PREPARED BY THE OFM OFFICE OF JUSTICE, … The JPIC Animation Committee met in El Salvador December...

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In this issueIn this issueIn this issueIn this issue:

1. JPIC ANIMATION COMMITTEE MEETS IN EL SALVADOR

2. SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO AND AWARD FOR "THE 72"

3. JPIC PRESENTATION TO THE PROVINCIALS OF EUROPE (UFME)

4. JPIC IN UMBRIA

5. FROM LIMA: A DIALOGUE ABOUT LIFE AND MINING

6. THE LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING

7. MEETING OF ALL SERVICES OF BRAZILIAN OFM CONFERENCE

8. FRANCISCAN SCHOOL IN BRISBANE AND THE TRADITION OF INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP

9. SPIRIT OF ASSISI – EXPERIENCES IN BRAZIL AND HOLLAND

10. ANNUAL JPIC COURSE AT THE ANTONIANUM

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PREPARED BY THE OFM OFFICE OF JUSTICE, PEACE AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION IN ROME

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The JPIC Animation Committee met in El Salvador December 6-11. Three events preceded: meetings of the OFM JPIC animators of Central America, of the JPIC animators of the Franciscan Family, and of civil society groups involved with the question of mining. At the first event, six JPIC animators were present, representing the six countries that make up the prov-ince: Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama. Also present were Joe Rozansky OFM and Fabio Lamour OFM (Rome JPIC Office), Vicente Felipe OFM (General Definitor and link to JPIC), and Markus Fuhrmann OFM (member of the International Animation Committee). The second and third events dealt with issues related to water, mining and activities that threaten the well-being of the people. The most important agenda item for the Animation Committee was preparing the International Council meeting, to be held in Indonesia in June of this year. The Committee also discussed strategies to promote two new JPIC materials: one on the Ethical Use of Resources, and the other a Toolkit for workshops on Peace and Reconciliation.

The Animation Committee was truly moved by its

experience of the history and witness of the El Salva-

dor martyrs. In San Salvador we visited the Universi-

ty of Central America (UCA), where the Jesuits were

killed and where there is a memorial to the four

church women who were also murdered; the Muse-

um of the Image and the Word, to help us understand

more deeply the history of oppression and struggle of

the Salvadoran people; the house where Bishop Os-

car Romero lived and the small chapel where he was

assassinated; and the cathedral where he is buried,

and where we celebrated Eucharist together with this

martyr, who is the inspiration for the struggle of the

people against forms of oppression in Latin America.

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JPIC ANIMATION COMMITTEE MEETS IN EL SALVADOR

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From November 16th until the 23rd, Fray Tomás Gon-zález Castillo, Director of “The 72”, Shelter-Home for Migrant Persons in Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico par-ticipated in a trip to France and Germany. The main objective of the trip was to meet with the authorities of these countries, with human rights groups and with the populace. They visited Paris and Strasbourg while in France. In the first city, they met with a delegation from the Direc-torship of the Americas and Caribbean Foreign Affairs. They had an interview with Mme Helene Conway-Mouret, Ministerial Delegate of French People Living Abroad. There was also a dialogue with members of the Directorship of Democratic Governance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where there were repre-sentatives of the government and the populace. The delegation also attended the National Advisory Commission for Human Rights (CNCDH) where mem-bers of Secours Catholique (Caritas France), the Inter-national Federation of Human Rights, Amnesty Inter-national of France and The International Peace Bri-gades (GDP) were also present. There was an ex-change of ideas with young people from the Institute of Higher Studies of Latin America from the University of Sorbonne. There were meetings with the Vice - President of the European Court for Human Rights in the city of Stras-bourg. The stay in France ended with a lunch with the ambassadors and consuls of France, Germany, the United States, Mexico and the Vatican at the Council of Europe based in Strasbourg. In Germany, the group visited Stuttgart and Berlin. In the first city they met with representatives of the Ger-man Coordinator for Human Rights in Mexico. In Berlin they visited the German Parliament where they were received by a representative of the political party currently in power. They also visited the German Institute for Human Rights, and held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meetings to share information took place with German international and national organizations that defend and promote human rights. Among those groups were Amnesty International, Bread for the World, Mis-sionszentrale of the Franciscans and the German Co-ordination for Human Rights in Mexico. Other signifi-cant visits included: the Center for Medical Aid for Refugees; the magazine, “News for Latin America"; and a soup kitchen for refugees and the destitute run by the Franciscans in Berlin. The following is a summary of the insights shared at all the meetings, whether with authorities of the two countries, the general public, or the defenders of hu-man rights: The dramatic situation of Mexicans after the strategy against organized crime failed, and the renewed strug-gle for power since the return of PRI to the federal

