Saying no to a culture of walls and intolerance, the Community of Sant’Egdio in Boston started a program to teach English to immigrants. Students from different countries and backgrounds came together in a festive space of encounter, friendship and learning to meet one another, share in an exchange of stories and culture, and practice English. […]
A delegation from the Community was invited and intervened at the International Dialogue on Migration2017 at the United Nations on April 18-19, 2017.The experience of the Humanitarian Corridors was praised as an example of what can be done on the ground. Humanitarian corridors
Few Catholics are as consistently successful at being peace than the members of the Sant’Egidio community. Returning after an unprecedented visit with refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos in April last year, Pope Francis startled the world by bringing 12 Syrian refugees back with him to Rome. Who did he turn to for help […]
Seeking Refuge: Faith-Based Approaches to Forced Migration is a conference in the Poverty and Peacemaking series organized by the University of Princeton and the Community of Sant’Egidio. Hundreds of people participated to the conference, held on March 3 and 4th, with experts from every sector concerned with refugees: faith- based and secular agencies, government and interagency officials, scholars, […]
Seeking Refuge: Faith-Based Approaches to Forced Migration will take place at Princeton University on March 3rd and 4th, 2017. This conference is hosted by Princeton’s Office of Religious Life and the Community of Sant’Egidio. The opening and closing panels will be free and open to the public in McCosh 50. Live streamed at https://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu. OPENING PANEL: “Who is a Refugee […]