The end of this year is accompanied by the inauguration of the Jubilee of Hope. Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter’s and then, in a rare and precious gesture, in the Rebibbia prison in Rome. Opening the door of Hope is the gesture that the Community of Sant’Egidio made at Christmas around the world, […]
Author: Pietro Bartoli
The morning of Monday, August 6th, 1945, while was still Sunday evening in New York City, the first atomic bomb was dropped by the US Air Force on the people of Hiroshima, Japan at 8:15 AM. On Thursday morning, August 9th 1945 at 11.15 AM the second, and far more powerful, atomic bomb was dropped by the US Air […]
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2023 In Review
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Thanksgiving Celebration 2023
On Thanksgiving Day, over 125 people gathered at the Church of the Epiphany in New York City to celebrate with Sant’Egidio. As is our tradition, it was a beautiful moment to share as friends and family do all over the country. In the same way we celebrate Christmas and Easter together, these moments are icons […]
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Welcoming Migrants from Africa
On August 24 Sant’Egidio in NYC offered a workshop on the legal system of immigration in the US, in collaboration with Cabrini Immigrant Services. The workshop, translated in French, was primarily with and for a group of migrant men we have met during our distributions around Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. This workshop and our regular meetings are part of welcoming them with the intention of […]