GENFEST2024

Join thousands of young people from around the world in a unique experience of universal fraternity

12 à 24 de julho de 2024 Brasil

July 19 to 21, 2024

Aparecida - São Paulo, Brazil

July 19 to 21, 2024

Aparecida - São Paulo, Brazil

GENFEST2024

JUNTE-SE A MILHARES DE JOVENS DE TODO O MUNDO EM UMA EXPERIÊNCIA ÚNICA DE FRATERNIDADE UNIVERSAL

GENFEST2024

Join thousands of young people from around the world in a unique experience of universal brotherhood

July 12 to 24, 2024 Brazil

GENFEST

A meeting of thousands of young people from around the world, from different ethnic groups, cultures and religions, driven by the idea of the construction of a more united and fraternal world.

An immersive and practical journey to know and go in depth in the culture of peace, fraternity and solidarity. An experience to develop skills and attitudes of empathy, active listening, teamwork, relationship building, social responsibility, intercultural and interreligious dialogue. A journey to know more in depth Brazilian, Latin American cultures and traditions, too.

FIRST TIME IN BRAZIL Bandeira do Brasil

Genfest is an event which takes place every six years. In 2024, for the first time, it will be held in Brazil, Aparecida, São Paulo

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

First time in Brazil

The event takes place every six years and, in 2024, for the first time, the
Genfest International will be in Brazil, in Aparecida, São Paulo

Dear Participants,

We would like to inform you that registration for Genfest 2024 has been postponed to November. We are working hard to finalize arrangements and we will launch registration as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. We look forward to seeing you soon!

In the meantime, send us a message to find the Focolare Movement center closest to your city.

Collaborate in your local community

Through volunteering in several solidarity actions, or making donations.

Share your idea

You can contribute with ideas, projects focused on social, environmental causes and more.

Join the network

Through various groups and projects of the Focolare Movement, keep in contact and enhance the life and commitment to build a united world.


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      SCHEDULE

      An immersive and practical pathway

      Step 1

      SOCIAL ACTION

      Intercultural Volunteer Experience from July 12th and 18th 2024 in various social organizations in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

      FASE 1
      SOCIAL ACTION

      The 1st step will take place between July 12th and 18th, 2024. During this phase, young people will be invited to engage in an intense volunteering experience, in small groups, in different social organizations in Brazil and other countries in Latin America. To educate according to this paradigm means to enrich the formation of young people so that, when they go back to their hometown and community, they could promote a culture of fraternity in all the civic, economic, cultural and political fields. Afterwards they could act as multipliers of these actions. 

      This step aims to strengthen youth leadership. Furthermore, it aims to foster the creation of networks and alliances with Latin America in order to develop tools and mechanisms to enhance youth leadership through voluntary work. This action will be carried out in partnership with the international volunteering program MilONGa (www.milongaproject.org) and with UNIRedes, an organization that brings together more than 50 organizations, initiatives, and social movements from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting transformative actions in various fields (art and culture, environment, democratic governance, education, labor, etc.) through the participation of all actors involved.

      According to its 2014 Charter of Principles, UNIRedes is “a network that seeks to be a presence that overcomes barriers, that comforts, encourages and stimulates all people who get together and work together to make justice and fraternity more visible and concrete.”

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      Phase 1

      SOCIAL ACTION

      Intercultural Volunteer Experience between July 12 and 18 2024 in various social organizations in Brazil and in others Latin American countries.

      fase 1
      AÇÃO SOCIAL

      A 1ª fase ocorrerá entre 12 e 18 de julho de 2024. Nessa fase, os jovens serão convidados a fazer uma intensa experiência de voluntariado, em pequenos grupos, em diferentes organizações sociais no Brasil e em outros países da América Latina. Educar com base nesse paradigma significa enriquecer a formação dos jovens que, ao retornarem ao território e à comunidade de origem, poderão promover uma cultura de fraternidade em todos os setores da vida civil, econômica, cultural, política e agir como multiplicadores de mudança.

      Essa fase visa fortalecer a liderança juvenil. Além disso, objetiva fomentar a criação de redes e alianças com a América Latina a fim de desenvolver ferramentas e mecanismos para melhorar a liderança dos jovens por meio do trabalho voluntário. Essa ação será realizada em parceria com o programa de voluntariado internacional MilONGa  (www.milongaproject.org) e con UNIRedes, entidade que reúne mais de 50 organizações, iniciativas e movimentos sociais de 12 países da América Latina e Caribe que promovem ações de transformação em diversos campos (arte e cultura, meio ambiente, governança democrática, educação, trabalho etc.) mediante o protagonismo de todos os atores envolvidos.

