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Another parish – dedicated to Mary – in the diocese of Milan, has celebrated its Week of Community, after a journey over several years. Seven days of communication and reflection on the Word of God, from 4-11 March, in groups of 15-20 persons, gathered in homes around the parish. In an atmosphere of joy, people recounted an event that exceeded their expectations. Thirty two small communities will continue to meet in this style each month - and so the profile of the parish has changed! In the concluding celebration, each small community presented a symbol: hands linked, key of the house and the heart, bricks for building Church, flowers in bud... All want to continue along this path even though there will shorthly be a change of parish priest. It was a week in which the parish discovered the truth of what Jesus said: “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their midst”.
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