Government. Also the situation of poverty and violence that Mexicans endure in some regions of the country, the result of criminal violence and deplorable Govern-ment strategies in the face of destruction of natural re-sources and the lack of effective social policies. Institutionalized and structural violations of human rights, especially of those engaged in promoting and defending them. Many human rights defenders in Mexi-co are persecuted, sometimes through use of “legal” penalties which not infrequently have ended in death, and receive threats. One of the most vulnerable groups of society in Mexico today continues to be migrants: Mexicans who continue to leave the country, Mexicans who have been deported by the United States Government and of course, mi-grants from Central American. The scandalous violence against them, on the part of organized crime and cor-rupt authorities has not diminished in Mexico. Mexico is guilty of this criminal violence because even after the endless tragedies and massacres that the mi-grant population has suffered, no immigration policy has emerged for the safeguarding of human rights. Those who defend the human rights of migrants, partic-ularly migrant shelters, live in a constant state of dan-ger; while some have precautionary measures dictated by the Inter-American System of Human Rights and are beneficiaries of the Mechanisms for Defenders, Activists and Journalists, the state does not provide security or sufficiently safe conditions for their humanitarian work. In addition to all of this, those responsible for the Pasto-ral Work with Migrants at the Mexican Bishops’ Confer-ence have dismantled the very organization which in Mexico had been doing excellent work for migrants, promoting solidarity and advocacy at the national and international levels.

Finally, La 72 is grateful to the embassies of France and Germany in Mexico for having received the Franco - German Human Rights Award, and commits itself to ensuring that the award continues to support the de-fenders who do their job in an environment of persecu-tion and death.


SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO AND AWARD FOR "THE 72"

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The presentation was divided into three parts, following the structure used in the document from the last International Council meeting held in Nairobi in February 2012. The International Council is composed of the 13 conference coor-dinators for JPIC, the members of the Interna-tional Animation Committee, the two friars who work in the Rome Office, and the Definitor who serves as “link” with the general administration of the Order. Each part of the presentation dealt with a different mandate of the 2009 Gen-eral Chapter: Peacebuilding, Environmental Justice and Collaboration. Regarding peace, the world situation is perplex-ing. How can it be that in the midst of such great progress the world is beset by armed con-flict and ever-increasing warfare? There are many reasons for these conflicts, but structural injustice is surely one of the greatest. As Fran-ciscans we should be indignant at the inability of world governments to dialogue and find peaceful ways to resolve conflict. We are called to be instruments of peace and reconcili-ation in this world. Many friars promote peace by promoting human rights, seeking to manage conflict through use of active nonviolence. They deal not only with grave external conflict, but also with internal conflict in our fraternities. These conflicts are often caused by prejudice, misunderstanding and lack of interest in the experience of fellow friars. If these issues are not dealt with they lead to rupture. Regarding environmental justice and the impact of our lifestyle on creation, our key concern is to raise awareness of the need to care for the en-vironment and to live in a sustainable way. We surely know that climate change is a reality af-fecting all of us. The increasing use of nonre-newable sources of energy is a major concern, along with worldwide growth of toxic and unre-cyclable waste, which is polluting land, rivers and seas. Increasingly extreme temperatures cause grave problems for agricultural produc-tion in many countries, and global warming pro-vokes suffering for everyone, but especially for the poor. As we survey the ecological crisis we are facing, we see that no country can be indif-ferent, as we are all affected directly or indirect-ly by the resulting catastrophes. The third issue dealt with in the Nairobi docu-ment is collaboration, and the key word for re-flection is solidarity. A large part of the world is experiencing a grave economic crisis which is raising serious questions about the vitality of the current economic system. Many people no

