Community of Sant' Egidio Jhb

Community of Sant' Egidio Jhb international organisation aimed at helping the poor according to the teachings of Jesus. The Community of Sant'Egidio is a "Church public lay association".

We welcome all people and make you feel at home while playing your part for the good of others. The Community of Sant'Egidio began in Rome in 1968, in the period following the Second Vatican Council. Today it is a movement of lay people and has more than 50,000 members, dedicated to evangelisation and charity, in Rome, Italy and in more than 70 countries throughout the world. The different communi

ties, spread throughout the world, share the same spirituality and principles which characterise the way of Sant'Egidio

15/11/2020

"Stretch forth your hand to the poor"

In these months, when the whole world was prey to a virus that brought pain and death, despair and bewilderment, how many outstretched hands have we seen! The outstretched hands of physicians who cared about each patient and tried to find the right cure. The outstretched hands of nurses who worked overtime, for hours on end, to look after the sick. The outstretched hands of administrators who procured the means to save as many lives as possible. The outstretched hands of pharmacists who at personal risk responded to people’s pressing needs. The outstretched hands of priests whose hearts broke as they offered a blessing. The outstretched hands of volunteers who helped people living on the streets and those with a home yet nothing to eat. The outstretched hands of men and women who worked to provide essential services and security. We could continue to speak of so many other outstretched hands, all of which make up a great litany of good works. Those hands defied contagion and fear in order to offer support and consolation.

Pope Francis
FOURTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR

24/10/2020

«Basta!» (Lc 22,38), dice Gesù quando i discepoli gli mostrano due spade, prima della Passione. "Basta!": è una risposta senza equivoci verso ogni violenza. Quel "basta!" di Gesù supera i secoli e giunge forte fino a noi oggi: basta con le spade, le armi, la violenza, la guerra!

18/03/2018
17/08/2017

Dr Fausto gives a talk about Community of Sant'Egidio (Tuesday Soup Kitchen) on Sunday@11 at Trinity

17/04/2015

South Africa: concern of Sant'Egidio for the recent facts of xenophobic violence http://t.co/7JsERvqs3P

17/04/2015

The Community of Sant' Egidio Says No to Xenophobia -

South Africa is once again faced with the tragedy of xenophobic violence, and the Community of Sant’Egidio expresses grief and profound condemnation towards the recent attacks against foreigners, in which lives are being lost and hundreds displaced.

The increased influx of foreigners from other African countries has long since been a contentious matter, as seen during the 2008 attacks in which many foreigners were killed, and a multitude were injured and displaced.

Not only are these actions despicable and embarrassing, but they are not in line with the ideal of the democratic and free Rainbow Country for which many have lost their lives. This goes against one of the ideals former President Nelson Mandela cherished. “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.”

These acts of vandalism and violence are symptoms of deeper societal problems, and foreigners are the scapegoats of these social and economic injustices. Mob violence, like many other forms of evil which are not firmly addressed, spread like a wild fire, and the situation in South Africa is not an exception to this rule.

Our deep concern in the face of this tragic and gruesome violence drives to us to want to speak more forcefully in favour of peace and reconciliation. Peace and reconciliation is vulnerable but essential, and should be preserved at all costs. Violence is never a solution, irrespective of the justifications presented by the perpetrators.

The Community of Sant’Egidio is an international association of the Catholic Church present in 73 countries in all the continents. We obey the Lord Jesus command: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Gospel of Matthew 25,35). On a volunteer basis we, in South Africa give food to the homeless people, help the poor children and visit the lonely elderly. We live a brotherhood without borders in the spirit of God, the Father of all human kind. In the daily life of the Community of Sant’Egidio it is inspiring to see South African members, young immigrated youth from West Africa or from Zimbabwe together, helping the South African people in need.

28/11/2014

Marco Impagliazzo: "Great satisfaction for the UN vote against the death penalty" http://t.co/DKUkzxdE0L

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