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Here is the multi-coloured news of Together for Europe: local and international meetings, experiences, testimonies, cultural contributions, reflections and other news.
“Online Dialogue Europe” 9 May 2020
On the 9th of May we will celebrate Europe Day and through this online dialogue we will discuss the EU project: after 75 years of peace within the EU, how do we move forward? Date: Saturday, May 9, 2020, Europe Day Time: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Once you register...
An epochal challenge for Europe
Letters from Together for Europe to the E.U. and the Vatican It is a crucial moment for Europe and the European Union, requiring concerted action. For this reason Together for Europe has written to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the European Commission and...
Being Together Online – a virtual, yet real, network
Covid-19 is spreading with supersonic speed. And the end of the pandemic is nowhere to be seen. Families, workplaces, communities, churches and cities are passing through a difficult moment. Many are experiencing sufferings, uncertainties and isolation. Be not afraid ...
Graz – ‘Plan B’ for the Europe Day 2020
On February 27, we updated you about the intensive preparations being carried out by the local team of Together for Europe to mark the Europe Day with an international event in Graz (Austria). Although, due to the pandemic a Plan B is now needed, this did not prevent...
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...