Welwyn Garden City (UK)
Young
people from Word of Life groups in Belfast, Dublin and from University College
Dublin made their way to the ‘Centre for Unity’ in Welwyn Garden City, on the
outskirts of London, for the annual Focolare Regenerate event.
The
event, now in its sixth year, saw its numbers double from last year as around
ninety young people from the Netherlands, Finland, Scotland, England, Wales and
Ireland came together for the occasion.
All
over Europe the event was followed online as talks were streamed live through
the internet. In fact, at its peak, as many as twenty-eight laptops were linked
to the event and joined in the discussion.
This
year “Regenerate” took the theme of happiness as its focus point. Bishop
Brendan Leahy from Limerick, the key speaker, led the group in questioning the
difference between happiness and joy and between happiness and sorrow. The
programme was interspersed with workshops, break-away group discussions as well
as large feedback sessions in order to interrogate the subject most fully. The
youth had the choice to attend lectures on happiness and psychology and
happiness and economics by Angela Manning and Fabio Tufano respectively.
As
well as questioning the meaning of the word ‘happiness’, the weekend presented
the very practical ways in which we can look for, work for and, indeed, find
happiness. It reinvigorated those attending to return home living the Focolare
spirituality anew in the pursuit of a very real and shared happiness.
You
can still watch part of the Happiness discussion online at:
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