longer believe in recovery for the current model, but hope for the emergence of a new model with new ethical and moral values. These values will not be concerned so much with the market and its needs, but with human beings and their dignity. One of the most important values to sustain hu-man life is collaboration, or solidarity. Without collaboration and the support of community or so-ciety, human life would not be possible. In spite of this, cooperation and solidarity are not values pro-moted in the current economic model. The gap between rich and poor is growing in all parts of the world, and social inequalities are causing in-creased impoverishment. Thousands of people die every year from hunger, while tons of food are thrown away. We have a moral responsibility to help find alter-natives to the crises we are facing. Our economic model has transformed the market and consump-tion into quasi-deities. For the market, the re-sponse to crisis is always the same: more eco-nomic growth and nonstop consumption. But this response is not adequate, since unlimited eco-nomic growth is impossible in a world of finite nat-ural resources. We might consider the possibility of an economic model guided by the values of justice, solidarity and love, where the common good becomes the goal of economic activity. We might allow ourselves to dream this dream, as has happened at the World Social Forums, where it has been noted that ANOTHER WORLD IS POS-SIBLE. As you have already heard from the Minister Gen-eral, immigration and its impact on society, the Church and Franciscans, is deep and permanent. This situation will not end soon. UFME has decid-ed to take up this important challenge and has commissioned a document to help the friars and their lay collaborators to deal with it. The chal-lenge of pastoral work with immigrants, along with other current concerns, is an epiphany for us Franciscans. It is a great opportunity to renew our Franciscan identity and our solidarity with the poor of God in Europe and throughout the world.


JPIC PRESENTATION TO THE PROVINCIALS OF EUROPE (UFME)

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The Friars Minor of Assisi pre-pared a press release about a series of reflections on JPIC themes. The JPIC Commis-sion of the Franciscan Family of Umbria (composed of the Friars Minor, YouFra and the Secular Franciscans) met and prepared a proposal for the for-mation of all those interested in better understanding our world and Italian society. The current situation challeng-es us in many ways. At times our response shows a lack of responsibility, that is, we often demand of others a solution to problems that are actually much more serious among our-selves. Are we not concerned with what is happening to the Earth, in politics, with the economy? We seem to be passive specta-tors in regard to the perverse choices that bring poverty to thousands of families, grow-ing pollution, and political decisions that pro-mote the wellbeing of the few. Our proposed formation program will hope-fully be the start of a journey that will lead us to be men and women interested in the world in which we live, committed to social change, not mere spectators of that which happens around ourselves. The program: Nov. 10, 2013 – Christian and/or political: irreconcilable realities? Luca Diotallevi, so-ciology professor at University Rome 3. March 16, 2014 – How financial mismanage-ment is threatening the planet; Andrea Baranes, cultural foundation of the Ethical Bank. April 27, 2014 – Persecuted Christians around the World; Fr. Bernardo Cervellera, director of Asia News. May 11, 2014 – Environmental and Econom-ic Resources and Lifestyle; Monica de Sisto,

teacher on NGOs and national policy at the Pontifical University Gregoriana Rome; jour-nalist.

These sessions are not meant to be a one-time event. On the contrary they are an at-tempt to reawaken our consciences and pro-mote new initiatives on the part of individuals and the community. Our first goal is to encourage everyone to be-come interested in these questions. Our sec-ond goal is to promote concrete initiatives and participation in dealing with the present needs of our country. Pope Francis has said: “I would therefore like us all to make the serious commitment to re-spect and care for creation, to pay attention to every person, to combat the culture of waste and of throwing out so as to foster a culture of solidarity and encounter” (General Audience, Wednesday, 5 June 2013; World Environ-ment Day).