      Conforme sua Carta de Princípios de 2014, a UNIRedes é “uma rede que busca ser presença que supere as barreiras, que consola, que vivifica e estimula todas as pessoas que se unem e trabalham juntas para tornar mais visíveis e concretas a justiça e a fraternidade no mundo”.

      step 2

      Central event

      Central Event of Experience, Exchange, and Cultural Manifestations from July 19th and 21st, 2024 in Aparecida, Brazil.

      LEVEL 2​
      CENTRAL EVENT​

      The 2nd step will be the main event in Aparecida, São Paulo, which will take place between July 19th and 21st, 2024. During this phase, young people will gather for three days for a great moment of exchange of experiences and cultural manifestations. The event will be streamed to over 120 countries, where thousands of young people will come together to spread the Genfest.

      It will be a big festival of ideas, thoughts, and initiatives that will inspire thousands of young people from different cultures, ethnicities, and religions to live for a united world. All of this will be accompanied by music, choreographies, testimonies of experiences, best practices, and thematic paths.


      It will be an opportunity to launch new projects and initiatives for the next 5 years. Genfest is also a cultural project that aims to raise awareness among as many young people as possible about the issues of interdependence, fair and sustainable development, and solidarity, in order to form a new generation within the cultural paradigm of fraternity and relationality. In this sense, the planned actions aim to bring about cultural changes, which means a new message and a critical perspective on central issues of the contemporary world, such as consumption-based lifestyles that are connected to global environmental problems and social justice.


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      Level 2

      Central event

      Central Event of Experience Exchange and Cultural Manifestations between July 19 and 21, 2024 in Aparecida, Brazil.

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      EVENTO CENTRAL

      A 2ª fase será o evento central em Aparecida, São Paulo, que se realizará entre 19 e 21 de julho de 2024. Nessa fase os jovens se reunirão por três dias, para um grande momento de troca de experiências e manifestações culturais. O evento será transmitido via streaming para mais de 120 países onde centenas de milhares de jovens estarão reunidos para multiplicar o Genfest.

      Um grande festival de ideias, pensamentos e iniciativas que vão inspirar milhares de jovens de culturas, etnias e religiões diferentes a viver por um mundo unido. Tudo isso com músicas, coreografias, relato de experiências, boas práticas e percursos  temáticos. 

      Será uma oportunidade de lançar novos projetos e iniciativas para os próximos 5 anos. O Genfest é também um projeto cultural que quer sensibilizar o maior número de jovens sobre a questão da interdependência, do desenvolvimento justo e sustentável e da solidariedade para formar uma nova geração no paradigma cultural da fraternidade e da relacionalidade. Nesse sentido, as ações previstas visam buscar mudanças culturais, o que significa uma nova mensagem e uma perspectiva crítica sobre questões centrais do mundo contemporâneo, como os estilos de vida baseados no consumo que, por sua vez, se relacionam com os problemas ambientais globais e a justiça social.

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      Pathways Communities

      Meeting spaces between the 21st and 24th of July 2024 in Aparecida, where young people can share their talents and passions for the formation of leaders and the elaboration of concrete proposals and projects aimed at building a more united world.

      STEP 3

      PATHWAYS
      COMMUNITIES

      The 3rd step of Genfest will take place from July 21st to July 24th in Aparecida. It proposes the experience of Pathways Communities, defined as meeting spaces where young people can share their talents and passions. These communities offer opportunities to discover amazing people, concrete forms of engagement, and initiate actions and projects aimed at building a more united world, with the following objectives:

      Respond to the local and global challenges of today’s world.

      Activate processes of personal and collective change.

      Bring fraternity and reciprocity to all dimensions of human life.

      Building on the experiences of the previous phases of Genfest. In this third phase, participants will have the opportunity to engage in the Pathways Communities, which offer the possibility of making a concrete commitment through activities that promote fraternity, dialogue, social and political engagement, within a “glocal” context (local projects with a global perspective).

