“Who and what, in the midst of hell, are not hell.” This year, a nativity by William Congdon accompanies the words of Italo Calvino and Fr. Giussani. The video-poster is also available online
Saturday 15th December 2024 at 3.00pm, Church of the Sacred Heart
Donnybrook,
The Beginning-of-the-Mission
CL Ireland met for the Beginning Day. A convivial day to reflect on mission that starts from the call of each of us where we experienced an impossible yet desirable gaze.
One year after the start of the war in the Middle East, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, again invites the world to a day of prayer, fasting and penance.
The great writer Colum McCann was a guest speaker at this year's Meeting. Stories like those of Israeli Rami and Palestinian Bassam “help us tell the story of light even in the darkness of contradictions."
An excerpt from Davide Prosperi's Preface to the new book of Fr. Giussani, "Una rivoluzione di sé. La vita come comunione (1968-1970)" [A Revolution of Self. Life as Communion (1968-1970)]
"Here is the paradox, Freedom is dependence on God" was the theme of CL Ireland annual holiday in Castledaly
Last June, the CL community in Ireland spent the bank holiday weekend together for their annual holiday in Castledaly, a nice country house in the heart of the island. It was an opportunity to spend time with close friends, but also to reconnect with peop...
Notes from the speech by Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, at the assembly of the Association of Italian Cultural Centers (Milan, May 18, 2024)
A two-day cultural event in Oxford to address the question: “Can we live without fear today?” Meetings on the most pressing challenges of our time, to rediscover that we all have a responsibility to assume, and have the freedom to change history.
The letter from the President of the Fraternity of CL, Davide Prosperi, addressed to the entire movement after the private audience with the Holy Father on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Two fathers, one Israeli, the other Palestinian, whose daughters were killed in separate incidents in the conflict, reconciled in the Parents' Circle association. We met them along with writer Colum McCann, who wrote the epic book Apeirogon.
A testimony on the GS Triduo in Italy, the journey, the Way of the Cross, the lessons, the songs, an unexpected encounter.
I am 14 year old and I have been a part of CL ever since I could remember and joined the Secondary School Student Group (GS) in Ireland a year ago.
When I heard about the Triduo (three-day Holy Week retreat) in Rimini for the GS, I was very excited. A ...
Pope Francis' words at the Regina Caeli last Sunday. St. Peter's Square, May 5, 2024.
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today the Gospel tells us about Jesus who says to the Apostles: “I do not call you servants any longer, but friends” (cf Jn 15:15). What does this mean?
In the Bible the “servants” of God are special people, ...
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On May 9, the Solemnity of the Ascension, the first public session will be held by the Archbishop of Milan in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. The words of Davide Prosperi.
On the 19th anniversary of his death, the full version of the unpublished text from the February issue of Traces: notes from a lesson given by Fr. Luigi Giussani in 1992.
Moderator. Fr. Giussani will speak to us this evening on “Christianity as an Event Today,” which is the inspiration for the experience he generated and today lives in and for the Church, one that has touched all of us. There will be time at the end for a ...
Notes from the Communion and Liberation leaders’ meeting
with Davide Prosperi and Francesco Cassese on Pope Francis’ letter to the whole movement. Milan and via video connection from Italy and around the world, February 20, 2024
After the audience with Davide Prosperi and Monsignor Filippo Santoro, Francis has sent a letter on the anniversary of Fr. Giussani's death and the 70th anniversary of the movement. Here are his words and the message from the President of the Fraternity
