2021 EXHIBIT | THE FAITH OF FR. GIUSSANI
A documentary on the founder of Communion and Liberation which collects video-clips from several of his talks.
The exhibit also featured interactive encounters on Zoom with people who knew Fr. Giussani or were changed by him.
In the homily at Fr. Giussani's funeral Mass, on February 24, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Ratzinger) said: "Fr. Giussani kept the gaze of his life, of his heart, always fixed on Christ. It was in this way that he understood that Christianity is not an intellectual system, a collection of dogmas, or moralism. Christianity is instead an encounter, a love story; it is an event ... This love affair with Christ, this love story that was the whole of Giussani’s life, was at the same time quite far removed from any superficial enthusiasm or vague romanticism. Seeing Christ, Giussani truly knew that to encounter Christ means to follow him."
Fr. Giussani is known in the U.S. mainly through his writings and as the founder of Communion and Liberation. Very few people had a chance to meet him in person or see him in action in the U.S. The exhibit consists of a 60-minute documentary, which collects video-clips from several of Fr. Giussani's talks, coupled with interactive Zoom meetings. The exhibit is an encounter with the gaze and vibrant humanity of Fr. Giussani, a man who describes what meeting Christ meant for him.
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→ EXHIBIT PRESENTATION (RECORDED)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021, 4:00 PM ET
With Holly Peterson, school principal and exhibit curator, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, and Barry Stohlman, entrepreneur and business manager