JPIC IN UMBRIA

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AN OPEN LETTER FROM RELIGIOUS AND LAI-TY, CARETAKERS OF THE GOODS OF CREA-TION IN LATIN AMERICA We are Latin Americans, women and men, reli-gious and lay, challenged by the plight of our peo-ple. They are affected by the mining industry. They are impacted by the destruction of creation and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural re-sources, and by repression and exclusion which generate social conflict, undermine human rights and destroy vital ecosystems. Together, in the light of the Gospel, we are trying to develop strategies to respond to this complex reality. In November 2013, we gathered in Lima in an ini-tial attempt to define a broader process. In Peru, the Latin American country with some of the best indicators of economic development, the Office of Public Defense showed that mining is the main source of social conflict. Thirty people were present, from Salvador, Hondu-ras, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, including some who work in international organizations like Vivat International, Franciscans International and Mercy International (NGOs of the congregations at the United Nations), the Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation of the OFM Franciscans in Rome, as well as Misereor, which promotes the work of the German church for devel-opmental cooperation. In recent years, the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), several dioceses and Catholic Bishops’ Conferences, and the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) have delved into and discussed the conflicts caused by large mining and energy projects in our countries. Base ecclesial communities, in many cases, were protagonists of the resistance to these projects, defending rights and local traditions, and searching for alternatives to this model of development with its colonial roots. These same Christian Base Communities felt the need to revive the link between them and the insti-tutional Church in an ecumenical spirit. The context brings many challenges. Pastors and Christian

leaders who defend communities, the environment and workers affected by the impact of mining are more and more criminalized and persecuted. They are isolated, often even without the institutional sup-port of the churches or congregations to which they belong. Several catechists, sisters, priests and pas-tors have been killed, threatened or driven from the remote communities with whom they had lived and fought. There is urgent need to encourage cooperation be-tween Christians who promote care for creation, in-cluding greater dialogue with the hierarchy of our churches. We are happy that Bishop Guilherme Wer-lang of Brazil was present at the Lima meeting. We are also happy with the support that Pope Francisco is giving to the struggle against large-scale mining, expressed at a recent meeting in Rome. These are important signs for the future. During our meeting we noted commonalities and some possibilities for work in the near future: • We want to contribute to a biblical and theological re-reading of the principles of Christian commitment to justice, peace and integrity of creation (JPIC). We want to deepen the relationship between the sacred values of the traditions of our peoples, the culture of ‘Good Living' and the Christian message, within a common commitment to defend life. We will work to incorporate these issues in the popular education of Christian communities. • We want to engage in dialogue with the institutional Catholic Church, with networks of Evangelical churches, and with our religious congregations. We will seek to strengthen our dialogue with CLAI and to promote a meeting of retreat and reflection where representatives of communities affected by mining can ask for the protection of the Vatican, and a de-fense of their rights and ways of life. • We want to build bridges between affected commu-nities and international institutions for the defense of human rights. We will accomplish this through the religious men and women who work at the United Nations, the national and international coordinators of JPIC and the international networks involved in the fight against the impacts of mining.

We call upon the religious and laity of Latin Amer-ica to promote permanent debate on these issues and urgent items. We hope to bring together a larger and more ar-ticulated group in Brazil at the end of 2014. We will reaffirm these commitments and take on new ones, so that our people feel the support of the churches and through them recognize and enjoy life in all its abundance.

Lima, November 4-5, 2013


FROM LIMA: A DIALOGUE ABOUT LIFE AND MINING

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The International Year of Family Agriculture 2014 is an initiative promoted by the World Ru-ral Forum and supported by more than 360 civ-ic and small farmer organizations from every continent. Its celebration around the world, de-clared by the UN General Assembly, aims to become a tool for the promotion of active poli-cies which favor the sustainable development of agricultural systems based on family units that are rural, communal, indigenous, coopera-tive and fishing-based. All of this will be done in the context of the struggle against poverty and hunger, as well as the promotion of rural organization based on respect for the environment and biodiversity. The International Year of Family Farming (IYFF 2014) was officially inaugurated on November 22, in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The event, in addition to making the value of family farming visible as a more effective means in the fight against hunger and poverty, also became a great cry in favor of the more than 2 billion women and men who are family farmers, small farmers, artisanal fishermen, shepherds, indige-nous and landless laborers. The ceremony was chaired by the director-general of FAO, Graziano da Silva; by repre-sentatives of the General Assembly of the UN

