Aziende Edc: in Slovenia, l'Asilo Raggio di Sole applica la "pedagogia di comunione"

Un asilo pilota

di Mario Dal Bello

pubblicato su cittanuova.it il 5/08/2011  

L’asilo Raggio di Sole  si trova nella cittadina storica di Skofja Loka (luogo del vescovo), a 25 chilometri dalla capitale della Slovenia. Maria Voce e Giancarlo Faletti durante il loro viaggio hanno voluto visitare questa scuola, considerata a livello internazionale un’iniziativa di notevole spessore civile ed educativo, oltre che spirituale.

Sono 28, gli educatori – di religione cattolica, di cui una ventina dei Focolari, con alcune coppie dello stesso movimento -, che portano avanti dal 2003 un progetto educativo per 120 bambini, dai sei mesi ai sei anni, poggiato sulla spiritualità comunitaria di Chiara Lubich, denominata dagli esperti: pedagogia di comunione.

An interview with Vittorio Pelligra on the upcoming Loppiano Lab

Loppiano, economic laboratory

By Violetta Conti 
Published on cittanuova.it on 10/09/2010

Economy, culture and education. These are the areas around which the reflections, ideas and experimentation will revolve during four days of meetings, exposition of businesses and round tables open to individuals, businesses, associations and other entities that will participate in Loppiano Lab, from September 16-19, 2010.

The Hellenic situation is a warning for other nations: the crisis which began in 2007 continues, and the risk is that it will extend. "No kind of alarmism immediately begins to modify consumption and lifestyle," says Alessandra Smerilli, professor of political economy.

The Greek Crisis and We Consumers

By Maddalena Maltese
Published on www.cittanuova.it on 30/04/2010

A sigh of relief was breathed after Germany agreed on the aid program for Greece - now on the edge of economical and financial failure. But these buffers are not the radical solution needed to the crisis that has enveloped the world economy since 2007. We spoke with Alessandrao Smerilli, professor of economy at the Pontifical University Auxilium of Rome. 

Let´s analyze Greece´s situation...
Greece finds itself in a state of bankruptcy, that is, its public spending is out of control, and it is not capable of fulfilling its international commitments. It cannot pay back it debts and this has repercussions on markets and on investors. Some responsibility undoubtedly falls on the government for not having tightened spending by taking unpopular measures, like the usually cuts in healthcare and social services. Fearing protests, it acted very late and did not take drastic action, as ought to be done in these cases. On the other hand, Europe is also responsible, because it did not intervene right away for electoral reasons. 

The "24 Hour Sun" (Sole 24 Ore) dedicated a long article to the Lionello Industrial Park of Loppiano last April 3. An interview with the author.

The Eoc in the light of the...Sun (Sole 24 Ore)

By Chiara Andreola

Published on www.cittanuova.it on 9/04/2010

That it holds academic dignity is already a well-known fact: from the honorary degrees given to Chiara Lubich, to the work of economists like Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni, to the citations in the encyclical Caritas in Veritate - the Economy of Communion is already, for some time now, object of growing attention and study in the economic world. What´s perhaps missing is corresponding attention by the media. But now, even the biggest Italian economic daily newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore (The 24 Hour Sun), landed at the Lionello Bonfante Industrial Park in Loppiano (Florence, Italy), with journalist Paolo Bricco. Last April 3, the newspaper of the General Confederation of Italian Industry dedicated a long article to this productive operation, in which 25 businesses work according to the principles of the EoC. How Bricco arrived to the shores of the Arno river, he tells us himself, "First of all, my wife is part of the Focolare Movement, and she introduced me to this reality. But there is also an intellectual reason (I came), because I deal with the history of economic theories."

Cittá Nuova Publishers presents the first Italian translation of this book. It is the profile of a man who knew how to invest courageously. Destination: Brazil.

François Neveux, Entrepreneur and Inventor

By Maria Grazia Baroni
Published on  Cittanuova.it on 18/03/2010 

Alphonse de Lamartine, a 17th century writer, said, "Utopias are nothing but premature truth", which is difficult to avoid if one lives his existence for others, as did François Neveux.

Born in France, in 1936, he soon established himself in the entrepreneurial field and as a patent inventor (with a good 35 inventions). Up to this point, this is nothing out of the ordinary. He was a man with a shining career, like that of many businessmen if it wasn´t for the way he acted towards clients, employees and even the competition, putting the person at the center of the job.