Rome who visit the elderly of Amatrice (the Italian city hit by several earthquakes in the recent months).
A friendship that continues.

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Udine, Italy - A party that changes the house for the elderly ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor. 

Again in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (North-East of Italy), as in yesterday's blog: the party of the Youth for Peace of the capital of that Italian region with the elderly in an assisted living facilty.