WHAT’S ON
L’éducation des leaders de demain pour vocation
Last March, in the middle of the month, about twenty young participants of the Economy of Francesco, could share an experiential weekend in the French countryside between pedagogy, spirituality and concrete action
October 2, 2021: the EoF event
Two years after the publication of Pope Francis' May 1st letter and after the event in November 2020, a new world meeting (October 2nd 2021) calls the world's young economists and entrepreneurs to unite in the common commitment to revive the economy.
A fire that kindles other fire… “THE FARM OF FRANCESCO”
We decided to focus on degradation of agricultural soils and the challenges that farmers, especially young people and women, all over the world live such as access to education, technology and capital to support their fight against soil degradation.
Franciscan wealth and heritage: the EoF School prepares to meet Giacomo Todeschini
Todeschini has long been a point of reference for modern studies on Franciscanism because not only has he brought the attention of scholars to the great Franciscan authors not sufficiently considered in the past, but he has also changed the classical interpretation of the role of the Franciscan movement in relation to the birth of the market economy.
Access to energy as a human right
Electric energy has enabled since the invention of the electric light bulb a remarkable human development and many people across the world take access to it as granted. However, not everyone has access to electricity in our common home, where approximately one billion people, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity.
Pacar project in Zambia
Guided by the call of Pope Francis and Laudato Si, the team Technologies for the Common Good - Business in Transition identified that technology needs to be a force for fraternity, not for the widening of inequalities. They say that ‘ Pacar School seeks to "give soul to the economy", as Pope Francis says.’
Julie Nelson at EoF School
On March 24th the Economy of Francesco met Julie Nelson in her School. The dialogue on these issues was enriched by the presence of three young interlocutors: Serena, from the CO2 village of Inequalities; Olena, from the Women for Economy village; and Tracey, from the Work and Care village. The names of the villages speak even before the protagonists of the dialogue.
LISTENING, a step in the culture of encounter
Listening, going to meet the other, especially the marginalized. Thus begins the path of collaboration between a group of young Latin Americans and CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Conference).
Social and Solidarity Crafts
His job is producing handicrafts in papier-mâché, terracotta and other, often from recycled material, but for him a piece of art is not just work, it represents a much greater vocation.
EoF life in the territories
Almost 70 people responded to the invitation of the Global Call on Thursday 11 March, connecting from 24 different countries, representing the life and experiences they are carrying out in places around the globe, as animators of the spirit of EoF, bringing/dropping the global message in their local realities.