       

      Pathways Communities:

      1. Economy and Work
      2. Interculture and Dialogue
      3. Spirituality and Human Rights
      4. Health and Ecology
      5. Art and Social Commitment
      6. Education and Research
      7. Communication and Media
      8. Active Citizenship and Politics

      The central goal of this phase is to create a network of Pathways collaborators, so that each young participant of Genfest, upon returning to their country or region in Brazil, can locally engage in the field they identify themselves with, connected to a network of young people from around the world. With this network, it will be possible to increase visibility and contribute to creating favorable public opinion for the cause of a United World and Universal Fraternity.


      This third level will include moments of gathering, workshops, and exchange of experiences among the participants who have chosen one of the 8 Pathways. A team consisting of adult professionals and young people with diverse backgrounds and professional and voluntary work experience has been created to organize and carry out this phase of Genfest. This team will work with a broader group of young people and professionals committed to the different Pathways and through the development of a work plan, it aims to ensure sustainability and to strengthen this network in the future.

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      PHASE 3

      PATHWAYS COMMUNITIES

      Meeting spaces between the 21st and 24th of July 2024 in Aparecida, where young people can share their talents and passions for the formation of leaders and the elaboration of concrete proposals and projects aimed at building a more united world.

      fase 3

      PATHWAYS
      COMMUNITTIES

      A 3ª fase do Genfest será realizada do dia 21 ao dia 24 de Julho em Aparecida. Se propõe a experiência da Comunidade Pathways, definidas como espaços de encontro nos quais os jovens poderão compartilhar seus talentos e paixões. Estas comunidades oferecem oportunidades de descobrir pessoas fantásticas, formas concretas de engajamento e dar início a ações e  projetos voltados para a construção de um mundo mais unido que visam:

      – Responder aos desafios locais e globais do mundo de hoje;
      – Ativar processos de mudança pessoal e coletiva;
      – Levar fraternidade e reciprocidade a todas as dimensões da vida humana.

      Dando continuidade às experiências realizadas das fases anteriores do Genfest, nessa terceira fase, os participantes terão a oportunidade de se inserir na Comunidade Pathways, que oferece a possibilidade de realizar um empenho concreto por meio de atividades que favorecem a fraternidade, o diálogo, o empenho social e político e se dão no âmbito “glocal” (projetos locais com uma perspectiva global).

      Pathways Communities
      1. Economia e Trabalho
      2. Intercultura e Diálogo
      3. Espiritualidade e Direitos Humanos
      4. Saúde e Ecologia
      5. Arte e Compromisso Social
      6. Educação e Pesquisa
      7. Comunicação e Mídia
      8. Cidadania Ativa e Política

      O objetivo central dessa fase é criar uma rede de colaboradores dos Pathways, de modo que cada jovem participante do Genfest, ao retornar ao seu país ou região do Brasil, possa se empenhar localmente na área com a qual se identifica, conectado a uma rede de jovens de todo o mundo. Com essa rede, será possível dar maior visibilidade, bem como contribuir para criar opinião pública favorável à causa do Mundo Unido e da Fraternidade Universal. 
      Essa terceira fase compreenderá momentos de encontro, workshops, troca de experiências entre os participantes que escolheram um dos 8 percursos Pathways. Uma equipe formada por profissionais adultos e jovens, com variada formação e experiência profissional e de trabalho voluntário foi criada para organizar e dar andamento a essa fase do Genfest. Essa equipe atuará com um grupo mais amplo de jovens e profissionais empenhados nas áreas dos diferentes percursos Pathways, o que, mediante a construção de um plano de trabalho, deverá garantir sustentação e fortalecimento a essa rede daqui para frente. 

      About Us

      Who are the protagonists of Genfest?

      The Focolare Movement is behind all the Genfest scenes, a large and varied family. The Movement was born in 1943, in Trento (Italy), during the Second World War and is present in 182 countries, with around two million supporters and sympathizers of all ages, vocations, religions, beliefs and cultures.

      Founded by Chiara Lubich, Its central objective is to cooperate in building a united world, which implies making humanity a great family, naturally marked by diversity. In Brazil, the Focolare Movement has been present since 1959 and currently has 67 diffusion centers and around 82,000 members, present in over 500 cities.

      The Focolare Movement was founded in 1943, in Trento, Italy, during World War II and is present in 182 countries, with about two million supporters and sympathizers of all ages, vocations, religions, beliefs and cultures.

      Founded by Chiara Lubich, Its central objective is to cooperate in building a united world, which implies making humanity a great family, naturally marked by diversity. In Brazil, the Focolare Movement has been present since 1959 and currently has 67 diffusion centers and around 82,000 members, present in over 500 cities.

