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Living Stones: the international formation project is being streamed online between 30 April and 2 May

"Art, Violence and Religion", is the theme of the international formation program for young people who form part of the Pietre Vive groups and their friends. This initiative, which was scheduled to take place in Malta from April 30 to May 2, has been adapted into an online version. The theme chosen for this year is about one of the foundation stones of the prayer journey and formation of the groups: a review of the images of violence found in the new and old testament: the killing of Cain, the offering of Isaac as a sacrifice and finishing with the Passion together with some Ignatian points for meditation. : The purpose being learning to transform violence.

The introductory theme of the program on 30 April is "Community: our history of violence". This is a “focal” point which highlights our experience during those visits when we come face to face with images of violence, the way we translate them and the spiritual message that underlies these images, Valentina Cammorota,  Living Stones’ communication person explains. .About twenty short presentations, illustrating works from different places will be offered by the different groups,

The theme on May 1st will be "Formation: understanding the expression of violence". Seven lectures will be given by university lecturers who are  History and Scripture experts to seven small groups: these lectures range from Byzantine iconoclasm to Chilean Catholic art which is a form of peaceful protest against the Pinochet dictatorship, the ambivalence of violence, the shift between destruction and creation in the Bible and the architectural transition from the sacred enclosure to the fortress. Christian and Islamic iconoclasm and disobedience leading to violence will be the themes of the other lectures. A moment of sharing in small groups and of communal prayer will follow.

The theme of the final lecture on Saturday is, "Prayer: a means of reconciliation and transformation of violence" with a tour on-line of the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Malta, which houses the painting of Caravaggio's beheading and finishing off  with a communal moment of prayer.

The program, which up to the now has had 100 registrations, was organized by the Pietre Vive Malta group and by those responsible for the international network. The Easter triduum was also celebrated online, with the participation of around 70 young people.

Programs and further information on this initiative can be found on the Pietre Vive website or by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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