HARVARD UNIVERSITY WORLD FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND SUPPORT FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
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FUNDAÇÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DO BRASIL ORGANIZAÇÃO INTERGOVERNAMENTAL
FEDERAÇÃO DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DO BRASIL FUNDAÇÃO INTERGOVERNAMENTAL
IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DO BRASIL
Foreign doctors trained by the Fundação Universitária da Santa Casa can now apply for the Medical Residency process or practice their profession in the United States. This is because the course diploma received validation by the Medical School Accreditation System (Saeme), whose validity is international, accredited by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), the American agency that regulates medical diplomas.
LEI Nº 13.019, DE 31 DE JULHO DE 2014.
Estabelece o regime jurídico das parcerias entre a administração pública e as organizações da sociedade civil, em regime de mútua cooperação, para a consecução de finalidades de interesse público e recíproco, mediante a execução de atividades ou de projetos previamente estabelecidos em planos de trabalho inseridos em termos de colaboração, em termos de fomento ou em acordos de cooperação; define diretrizes para a política de fomento, de colaboração e de cooperação com organizações da sociedade civil; e altera as Leis nºs 8.429, de 2 de junho de 1992, e 9.790, de 23 de março de 1999. (Redação dada pela Lei nº 13.204, de 2015)
Ecclesial Movements and New Communities in the Catholic Church
"The movements and new communities, providential expressions of the new springtime brought forth by the Spirit with the Second Vatican Council, announce the power of God's love which in overcoming divisions and barriers of every kind, renews the face of the earth to build the civilization of love". This is how John Paul II, in the homily of the Mass for Pentecost, Sunday May 31st 2000, blessed the representatives of the more than 50 ecclesial Movements who had gathered in Rome for their first World Congress. Afterwards, on the eve of Pentecost, they participated at a prayer Vigil with the Pope which was attended by at least 280,000 people.
Ecclesial Movements are based on a multifaceted variety of charisms, educational methods and apostolic forms and goals. The members of the movements belong to all kinds of vocations including families, consecrated members, religious, priests and a large number of young people. They are considered as “a concrete ecclesial reality with predominantly lay membership, a faith journey and Christian witness which bases its own pedagogical method on a precise charism given to the person of the founder in specific circumstances and ways.”
(Message of John Paul II for the World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, May 27th 1998)
What unites the various people who participate in a particular movement is its spirituality and apostolic mission and outreach (e.g. evangelization, faith education, charitable work, social justice advocacy, ecumenism etc.)
I want to give you only a few examples out of a huge variety of movements active worldwide and in the US.
(A complete directory of International Associations of the Faithful can be found online: http://www.usccb.org/laity/publaygroups.shtml)
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Catholic Worker Movement Founded in the USA in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, this movement works for peace and the equal distribution of goods. There are 185 local communities providing social services. Mission: Hospitality towards those on the margin of society. http://www.catholicworker.org/
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Community of St. Egidio Founded in Italy in 1968 by Professor Andrea Riccardi, the Community numbers 17,000 members worldwide committed to working for peace and ecumenical dialogue. Mission: Putting the Gospel into practice in daily life through prayer, service to the poor and friendship. http://www.santegidio.org
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Communion and Liberation (CL) Founded in Italy in 1954 by Monsignor Luigi Giussani, CL has 150,000 members in 70 countries. Mission: The education to Christian maturity of its adherents, and collaboration in the mission of the Church in all spheres of life.
http://www.clonline.org/
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Focolare Movement Founded in Italy in 1943 by Chiara Lubich, it numbers over 5 million in 182 countries. Mission: Fostering unity and universal brotherhood in all aspects of life through its Gospel-based spirituality.
www.focolare.org
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L’Arche Founded in France in 1964 by Canadian Jean Vanier, L’Arche has 120 communities in 30 countries. Mission: Creating homes and programs for people with developmental disabilities based on Jesus’ Beatitudes.
http://www.larche.ca/
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Neocatechumenal Way Founded in Spain in 1964 by Kiko Arguello, it numbers 41,000 communities in 105 countries and produced a flourishing of both priestly and women religious vocations. Mission: Helping parishes with a program of adult Christian formation.
http://www.camminoneocatecumenale.it/en/index.asp
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Schoenstatt Movement Founded by Father Joseph Kentenich (1885 - 1968) in 1914. Schoenstatt, in the town of Vallendar near Koblenz, Germany, is the place of origin and the world center of the International Schoenstatt Movement. Every day pilgrims from all over the world travel to the Original Shrine, the center of Schoenstatt, both as a Marian place of pilgrimage and as an International Ecclesial Movement with twenty independent communities.
http://www.schoenstatt.org/en/