June 2007 Articles

Stone 33

Virginia Tech students mark a trail of compassion with their memorial of stones—by including one for the shooter.



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First Responders

The Focolare’s younger generation, mostly university students, reacts to the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech that claimed 33 lives.



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Broadcasting Their Understanding

High school students raise hopeful voices after the Virginia Tech tragedy.



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All That Truly Matters

The Virginia Tech tragedy makes our staff writer—a Hokie herself—reflect on her own days at Blacksburg.



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Learn, Be Challenged, Take Action

Positive steps to take in environmental protection efforts.

Hyper-Consumerism: Manufacturing needs, not meeting them

A Q&A with Benjamin Barber on his newest book, Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole.



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Wide World of Sports

livingCity takes a look at the vatican booklet entitled, The World of Sport Today: Field of Christian Mission, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity.



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Marilyn Cox

"I know that I fail many times in living the Gospel, but because this is a collective spirituality, I feel encouraged to begin again." A member of the Focolare shares her story.



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Film is Beautiful

The film Bella won top honors at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and its director, Alejandro Monteverde, was recognized as a model citizen.



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Acceptance, Affection, Care

Chiara Lubich has written that the family, invented by God as a masterpiece of love, can inspire the world of tomorrow. Family experiences hightlight this point.



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Arrangement Ends, Friendship Doesn’t

"I decided to love, and I understood that I must have asked too much of my neighbor." Making ourselves one builds friendships that last.



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Listening or the Lawn?

"I realized that listening was a way to love. " Living the Gospels opens our hearts to each neighbor.



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In the Heart of Texas

Two university professors in San Antonio promote the Economy of Communion through a lecture and symposium. For students, it is a true discovery.



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Netuitive’s Nick Sanna

A young CEO allows students to discover the Economy of Communion—most recently at two Texas universities—reconciling their idealism with the demands of business.



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Living for the City : Special Cooperation

Tassano Consortium, a successful EoC initiative that helps people in a variety of situations enter the workforce, tells its story at the United Nations.



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Trust and Openness at Work

The story of Arc-en-saison, a residential maintenance firm in Montreal.



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Under the Tuscan Sun

Near the Focolare’s little city of Loppiano, in Tuscany, is a new industrial park for Economy of Communion businesses. Italy’s prime minister was on hand for the grand opening.



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What is the Economy of Communion?

Born from a desire to meet the material needs of many, the Focolare's Economy of Communion is a model of how for profit businesses can serve the greater good of all. The emphasis is on communion. Follow a brief overview of its development and principles.

A Way of Communion in Freedom

Focolare’s founder retraces the origins of the Economy of Communion in Brazil.



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Who Benefits? Economy of Communion in Action

Economy of Communion meets the needs of many people around the world. Listen to their experiences.



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