{"id":330966,"date":"2020-04-02T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.flars.net\/following-in-the-founding-fathers-footsteps\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:41:22","slug":"following-in-the-founding-fathers-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/following-in-the-founding-fathers-footsteps\/","title":{"rendered":"Following in the Founding Fathers\u2019 footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"

23 February 2020: Intergenerational Day in Brussels. 51 European citizens\u00a0 – young and old – members of two diverse Communities, which are part of the network Together for Europe,<\/i> share a “discovery tour” of significant places.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Agn\u00e8s Grenier writes from Brussels:<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the Ottmaring meeting that marked the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of Together for Europe<\/em>, I came to know Pierpaolo of the Pope John XXIII Community. Pierpaolo has recently asked me to help organize a guided visit to our city for a group of 51 young and older persons from all Europe.<\/strong> Philippe and I, members of the Focolare Movement, immediately accepted to act as guides. In spite of the rainy and cold weather, we did our best to help our new friends discover some aspects of the European realities present in the Belgian Capital City.<\/p>\n

For example, in the Parlamentarium<\/strong> we could follow the various stages of the integration of Europe; we also saw how the European Parliament functions and understood better the work that the MEPs carry out to face today\u2019s challenges. We were all struck by the complexity of this structure and we understood how great and fundamental the intuition of the Founding Father of the European Union was to build new relationships of collaboration and trust between the various European Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We then visited the Grande Place<\/strong>\/Grote Markt<\/em>, the historical City centre of Brussels. For many centuries it was the venue of political meetings, court sittings, cultural and religious festival, and even where capital punishments were carried out.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day we felt enriched with so much history. Above all, however, we felt that the bonds that link the Focolare Movement and the Pope John XXIII Community have been strengthened: we felt as if we were one family. Together, we have enlivened a small expression of the European Union!\u201d<\/p>\n

Beatriz Lauenroth<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo: \u00a9Matteo Santini; Photo Planetarium: Wikipedia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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