and its Secretary-General; and by a delegation of the World Rural Forum (www.ruralforum.net). In the Rome JPIC Office, we hope that the initia-tive to make 2014 the International Year of Family Agriculture might become part of our concrete ef-forts to combat poverty and hunger, which is an important JPIC value. For more information about the International Year of Family Farming see:

www.familyfarmingcampaign.net


THE LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING

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The JPIC animators of the CFMB (Conference of OFM Provincials of Brazil) met in Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, from the 20th to the 25th of October, 2013. They shared the activi-ties of each Entity, studied the International Council documents from Tarata and Nairobi with Joe Rozansky (Director of the Rome Of-fice), evaluated the work of the last three years, and planned future activities. We noted the following activities that were pro-moted ad extra: - Our work together with the Franciscan Family at Rio + 20 and the Peoples' Summit; - Our social work and our activities with NGOs and socio-environmental movements (with spe-cial emphasis on the question of land reform, especially in the region of the Triangulo Minei-ro); - Activities for life and environmental justice are being promoted in schools, parishes and the mass media, highlighting the mining issue and conflicts in indigenous territories. We noted the following activities that were pro-moted ad intra: - A growing presence of JPIC values in initial and ongoing formation (although we need to raise awareness of how these values are part of the DNA of a Friar Minor); - There is a greater awareness of environmen-tal problems, along with greater concern to find ways to minimize them (like the issue of solid waste, tied to recycling and re-use of materi-als); - Promotion of a "Walk for JPIC Values".

Over the next three-year period we propose to undertake the following activities: - Strengthen our commitment to work with the sec-retariats of Formation and Evangelization so as to promote the value of transversality; - Prioritize the mandate on Environmental Justice from General Chapter 2009, with special focus on mining and its impacts, on lifestyle, and on the Green Economy; In order to accomplish the activities already planned we reconfirm our desire to: - Promote a seminar on the Brazilian Amazon; - Promote the II National Congress for Franciscan Youth, which will include reflection on the impacts of mining; - Prepare educational materials for use in initial formation, parishes, sanctuaries and schools;

- Prepare a calendar indi-cating special days of cele-bration of JPIC activities and material dealing with our service; - Facilitate access to new material on non-violence and conflict resolution in our fraternities; - Establish partnerships with the Franciscan Family and civil society to help promote activities for life and for the environment.


MEETING OF ALL SERVICES OF BRAZILIAN OFM CONFERENCE

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FRANCISCAN SCHOOL IN BRISBANE AND THE TRADITION OF INTERFAITH FRIENDSHIP

ANNUAL JPIC COURSE AT THE ANTONIANUM

We are happy to inform you that the JPIC Office at our General Curia and the Antonianum have an-nounced the dates for the next JPIC course: April 29 to May 9 of this year. The annual course, a response to decisions of the last two General Chapters, promotes formation of our JPIC animators (especially those recently named), and is an opportunity for the ongoing formation of all friars. It will be presented, with simultaneous translation, in the three official languages of the Order (Italian, Spanish and English). Morning sessions are reserved for JPIC animators and will help them reflect on practical aspects of their ministry. Afternoon sessions are open to all friars and any other inter-ested people, religious or lay. The title of this year’s course is: The Excluded and Human Rights: Toward a Church for the Poor. For more information and to see the program, click here http://www.ofm.org/ofm/?p=7089&lang=en To participate in the course, please be in touch with the Curia JPIC Office at the following address: [email protected]

PADUA College (a Franciscan school in Brisbane, Australia) continued a tradition of interfaith friend-ship on October 24 by hosting students from the Islamic College of Brisbane (ICB). The visit provid-ed students from both schools with an opportunity to share in a welcoming prayer, sign of peace and information session about the life of St Francis. The students also took part in interactive social activities, including a game of basketball and tour around the college. Padua College teacher Richard Butler said the friendship between the two schools had grown over the past four years, and commented: “We decided to become involved in developing a relationship with another religious community in 2010 as part of our Study of Religion program.” The friendship has been strengthened by annual visits and activity days, with Padua hosting ICB students every October, and 12th Year students in the Study of Religion program visiting the Islamic College each May. Mount Alvernia College (also in Brisbane) participates in a similar relationship with the female students from ICB, where the girls “have a wonderful time getting to know each oth-er” and “learn more about their school and culture from a female perspective,” Mr. Butler said. “The purpose of our interfaith activity is to dialogue with one another,” he said. “This includes learn-ing about a different religion and culture.” Mr. Butler said it was a “most enjoyable experience for students and staff”. “We have established a great friendship which helps to build and develop knowledge, tolerance, acceptance and understanding of different religions and cultures within our wider community,” he said.

