Community of Sant’Egidio
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Non- Governmental and Other Organisations
- Christianity
- Comunità di Sant'Egidio; Comunidad de Sant'Egidio; Gemeinschaft Sant'Egidio; Communauté de Sant'Egidio; Communauté de Sant'Egidio; Comunidad de Sant'Egidio; Общины Sant'Egidio; Komunitas Sant'Egidio; Wspólnoty Sant'Egidio; Sant'Egidio Közösség; Komunity Sant'Egidio; Kommuniteten Sant' Egidio; Jumuiya ya Sant'Egidio; 聖エジディオ共同体は; Спільнота Св. Егідія; 圣艾智德团体;
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Piazza S.Egidio 3/a, 00153 Rome, Italy
Humberto I, 389, 1065 Capital Federal, Argentina
236 East 15th street New York, NY 10003, USA
c/ Echegaray, 28, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Schoenthalstrasse 6, 97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Aim
Cooperate in the service to poor people and in the various activities of Sant'Egidio without being part of the community in a strict sense.
History
The Community of Sant'Egidio was founded in Rome in 1968 by a group of Roman high-school students led by Andrea Riccardi.
IRD Activities
- Service to Peace-Making the World More Human
The friendship with poor people led Sant'Egidio to understand better that war is the mother of poverty. In this way love for poor people, in many situations, became work for peace, protecting it wherever it is jeopardised, helping to rebuild it, and facilitating dialogue where it had been lost. The means of this service to peace and to reconciliation are the weak means of prayer, of sharing difficult situations, meeting and dialogue
- International Meetings of Prayer for Peace
The inter-religious international meetings started in the mid-80's, as an initiative of the Community of Sant' Egidio, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding and dialogue among religions, in a horizon of peace.
Main Focus Countries of Activities
World - World