{"id":330994,"date":"2020-05-18T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.flars.net\/crossing-europe-in-one-day\/"},"modified":"2020-05-18T16:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:34:17","slug":"crossing-europe-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/crossing-europe-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Europe in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living May 9, 2020, online: Due to Covid-19, all the events planned for the Europe Day, which involved <\/strong>Together for Europe <\/em>were held online. Together for Europe<\/em>\u00a0was in contact with persons from all over the Continent through discussions, conferences, prayers and singing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Italy<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In Italy, more than 900 Friends of Together<\/em>\u00a0from all over the Country joined in a Zoom conference. The theme was: \u201cIntegral ecology: a sustainable utopia for Europe\u201d<\/strong>; two keynote speeches dealt with how to work for the planet\u2019s better present and an even better future by respecting nature and persons. The meeting was concluded with an ecumenical prayer<\/strong> with representatives of numerous Churches and Communities, and with the renewal of the \u2018pact\u2019 of mutual love.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Two conferences<\/strong>, one based in Utrecht and another in Amsterdam, were held in The Netherlands. “Utrecht in Dialogue” and “Pax”<\/strong> provided small online groups<\/strong> with food for thought during their lively discussions regarding ideas about Europe. Many young people took part.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u2018Schuman Centre\u2019 discussed the present situation of the Continent<\/strong>. 70 years ago, Robert Schuman announced his plan to start laying the foundations for a European Home embracing 500 million inhabitants. Jeff Fountain, the founder of the \u2018Schuman Centre\u2019, which was established ten years ago, concluded the discussion with an unusual form of prayer. He sang in English on the tune of “Ode of joy”,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Europahymnus, a rewritten interpretation:<\/span> “With the vision now before us of a true community \/ Of all European peoples, rich in our diversiy \/ Let us pray and work together for our solidarity \/ Peace, equality and freedom, rooted in your charity.<\/span>”<\/p>\n

Austria and Eastern Europe <\/strong><\/h5>\n

The City of Graz was linked to six Countries for an exchange of lived out experiences. The Friends of Together<\/em>\u00a0in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary and Northern Italy shared how they were living the Covid-19 crisis in the spirit of mutual support<\/strong>. At the end, Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl thanked the participants for their witnessing as an international community, and concluded saying: \u201cIn spite of our differences and separations, through the cross we are all united one to the other\u201d.<\/p>\n

Germany<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The YMCA of Esslingen-Stuttgart thought that at the planned prayer meeting, only locals would participate. However, when they moved the event online, the Friends of Together<\/em> were linked to other Movements in diverse German, Italian and Dutch cities. Indeed, for all of them the evening turned out to be a true experience of Togetherness.<\/p>\n

France <\/strong><\/h5>\n

In France there were 34 link-ups <\/strong>scattered in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Tours that formed a national network that manifested the diversities between the groups, and, at the same time, a profound mutual esteem. G\u00e9rard Testard (Efesia<\/em>) encouraged the participants to make the \u2018French voice\u2019 ever more present in Europe. One of the participants concluded: \u201cIt was a moment of fraternity and trust in Europe<\/strong> that filled us all with a new hope\u201d.<\/p>\n

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

The events will be available online in the next few days on:<\/p>\n

Italy:<\/strong> facebook.com\/Insiemepereuropa.roma>><\/a>
\nAmsterdam : <\/strong>facebook schuman centre>> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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