Blog
Here is the multi-coloured news of Together for Europe: local and international meetings, experiences, testimonies, cultural contributions, reflections and other news.
Following in the Founding Fathers’ footsteps
23 February 2020: Intergenerational Day in Brussels. 51 European citizens - young and old - members of two diverse Communities, which are part of the network Together for Europe, share a "discovery tour" of significant places. Agnès Grenier writes from Brussels:...
Schönstatt visits the International Centre of the Focolare Movement
Some time ago, before the covid-19 emergency, leaders of the Schönstatt Movement coming from seven European Countries have visited the International Centre of the Focolare Movement in Rocca di Papa, near Rome. They came from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great...
STOP!
Encountering Chiara Lubich to celebrate her birth centenary Recently a famous economist said: “all of a sudden, a common evil taught us what common good really is”. These few words express a great truth, which reminds me of another: “... a thing is better understood...
Leafing through the Album of Together for Europe
After the celebrations of the 20th anniversary, the life of the network of Together for Europe continues. Following are brief news from Portugal, Italy and Slovenia. PORTUGAL On January 22, 2020, the Lisbon TfE group organized a moment of prayer in the chapel of a...
Contagious creativity is stronger than the virus
In the Newsletter sent at the end of February, we have asked you to send us news regarding events and initiatives being prepared – as in previous years – to mark the Europe Day on May 9, 2020. We were hoping that many events would be held in public so that they could...
At Graz, May 9 will be international
“Visiting one another, talk to each other, being a gift one for the other and praying together”. The preparations for the Feast of Europe (May 9, 2020) in the Austrian city of Graz have been going on for months. The team of Together for Europe in Styria extends its...
A young Irishman’s impressions
Conleth Burns is a young man from Ireland who is active in the ‘United World Project’. He participated at the Meeting of Together for Europe which was held in Ottmaring – Augsburg (Germany). What follows is the article he posted on the website of the UW project....
Seeds of a new season from Augsburg
The last Meeting of the Friends of Together for Europe (Ottmaring – Augsburg, November 7-9 ) was characterized by an impressive variation of participants. The varied impressions that we received mirror this variations, and here are some of them: “We are grateful to...
“It was like Easter”
Larisa Musina is an Orthodox Christian and she is the pro-rector of the Educational Institute ‘St Fileret’. Last November, Larisa took part in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Together for Europe at Augsburg (Germany) representing the ‘Orthodox...
Anniversary celebration in Augsburg
Ambassadors of reconciliation and signs of hope. Together for Europe celebrated its anniversary in the Augsburg city hall 300 members from 55 Christian communities and movements from various churches and from 25 European countries were gathered this Saturday to...