Ludmila Bukovanska tells us about a simple but significant moment they experienced in Prague with some Movements from the Together for Europe network.
Europe Day – 9 May 2025
Disarm
‘We must disarm words, to disarm minds and disarm the Earth. There is a great need for reflection, for calmness, and for a sense of complexity’. These words of Pope Francis were published on 14 March ‘25 in an Italian newspaper. And he concluded his letter by stating that ‘religions can draw on the spirituality of peoples, to rekindle the desire for brotherhood and justice, the hope for peace. All this calls for commitment, work, silence, and words’.
Will we succeed? The success of a Europe as we dream it requires the contribution of each and every one of us, in our daily lives. The social fabric is ours, of us citizens of the different European countries. And as Christians we have in our DNA the call to walk together, even if this requires effort, tenacity, continuity, indeed ‘commitment, work, silence, and words’.
The forthcoming Europe Day can be an opportunity to commit ourselves together, as Movements and Communities, to witness that our common roots, our faith in the Risen One who constantly journeys with us, can enhance harmony, respect for diversity, mutual esteem, patience, and fraternity. Let us support our peoples with the charisms we have freely received. Let us put them into play. Europe, the world, awaits.
Articles about Europe Day 2025
Together for Europe and the Schoenstatt Family Movement Austria invite you to an inspiring Zoom event.
On the occasion of Europe Day, Friday 9 May, Together for Europe will take part in the Europe Fair organised by the city of Strasbourg, alongside the European institutions and numerous associations involved in European integration.
On 15 May 2025 an event promoted by Together for Europe in the European Parliament invites politicians, young people and religious leaders to reflect on the spiritual roots of the Union with an eye to the future. The entire event will be broadcast via streaming.
75 years after the Schuman Declaration, the Together for Europe network in Rome will celebrate Europe Day on 10 May in the Sala della Protomoteca in Campidoglio. This will be followed by an Ecumenical Vigil in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
This year, too, we want to consciously celebrate Europe Day. A fundamental expression of this is prayer, with which we entrust to God the continent's immense challenges, but also the hopes and concrete commitment to reconciliation and mutual acceptance between our peopl...
Documents – Europe Day 2025