Video - Finish Line part 1

Written by Antonella Ferrucci Monday, 28 December 2009 12:58

Video - Finish Line part 1

Part 1 of a video that depicts FinishLine, an EoC business, and how it affects the lives of its employees and customers.  
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Video - Finish Line part 2

Written by Antonella Ferrucci Monday, 28 December 2009 12:58

Video - Finish Line part 2

Part 2 of the FinishLine video.
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Video - Terranova Roger Krokey's EoC Business

Written by Antonella Ferrucci Monday, 28 December 2009 12:52

Video - Terranova Roger Krokey's EoC Business

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RISANA: portare la reciprocità e la comunione nella sanità

Written by Antonella Ferrucci Monday, 30 November 2009 17:27

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Intervista a Maria Teresa Fumi, presidente della Cooperativa Poliambulatorio RISANA

RISANA: portare la reciprocità e la comunione nella sanità

di Antonella Ferrucci

Il 24 ottobre scorso è stato inaugurato al Polo Lionello Bonfanti il Poliambulatorio Risana. Può raccontarci qualcosa della sua storia?
RISANA è nata nel febbraio 2008.  Conta attualmente una ventina di soci ed ha come propria specificità ed elemento fondante l’adesione al progetto di Economia di Comunione. L’attenzione agli indigenti, alla formazione, allo sviluppo della azienda e la ricerca di un modello gestionale partecipato sono i capisaldi dello statuto e dell’ azione della Cooperativa.

In the Market for Humanity

Written by Amy Uelmen Monday, 30 November 2009 13:28

Papal Correspondence: Six experts interpret what 'Charity in Truth'says about the issues of our times. One is Amy Uelmen:

In the Market for Humanity (overview of the Economy of Communion)

By Amy Uelmen
published in  americamagazine.org on Nov.30,2009

In recent decades a broad intermediate area has emerged between the two types of enterprise. It is made up of traditional companies which nonetheless subscribe to social aid agreements in support of underdeveloped countries, charitable foundations associated with individual companies, groups of companies oriented towards social welfare, and the diversified world of the so-called ‘civil economy’ and the ‘economy of communion’ (No. 46).

It is rare for a specific project to be given a favorable mention in a papal encyclical, but “Caritas in Veritate” seems to present an exception. When Pope Benedict XVI described the “broad intermediate area” between nonprofit and for-profit sectors with the buzz-phrase “economy of communion,” some connected the dots with the Focolare movement’s network of businesses in which profit serves as “a means for achieving human and social ends” (No. 46).

Echoes from the EoC meeting in Belgium, from October 9-11

Written by Josè e Chantal Grevin Tuesday, 03 November 2009 15:31

The passionate report of Jose’ and Chantal Grevin to the French entrepreneurs

Echoes from the EoC meeting in Belgium, from October 9-11

By José and Chantal Grevin

We´re arriving after three days at Mariapolis Roselaar in Belgium, 30 km west of Brussles, where we were able to visit the EoC industrial park with it´s two businesses. For us, who usually meet at the Mariapolis in Arny, being able to spend these days there was a true discovery. We saw things that, for us here, are still only a desire in our heart. There is a center for meetings, from the beautiful and pure architecture to the harmony with the people who welcomed us and put themselves at our disposal. And despite our different cultural backgrounds, we were able to get to know one another deeply, in a warm climate of reciprocal trust and communion.

Trip to the US

Written by Anne-Claire Motte Wednesday, 28 October 2009 21:47

Luigino Bruni has been invited to participate in two conferences in the US from October 15 to 17, 2009.

Trip to the US

By Anne-Claire Motte

Luigino Bruni, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Milan-Bicocca and coordinator of the International commission of the Economy of Communion (EoC), was invited to participate in two conferences in the US from October 15 to 17. This visit marked a step forward for the ongoing dialogue with North-American scholars and those who have been following with interest the development in the EoC project. “We need the breadth of this vision which brings together theory and practice to be able to stay on track with Chiara Lubich’s initial inspiration” commented Joan Duggan, entrepreneur in New York and president of the North American Association of the Economy of Communion.

Catholic Companies Demonstrate A New Way Of Doing Business

Written by Egbert F. Bhatty Friday, 23 October 2009 12:17

Catholic Companies Demonstrate A New Way Of  Doing Business

by Egbert F. Bhatty
published in  washingtonhotwire.com on Oct.23, 2009

Catholic Companies throughout the world are showing that it is possible to do good – and do well.
That, it is possible to be a socially responsible corporate citizen.  And, at the same time, make a profit.
Free Market Capitalist Corporations, like Wal-Mart, or Exxon, or GE [General Electric], or GM [General Motor], or Ford, are limited endeavors.  They manage to a single bottom line – maximization of shareholder return.

Sharing prosperity in action

Written by Marilou A. Perez & Fernando T. Aldaba Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:55

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Agenda For Hope

Sharing prosperity in action

by Marilou A. Perez And Fernando T. Aldaba
published on the biggest business daily in the philippines, BusinessWorld, on Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The economy of communion is a project based totally on love, solely on love. ? Chiara Lubich, May 26, 1996.

For almost two decades now, there exists a new form of business enterprise operating in the market based on solidarity of the people involved in the endeavor. Following a peculiar set of principles to address social and economic problems, this new approach of managing an enterprise is called "the Economy of Communion (EoC)."

The EoC was launched by the late Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement in Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1991. Deeply struck by the extreme deprivation of people in the favelas (slums) surrounding the modern skyscrapers, she urged the Focolare community of Brazil and challenged each one, particularly the entrepreneurs, to build a new type of economy where the profits of an enterprise could be channeled toward three goals: to help the poor; to form "new men and women" living the "culture of giving"; and to further develop and expand the business.

24° Congresso EdC dell'Argentina

Written by Ramón Cerviño Wednesday, 30 September 2009 21:23

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Il 24° Congresso di Edc dell'Argentina si è svolto a Paranà dall'11 al 13 settembre

L'Edc, uno "stile di vita"

Il 24ª Congresso EdC dell'Argentina si è svolto dal mezzogiorno di venerdì 11 al primo pomeriggio di domenica 13 settembre, nella città di Paraná. Erano presenti 116 persone: 63 imprenditori, 28 lavoratori di aziende Edc, 5 studiosi, 11 studenti e 9 tra clienti e fornitori di alcune imprese aderenti al progetto. 49 i partecipanti presenti per la prima volta, tra questi 17 erano imprenditori e  20 erano lavoratori.