      Youth for a united world (Y4UW) is a branch of the youth of the  Focolare Movement. They take all different paths to build a more united world, to remedy the existing divisions in families, among generations, and
      between different social groups.

      Therefore, they engage in international campaigns to support Peace, Human Rights, International Solidarity, Citizenship
      Global, in local, regional and worldwide areas. They want to show that peace is built from simple gestures of fraternity and from dialogue with those who pass by our side every day.

      Young people for a united world (Y4UW) are an expression Youth of the Focus Movement. They walk all possible ways to build a more united world, to remedy the existing divisions in families, among generations, between different social groups.
      Therefore, they engage in international campaigns to support Peace, Human Rights, International Solidarity, Citizenship Global, in local, regional and worldwide areas. They want show that peace can be built from simple gestures of fraternity and dialogue with those who pass daily by our side.
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      Common questions

      The Genfest is a festival of the youth sector of the Focolare Movement that brings together people from all over the world, of different religious and non-religious convictions, ethnicities and cultures. The event takes place every six years at international level, and in 2024, for the 1st time the Genfest will be in Brazil, from the 19th to the 21st of July, in Aparecida. The sanctuary of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, patroness of Brazil, was chosen to welcome these young people from all over the world and ‘irradiate love’.

      At the conclusion of Genfest 2018 in Manila, Brazil was announced as the country chosen to host Genfest 2024. Since then, a journey of preparation has begun in various aspects and involving countless people.

      To awaken the protagonism of youth in the realization of universal fraternity, connecting, promoting and celebrating actions that dare to care for the environment, individuals and peoples, especially the most vulnerable.

      To know the cultural and religious diversity present in Brazil and Latin America; to provide young people with the opportunity to carry out concrete actions in Latin America; to deepen the concept and practice of integral ecology; to make known initiatives that promote universal fraternity; to deepen the economy of communion and the new economies and adopt them as a possible way to overcome social injustices.

      Young people between the ages of 18 and 35, from all over the five continents, of all ethnicities, cultures, religions or without a religious background, who are already involved or wish to get to know this experience of building a united world. For the main event of Genfest, in Aparecida, 6 thousand young people are expected.

      The winning art was develop by the young Italian Luana Gravina and communicates symbolical aspects that represent universal fraternity with the theme “Together to Care”. The logo has elements that represent the different cultures and that intertwine to form a complex figure, which suggests the connection between different worldviews. It has four lines that symbolize, in number and colors, the four elements of nature (water, air, fire and earth). The peculiarity of this art is its ability to become a pattern: if put side by side in a repetitive manner, it gives life to circles representing uniqueness and connection networks. Ideally, the lines a cross-like figure, fundamental element of the spirituality of Unity, as defined by the Focolare Charism.

      The Genfest 2024 will unfold in 3 consecutive phases:

      1st Phase: Social Action (July 12th to 18th, 2024) in Brazil and other countries of Latin America;
      2nd Phase: Main Event – Testimony and Celebration (July 19th to 21st, 2024) in Aparecida-SP;
      3rd Phase: Pathways Communities (July 21st to 24th, 2024) in Aparecida-SP.

      The journey time between São Paulo and the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes over a distance of approximately 179 km (111 miles).
      The city is on the banks of the Presidente Dutra Highway (BR-116) where there are two main entrances to Aparecida: one for those heading towards São Paulo on the BR-116 should take exit 71, on the right.
      For those heading towards Rio de Janeiro, the easiest access is via exit 75, passing through an overpass and crossing over the Dutra, on the left. At the National Sanctuary, there is paid parking and there are other parking lots in the nearby streets.
      Those arriving in Aparecida have two route options to go from the bus station to the National Sanctuary: the path can be taken either from the front of the bus station, facing the Saint Benedict Church, or from the back, which faces the the railroad.
      Those who choose to exit through the front, access the National Sanctuary through the entrance gates on the side wall, on Getúlio Vargas Avenue, under the walkway that leads to the Old Basilica.
      Those who go through the back, access the National Sanctuary through the entrance gates on the North side, on Dr. Julio Prestes Avenue.
      Although the route leaving from the back (John Paul II Avenue) is flatter and slightly shorter, if the trip is made on a weekend, it is not a recommended route, as on these days it is occupied by the “feirinha” (a type of farmer’s market).
      While the path leaving from the front of the bus station has a slight slope at the beginning, then continues downhill to the side wall of the Sanctuary, on Getúlio Vargas Avenue.

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