Run4Unity

This is the second time this world relay event has been held. The young people will run in symbolic locations around the globe, on the borders of countries at war, in forgotten areas of their cities, along the main roads of their biggest metropolises, to extend a rainbow of fraternity across the world.

In each time zone, there will be an event between 4 pm and 5 pm, when the baton is passed on to the next one. The relay will conclude with “Let’s colour our city”, transmitted live via internet between 6pm and 7.30pm from Piazza Navona (Rome).
An appointment with Chiara: a recorded video of a conversation with young people, and interviews with the first witnesses of the Focolare Movement.

Choreography, stories, projects: 2000 young people from all over the world in Rome, and over 100,000 in other places, with news and direct linkups with the relays in different countries.
“The time will come when the adult will finish his race”, Chiara wrote in 1968, “and the young person, now adult, will run until another young person catches up, with the same flag. Until all will be truly one and the testament of Jesus will be fulfilled.”

This was how forty years ago Chiara set in motion the historic handing on of the flag from those who began the Focolare Movement to the new generations.
Preparations for Run4Unity 2008 have been going on for more than a year, and it is the first major manifestation of the Focolare Movement since Chiara’s funeral. The young people of many different countries have expressed the view that the event be a sign of gratitude to her, and a renewed public commitment to carry ahead “her wildest dream…to bring the world, in her arms, to God. Father, may they all be one.”

Patrons: The President of the Italian Republic, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the General Secretary of the Council of Europe, the Region of Lazio.

Source:

http://www.focolare.org/articolo.php?codart=5592

For more information:

http://www.run4unity.net/2008/home.html

Youth for a United World


WHO ARE WE?

We are young people representing different races and nationalities. We are part of the youth sector of the Focolare Movement founded by Chiara Lubich and we too have chosen to make the Gospel our lifestyle.
We belong to mainstream Churches, but also to other religions or cultures which do not embrace a religious creed. The desire to build universal brotherhood is the link which binds us together.

We believe it is possible to build a better world, one with greater solidarity, and to create one human family where the identity of each person is respected. We use every available means to foster unity, to heal the existing disunities in this worldwide family: among generations; between groups and movements; among Christians of varied denominations; between believers of different religions. We want to tear down the barriers that divide ethnic groups, races, peoples, cultures, social classes, people of different convictions and persuasions.

To this end, we promote activities and projects on a local and worldwide scale. Oftentimes, we provide immediate aid to individuals in need or to the victims of war and natural disasters, collaborating also on an international level.


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