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On October 27, 2013, in the city of Belo Horizonte, SINFRAJUPE-MG (InterFranciscan Service for Jus-tice, Peace and Ecology of the state of Minas Gerais) invited local Franciscan communities and leaders of other religions to celebrate the Spirit of Assisi. The activity was inspired by the World Day of Prayer for Peace, which promotes unity in the search for the common good. The fraternal celebration began with an introduction of participating groups and a presentation of prob-lems which threaten local bodies of water and the peace of the region. • Friars who live near Pampulha Lake spoke about the critical condition of local inhabitants and of the lake itself. They suffer from pollution caused by dumping of trash and sewage, which serves to underline gov-ernment inaction and the disinterest of the inhabitants. • Members of the Center for Holistic Ecology of Betim spoke about the difficulties faced by those who live on the banks of the Middle Paraopeba River. They are due to flooding and to pollution from dumping of garbage, sewage and waste from the mining industry. • The situation of farmers affected by mining activities in the Region of Serra Azul, in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, was also raised. • The Gandarela Movement, which works for creation of Gandarela National Park, reported on the serious damage to forests and water in the state of Minas Gerais, due to many activities. In the plenary session the group discussed how mining activities impact the lives of urban and rural popu-lations, indigenous peoples, those who work in the mining sector, and the environment itself. After hear-ing about the water conflicts affecting the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, each religious group of-fered a prayer to God in a spirit of communion, based on the spirituality of the religion offering the prayer. We Franciscans were able to share the spirit of Saint Francis, showing how we need discernment, courte-sy, to learn how to listen, to understand without hurting, to work for love and to speak with the intention of helping. We do this because the values we receive from God cannot remain locked in our hearts, trapped by egoism. Rather, our heavenly treasure grows in the measure that we share it.

Cidinha Ibrahim, OFS – Sinfrajupe/MG


SPIRIT OF ASSISI – EXPERIENCES IN BRAZIL AND HOLLAND

Celebration of the Spirit of Assisi in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

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On the 27th of October, 2013, young people (17-30 years old) of different backgrounds (religious, non-religious, different convictions) journeyed through Amsterdam, visiting places of peace, belief, hope and love. The event was tied to the celebration of the Spirit of Assisi, which commemorates the meet-ing of many religious leaders in Assisi in 1986, at the invitation of Pope John Paul II. Since then, in many places around the world, there have been annual celebrations on October 27th to gather people of different backgrounds and convictions in order to promote peaceful rela-tions and to keep alive and strengthen the common longing. Participants met in a Baptist Church in downtown Amsterdam. From there they started off in small groups of 5 or 6 to visit different places in town. These places represented hope, belief and love, or symbolized a call for these virtues. The young people visited a synagogue, a church, a mosque and a Buddhist temple. They also visited the Anne Frank house, an ecu-menical community where many are received and accompanied, and the Moseshouse, which specializes in interreligious meetings. They passed by monuments for peace (National Monu-ment of Liberty on Damsquare) or for resistance against injustice (Dokwerker) or against gra-tuitous violence (‘Help’ in Voetboogstreet). Another group visited the statue of Spinoza, where the young people were invited to speak with passers-by about freedom and its limits. The initiative for this event came from Amsterdam Sant’Egidio Community, the Friars Minor of the Netherlands and the United Baptist Church in Amsterdam. The youngsters who partici-pated requested the organizers to repeat the event in October 2014. They are willing to help with the preparation so that an even larger and more diverse group might have the same ex-perience that they did.

Theo van Adrichem OFM


SPIRIT OF ASSISI – EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL AND HOLLAND

Journey of Peace in Amsterdam in the Spirit of Assisi

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