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I should really get this book: "Now, there are a number of strong movements that have gathered entirely around the personality of the founder and have organized themselves according to his directives. These can attain a marvelous flourishing, but if their internal structuring remains at the minimum, they run the risk of falling apart when the leading personality dies. It may be that providence intends precisely this; but it may also be the case that providence desires the movement to persevere, and this can be made possible if some institutional structures are set up in time."
Each movement has to seek its own balance. I wonder about groups like l'Arche or The Catholic Worker that have a minimal structure, a federation of communities. On the other hand, certain structures exist to foster the mature, living experience of a movement. In CL, the fraternity has that role.
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I should really get this book:
"Now, there are a number of strong movements that have gathered entirely around the personality of the founder and have organized themselves according to his directives. These can attain a marvelous flourishing, but if their internal structuring remains at the minimum, they run the risk of falling apart when the leading personality dies. It may be that providence intends precisely this; but it may also be the case that providence desires the movement to persevere, and this can be made possible if some institutional structures are set up in time."
I thought Giussani said that the movement would die once it became to institutionally structured.
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Each movement has to seek its own balance. I wonder about groups like l'Arche or The Catholic Worker that have a minimal structure, a federation of communities. On the other hand, certain structures exist to foster the mature, living experience of a movement. In CL, the fraternity has that role.
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