{"id":331075,"date":"2022-02-16T18:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.flars.net\/cultivating-the-culture-of-the-encounter\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:37:44","slug":"cultivating-the-culture-of-the-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/cultivating-the-culture-of-the-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating the culture of the encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual meeting of the Friends of Together for Europe (TfE) <\/em>2022 will be held in Porto, Portugal \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The meeting of the Friends of TfE<\/em> will be held on 10 \u2013 12 November 2022 in Portugal. The Portuguese Friends invite the Friends from 45 movements that adhere to TfE<\/em> to visit their most beautiful city of Porto, an architectural jewel, through which the river Douro (Golden) flows between the mountains and the Atlantic. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Country outlining the Western boundaries of Europe is ready to open its heart and doors to welcome the participants of the Congress. Clotilde, a member of the Sch\u00f6nstatt Movement stated: \u201cWe want to promote dialogue with the aim of discovering how we, together, can re-affirm solidarity and brotherhood between all nations. And in order to know each other better we will together have a look at the history and culture of our Country\u201d.<\/p>\n

Why, of all places, have we chosen Porto? A smiling Ana L\u00facia of the Emmanuel Community explained: \u201cTourists associate Porto with the famous wine Port. In 1996, Porto was the World Heritage Capital. It\u2019s the city with many bridges, and these symbolize the links between various Countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

More than anything else \u2013 and this has a special interest to the Friends of TfE <\/em>\u2013 there we find an ecumenical environment. \u201cIn Porto there are seven Churches (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lusitanian, Methodist, Lutheran, Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox) that are committed to the ecumenical dialogue\u201d. There are also contacts with the Taiz\u00e9 Community. \u201cTherefore, there\u2019s no better place to build and experience unity\u201d, as Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio e Maria Eug\u00e9nia of the Focolare Movement underlined.<\/p>\n

What values can we share there? Maria da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o of the Cursillos Movement affirms: \u201cFor example we can offer the rest of Europe an experience of a community in which one finds spontaneous closeness and mutual help, inspired by the Gospel\u201d. The family is the optimal place where faith is handed down. During the November meeting there will be the possibility of meeting representatives of the younger generations and hold an in-depth exchange of ideas on how they face today\u2019s challenges, for example, migration, ecology, etc, based on their faith.<\/p>\n

Liliana (Verbum Dei) e Filomena (Theresian Institution) expressed the common desire: \u201cWe would like the November meeting to give us the possibility to cultivate with our friends the culture of the encounter<\/em>, something close to the ideals of TfE<\/em>. We would like to become ever more \u201c\u2019builders of hope\u2019, as Gerhard Pross put in November 2021. Our challenges may be summed up as \u201creconciled diversity\u201d (Margaret Karram)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Porto will surely be a step forward.<\/p>\n

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

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