EDITORIAL

The light of Assisi

We often insisted on this difficult time of war, terrorism ad violence. The theme of peace resonates on these pages. It is a concern present in many of the activities of the Community. It is some days now that we have on these pages a section dedicated to peace. Here we reflect the present concerns and here one can find some lines of the work of the Community.

One concern is not to forget the situations of conflict and abandonment. Like the Italian who had been kidnapped in Columbia together with two other colleagues of his (today there is another Italian who has been taken by another armed group). The Community worked for his liberation, first of all remembering him and then, with the help of the Columbians, by having him released for humanitarian reasons. It is just a drop in the great sea of the many men and women who are kidnapped, detained, forgotten all over the world. The great work of many organizations, think about Amnesty International, shed light on the existence of these forgotten of the earth.

A light of hope in this complex framework, comes from the statement of John Paul II regarding a meeting of religions to be held in Assisi, to pray for peace on January 24th 2002: � in this historical moment humanity needs to see signs of peace and to listen to words of hope�. We would like Assisi to be a light, as it was the prayer in 1986. But it is not only an image to contemplate, it is something to which everyone can take part in. The Pope asked the Catholics to join the fast of Ramadan, a time of prayer and purification for the Muslim, on the 14th of December. This sign shows the profound concord that exists between religions in their will for peace.

11/22/01 - Medellin (Colombia) - The Liberation of Gaetano Izzia, the Italian kidnapped in Colombia. Interview to Riccardo Cannelli

11/21/01 - Vatican City - The Pope grants Audience to the Representatives of Sant'Egidio in the World

11/21/01 - Toledo (Spain) - Prayer for Peace

11/21/01 - Goba (Mozambique) - The Activities of the Surgery of the Community of Sant'Egidio continue

11/21/01 - Avvenire: "Assisi, a Bridge between two Centuries"

11/19/01 - Napoli (Italy) - The Prize "Marcello Candia, a Life for the Others" has been awarded to the Community

11/18/01 - Novara (Italy) - Memory of the First Massacre of Jews in Italy

11/17/01 - Genova (Italy) - The First Container Left for the Central Hospital of Maputo, Mozambique

11/17/01 - Torino (Italy) - The Speech of Andrea Riccardi at the Congress "Christians and Political Engagement"

11/16/01 - Books: Italian as a Friend

11/16/01 - Rome - Elderly and Foreigners together for the Right to Work

11/13/01 - Panorama: "The Match is played and won in Africa"

11/11/01 - Medellin (Colombia) - An Italian Workman, Prisoner for more that one Year, was set Free

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november 25, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
Thanksgiving for the days of the Lord.

november 26, Monday: Memory of the Poor

november 27, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord

november 28, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

november 29, Thursday: Memory of the Church

november 30, Friday: Memory of the apostles
Feast of Saint Andrew Apostle. He preached the Gospel in Greece and died, according to a tradition, crucified like his Lord. Memory of the Church of Constantinople and that of Romania.

december 1, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
Memory of Brother Charles de Foucauld, witness of the Gospel in the silence of prayer, killed December 1st, 1916 in Tamarasset by a band of Tuaregh bandits.

december 2, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
First Sunday of Advent

december 3, Monday: Memory of the Poor
Memory of Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit and witness of the Gospel in India and Japan.

december 4, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord
Memory of Saint John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church in the seventh century.

december 5, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

december 6, Thursday: Memory of the Church
Memory of Saint Nicolas (circa 350), saint of the East, venerated in Bari and in all the East. He was the bishop of southern Turkey.

december 7, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified
Memory of Saint Ambrose (circa 397), bishop of Milan. Shepard of his people, he was particularly strong faced with the power of the emperor.

december 8, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
Memory of the Mother of the Lord, Immaculate Virgin

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