Marco Impagliazzo presents Sant’Egidio’s commitment to peace at NYU On Friday, October 3 at 6:30 PM, at the NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (24 West 12th Street, New York), the President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, gives a lecture entitled “Daring Peace. Sant’Egidio, Diplomacy, and a World at War”. In Redipuglia in 2014, Pope Francis said that […]
Since 2022, the Community of Sant’Egidio has hosted the Vigil for Peace, to commemorate the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9, respectively, 1945. For 75 consecutive hours, the Community gathers in prayer to remember these two cities and, with them, all places in the world where violence continues. 2025 marks […]
Summer has started in New York and we are so thrilled to find occasions to be together. We had our yearly outing and picnic with our Homeless brothers and sisters – this year going to the Cloisters. We enjoyed a morning of learning of the rich history of the Cloisters as well enjoying the beautiful art. […]
School of Peace 2025 On Saturday, June 28th, we had our first exhibit – Table of Friendship – of the children of the School of Peace at our House of Solidarity. The children depicted who they would invite to their dinner table as well as what foods they would serve. From the elderly to immigrants, everyone was […]
You may not have heard the name of Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui, who was beatified on Sunday, June 15, in Rome, but it is likely you can identify with his struggle. At the Sant’Egidio African Easter Congress in 2002, he said: Prayer is fundamental: I believe in the Eternal One, and I believe that in […]