The beginnings of the Focolare are linked to the total and decisive “yes” that Chiara Lubich declared to God on December 7,1943. Fr. Casimiro Bonelli, then director of the Franciscan tertiaries in Trent, went to speak about St. Francis to the teachers working in the orphanage of Cognola, just outside the city. He was struck … Continue reading The Story of Chiara and the Focolare (1943-1944)