A book edited by Fabio Ciardi: The Exterior Castle, the ‘novelty’ in Chiara Lubich’s spirituality, a collection of writings by the Carmelite Priest Jesùs Castellano Cervera (1941-2006), Città Nuova, Rome, 2011.

“In the ample introduction, especially through a series of quotations from the unpublished correspondence between Fr. Jesús and Chiara, we can reconstruct the story of a spiritual relationship which sustained and stimulated the journey not only of the scholar of spirituality, but also of the religious and Discalced Carmelite priest, son of Theresa of Avila and John of the Cross.

Chiara Lubich
God-Love
Edited by Florence Gillet
Città Nuova, Rome 2011

Chiara considers the discovery and the rediscovery of a God who is Love as “the greatest adventure of the modern person.”

This collection opens a window on the inexpressible, that is, on God and how Chiara met him throughout her whole life. Through the texts gathered here, Chiara leads us from the striking discovery that “God loves you immensely,” to the deepest longing of her whole life, union with God.  What is also emphasized is the constant effort that He be “the only one who fascinates her” and to be faithful to his Love and Truth.

Chiara Lubich
The Word of God
Edited by Florence Gillet
Città Nuova, Roma 2011

The collection offers the reader an experience of Chiara Lubich’s life in regards to the Word of God. Right from the early days, she centred her life and that of the developing Focolare community only on the Gospel.

CHIARA LUBICH

The Will of God

Edited by Lucia Abignente

Right from its beginning, the Will of God had a central place in the charism of unity, lived out as our response of love to God. Chiara Lubich frequently spoke and wrote on this theme throughout the years, proposing it as the way to holiness for all, to be lived out in every present moment of our life.

In Trent with Chiara Lubich

The places speak

Franco de Battaglia*

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In the northern Italian city of Trent, Prepositura Street is located close to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where the Council of the counter-Reform took place: there, in 1920, a little girl by the name of Silvia Lubich was born, later to become the beloved Chiara, foundress of the Focolare Movement that has now spread worldwide.

Letters from the early days

Trent 1943-1949. Years of war and of post-conflict, of reconstruction. In the silence of this historic city in northern Italy began the “great adventure” of Chiara Lubich, marked by a singular eruption of the Spirit, as well as a faithful response. It was an adventure that would bring the birth of the Focolare Movement and the spirituality of unity that animates it.