Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Cheridan Sanders

There’s this great scene early in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy unsuccessfully tries to relate to her family about an incident involving her dog Toto. After she’s brushed off with the admonishment “find yourself a place where you won’t get into any trouble” Dorothy muses to her dog Toto, “‘Some place where there isn’t […]

Inventing Peace

Friday, April 24, 2015

Salt + Light Media

Dr. Maria Voce, President of the Focolare Movement, gave the following talk ‘Inventing Peace’ at the High Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Socities and Countering Violent Extremism at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 22, 2015 during the main plenary session. I would like, first of […]

Pope Francis: Chiara Lubich, luminous exemplary life

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Cheridan Sanders

Recently, Pope Francis announced the cause for Chiara Lubich’s canonization opened! Definitely cause for celebration! Chiara, a young lay women, founded the movement when she was just 23 years old. Today Focolare or Work of Mary, present in 180 countries globally, is an international community of men and women that promotes unity and universal brotherhood. What […]

IEC Day 2 – Maria Voce: ‘Communion in one Baptism’

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Salt + Light Media

Below is the full text of the catechesis by Maria Voce, leader of the Focolare Movement, as delivered on Day 2 of the 2012 International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, Ireland. Communion in one Baptism Ten years ago I visited Ireland for the first time. I came to be with a dear friend, Lieta Betoño, who […]

Maria Voce – Witness

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

At this year’s 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Maria Voce will be one of the many outstanding speakers. Maria Voce is the international president of the Focolare Movement, one of the Church’s great ecclesial movements founded in wartime Italy by a lay woman named Chiara Lubich. The movement is rooted in a profound spirituality of unity […]

Thoughts on post-tribal Catholicism – by John L Allen Jr

Friday, April 15, 2011

Salt + Light Media

The following article comes from author and Vaticanista John L Allen Jr: Tensions surrounding Catholic identity are very much in the air these days, and when they erupt they’re always a prescription for heartburn. People who regard themselves as authentically Catholic rarely enjoy being be told they’re not, or that they’re only selectively so. Likewise, […]

Tonight on Perspectives: How can we be in the world and not of the world?

Friday, March 25, 2011

Jenna Murphy

Focolare comes from the Italian word meaning “hearth” or “family fireside”. This is a concept whose absence has been sorely felt in our times. People don’t gather around warmth communally anymore. Since the time of the fireside gatherings we have scrambled and sought ways to replicate this unique-and necessary- source of fellowship and solidarity that […]

On S+L Saturday: Beatification of Chiara Luce Badano

Friday, September 24, 2010

Alessia Domanico

In her short time on earth Chiara Badano lived a life of great love and holiness. Chiara’s story cannot help but touch all who hear it. Salt + Light is bringing you the next chapter in Chiara’s story. Tomorrow, Saturday September 25th, Chiara Luce Badano will be named Blessed. Her beatification marks the first for […]