Friday 28 September 2018

Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Growing up with older friends ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Days of school, celebration and friendship with the street children of a big African city. 

Wednesday 26 September 2018

Milan, Italy - Italian language unites, despite the differences ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
To win the challenge of integration thanks to the power of the word. The first registrations for the Community's School of Italian Language and Culture. 

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Trieste, Italy - "Arrogant [...] people are trying to kill me, people without regard for God" (Ps 54)

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
Memory of those who suffered due to the Italian racial laws of 1938, announced in Trieste in September 80 years ago. 

Thursday 20 September 2018

Jakarta, Indonesia - Bridges of peace among religions and cultures ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
At the 7th World Peace Forum held in August 2018. Radicalism has emerged in all regions. We are challenged to find a way to live together in peace. 

Wednesday 19 September 2018

Cotonou, Benin - At school, as it should be, for a different future ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Distribution of supplies to the children of the School of Peace for the new school year. 

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Warsaw, Poland - A picnic gathering everyone together ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
People of all generations, coming from their different stories, some of them very difficult, gathered for a picnic organized by the youth of the Community, taking advantage of the mild climate before autumn. 

Monday 17 September 2018

Gela, Italy - "I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly" (Ps 40)

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
A great emotion for a group of inmates of Gela jail, who donated to the Pope, while visiting Piazza Armerina, a monstrance made in the workshops set up by Sant'Egidio inside the prison. 

Friday 14 September 2018

San José, Costa Rica - Young people are a force of peace ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
To meet, talk, approach, confront. Assemblies create convergence in a time of solitude and division .... 

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Genoa, Italy - Filling a vacuum ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
"Your friendship fills my heart", says V., an old guest of "Brignole" elderly house to whom came to visit her .... 

Tuesday 11 September 2018

Kamituga, Dem. Rep. of Congo - A friendship more precious than gold ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Kamituga is a small mining center of South Kivu. There is gold beneath your feet. But true richness can be friendship with an elder. 






















Friday 7 September 2018

Antwerp, Belgium - "Who forgets the past is condemned to live it again"

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Remembering the deportation of the city's Jews during the Second World War ....
Never again! 

Thursday 6 September 2018

Naples, Italy - Here is our "Masterchef" ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Youth for Peace are giving their best for the homeless dinner, tonight, at the station .... 

Wednesday 5 September 2018

Manila, Philippines - "Now I'll tell you ..."

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
Those who are elderly are now surrounded by young people, and the retreat house is no longer a house of silence ....