Card. Farrell and Dr. Ghisoni speak at the conference
organized by the Focolare Movement
Last June 20, the Pontifical Lateran University (PUL) hosted a theological conference entitled, "Movements and New Communities. Identity in the Synodal Path of the Church," organized together with the Sophia University Institute of the Focolare Movement.
After the opening
speeches by Card. Kevin Farrell and Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare
Movement, there were several contributions that were theological, canonical and
at the same time experiential in nature, on the identity of the Movements and
new communities in the path required by the 2021-2023 Synod.
Testimonies
included those of Moysés Louro de Azevedo Filho, Founder and General Moderator
of the Shalom Catholic Community; Iraci Silva Leite, Co-founder of the Family
of Hope; Daniela Martucci, Vice President of the Nuovi Orizzonti Community; and
Michel-Bernard De Vregille of the Emmanuel Community. The day provided many
insights to be identified in this new "stage of maturity," such as
the fruits and challenges for the movements and new communities, whose
charismatic scope was emphasized by Card. Marc Ouellet.
The theme of the
fruits that can be reaped and offered to the synodal journey was the focus of
the talk by Mary Healy, Professor of Sacred Scripture; among these were: the
living encounter with the Lord, the proclamation of the Gospel in today's
context and the evangelization of the peripheries.
Instead, those who
spoke mostly about the challenges were Msgr. Piero Coda, Secretary General of
the International Theological Commission, according to whom the movements are
called to a complete renewal in the context of a synodal Church; and Elena Di
Bernardo, PUL Canon Law Professor, according to whom, in looking at the future
of these realities, the need for a more suitable juridical formulation capable
of fully expressing their charismatic identity is noted.
Dr. Linda Ghisoni,
Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, making use of
the concept of dialectical polarities, invited everyone to pay attention to
particularly relevant aspects, such as the person-institution and
praxis-statutes relations.
At the end of such
a productive conference, many reflections still remain open, being that the
synodal path is a "crucial stage" of the movements, as noted by
Bishop Piero Coda.
This is a phase in
which one must make memory of the beginnings, in the openness to the future,
and in which one must be ready to accept the "narrative" challenge of
the charisms - in the words of Prof. Luigino Bruni, Economist - in order to be
able to collect and return "the precious pearl" of the beginnings to
the younger generations in a new way.
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