The church of Sant'Egidio, seat of the community of Sant'Egidio

The Community of Sant'Egidio is a Christian community that is officially recognized by the Catholic Church as a "Church public lay association". It claims 50,000 members in more than 70 countries. Its main activities are: Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1518 KB) Summary Church of SantEgidio in Rome Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Community of SantEgidio SantEgidio (Church) ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1518 KB) Summary Church of SantEgidio in Rome Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Community of SantEgidio SantEgidio (Church) ... The church of SantEgidio The Church of SantEgidio is part of a former monastery of Carmelite nuns named after Saint Giles. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ...

• Prayer, centered around a reading of the Bible
• Spreading the Gospel to help people who are looking for a sense to their life.
• Service to the poor, which is free and unpaid
• Commitment to ecumenism (the Community of Sant'Egidio is also ecumenical, though being rooted in the Catholic Church)
• Dialogue with members of other religions and non-believers.

The Community of Sant'Egidio was founded in Rome in 1968 by a group of Roman high school students led by Andrea Riccardi. It is named after the Roman Church of Sant'Egidio (Italian for Saint Giles) in Trastevere, its first permanent meeting place. Since 1968, the community has gathered each night to pray and read from the Bible, reflecting on the Gospel, eventually spreading throughout the world with a mission of helping those in need. Their activities include setting up refuges for the old, hospices for AIDS patients, and printing a handbook titled "Where to Eat, Sleep, and Wash in Rome" as gifts to the homeless. Mary Magdalene in prayer. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ... The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) is derived from Greek (oikoumene), which means the inhabited world, and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... The church of SantEgidio The Church of SantEgidio is part of a former monastery of Carmelite nuns named after Saint Giles. ... Saint Giles (640?-720?) (Latin: Ægidius, French: Gilles, Italian: Egidio) was a 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint. ... Logo of the rione A typical narrow alley in Trastevere seen from the lower slopes of the Gianicolo hill Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere at night Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. ...

The charitable efforts of Sant'Egidio also led it to be a well-regarded mediator of peace negotiations. In the late 1980s, the Community came to the realization that their humanitarian efforts in Mozambique, then torn by the Mozambican Civil War, could not succeed without peace. In 1990, the Community was accepted by the ruling Front for Liberation of Mozambique and rebel Mozambican National Resistance as a mediator, playing a key role in the Rome General Peace Accords signed in 1992. They continue peace initiatives in Algeria (notably the 1995 Sant'Egidio Platform), the Balkans, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other areas, in the belief that war is the "mother of every poverty”. The Mozambican Civil War started in Mozambique during the 1970s following independence in 1975. ... ... The Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO; Portuguese: Resistência Nacional Moçambicana) is a conservative political party in Mozambique led by Afonso Dhlakama. ... The Rome General Peace Accords between the Mozambican civil war parties, the Frelimo (government) and the Renamo (rebels), put an end to the Mozambique Civil war. ... The SantEgidio platform was an attempt by the major Algerian opposition parties to put an end to the Algerian Civil War. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The community of Sant'Egidio shows its commitment against the Death penalty by maintaining penpalships with many Death convicts, collecting signatures for a moratorium of executions and inviting cities around the world to take part in the Cities for Life Day. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... Look up Moratorium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... On the Cities for Life Day, November 30, 300 cities around the world commemorate the first abolition of the death penalty by a European state, decreed by the elightened monarch, Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine in 1786 for his Grand Duchy of Tuscany. ...

Awards

The Community of Sant'Egidio has received numerous honors and recognitions.^[1] These include:

• 1997: World Methodist Peace Award from the World Methodist Council
• 1999: Niwano Peace Prize from the Niwano Peace Foundation
• 1999: Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize from UNESCO
• 2000: Formal recognition from the New York City Council for commitment to human rights, in particular efforts to stop the death penalty
• 2002: Nominated by the Parliament of Italy for the Nobel Peace Prize
• 2004: International Peacemaking Award from Common Ground^[2]
• 2004: Balzan Prize for humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples.^[3]

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Notes and references

• Pierre Anouilh, "Des pauvres a la paix. Aspects de l'action pacificatrice de Sant'Egidio au Mozambique", _LFM. Sciences sociales et mmissions_, No.17, Dec. 2005, pp.11-40
• Eric Morier-Genoud, "Sant’ Egidio et la paix. Interviews de Don Matteo Zuppi & Ricardo Cannelli", _LFM. Sciences sociales et mmissions_, Oct 2003, pp.119-145

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External links

• The Community of Sant'Egidio homepage
• DREAM (Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and malnutrition) programm - The Community of Sant'Egidio
• NO to the Death Penalty - The Community of Sant'Egidio