Bello, participated, involving: in this summary assessment which can be expressed on the round table: "You are the light of the world, the Genovese organized dall'associazionismo Catholic Starhotel Court of Lambruschini Saturday, November 13.
Even the choice of site was not random: a place for "secular", outside the usual circuit, a sort of declamation than the Catholic world will prove this in Genoese society.
It was also the original formula: an exceptional speaker, Bishop Ugo Ughi, Deputy Assistant General of Catholic Action, and then a semi-circle of chairs in front of the public, in which associations and movements in room recounted their experience and the way to go in the reality of Genoa and Liguria.
Doing the honors was Don Stefano Olivastri, Director of the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of Genoa, who emphasized the significance of walking together, each with its own specificity. We discovered each other, said Don Stefano, rich and carrying viewpoints that the other can not see.
Bishop Ughi, Marche, with its mild stroke and effective, it had first traced the history of the subsidy that has been the inspiration for the meeting. At the base is the Sacred Scripture, given the importance of "keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus", as the Epistle to the Hebrews. It should therefore be re-evaluated in today's society the role of Sunday, the day of the meeting of the Eucharist and Community as the first day of the week, the one that informed the other day, just in a which tend toward the opposite.
In the community, he said Msgr Ughi, must be filled by common understanding of the various associations to be members of one body: the Church. Everyone in it has a role, and it is its short, to settle the differences and not to flatten them. Christians are to unite their common humanity, faith and life. A "strike force" that can be beneficial and peaceful contrast to a social quarrelsomeness always seems to be rewarding and just shouting. But since the mild
not be confused with the camouflage, here come the need for Christians to be a leaven in society become watchwords then the training, including adult education, and social commitment.
what to do, he asked Bishop Ughi conclusion of intervention, in real terms? First to establish authentic fraternal relations. And ability to listen to the voice of the Lord who speaks to us today in history, and then the capacity of community discernment, in collaboration with others, always remembering that it is for other Christians and not for themselves. A first way to
parolew of Bishop Ughi came in the second part of the afternoon, where all these combinations have occurred, taking place alongside the Rapporteur, under the guidance of Giuseppe Viscardi, moderator of the meeting, forming a semicircle that presented itself as the ideal continuity with the public.
Everyone has explained its history and the way they contribute to the life of the Church, embodying in Genoa today's reality its projects, sharing the spirit of the event.
In closing was again Bishop Ughi, with its large load of humanity, to respond to the comments of numerous public and involved.
a positive experience and innovation that will surely follow: the organizers, in fact, look at next spring for a new, possible appointment.
