New York Cultural Center
HUMAN AFFAIRS
Dialogues on events
that shape our world
Dialogues on events
that shape our world
| OUR LOGO The inspiration for the Crossroads logo (created by Studio Norfini, Florence, Italy) is "Broadway Boogie Woogie" by Piet Mondrian, 1942-43, oil on canvas MoMA New York |
MEMORY AND IDENTITY
Exploring our heritage
Testing our tradition
Exploring our heritage
Testing our tradition
Crossroads New York Cultural Center was born in
Fall 2004 as the initiative of four friends who are
members of Communion and Liberation, the
international movement in the Roman Catholic
Church that was founded 50 years ago by
Monsignor Luigi Giussani and was defined by Pope
John Paul II, as "one of the beautiful fruits of the
Holy Sprit for the Entire Church."
At the roots of Crossroads there is a shared interest
in culture and the desire to communicate in New
York the remarkable vastness, openness, richness,
and profundity of the cultural life and passion for
what is human that springs from the education to the
Catholic faith taking place in Communion and
Liberation.
This life, in fact, has given birth, among many other
initiatives, to the Meeting for friendship among
peoples, which has been held every year since
1980 in Rimini, Italy, for one week in the second half
of August and is the most well attended summer
festival of culture, seminars, music and
entertainment in the whole world. This gathering has
been a great inspiration for Crossroads.
What characterizes Crossroads New York Cultural
Center as a Catholic cultural center is that particular
ability, that can come from the event of Christ
present here and now in His Church, to encounter
people and to look for, and give value to, everything
that is true, good and worthy of praise in all the
expressions of human life. Therefore, the
suggestion of Saint Paul - "Test everything, retain
what is good" (1 Thess. 5:21) - sums up the ideal of
Crossroads much more than any pre-determined
subset of issues or people who fall under the
‘Catholic’ label .
With this passion and with this cultural horizon, we
have begun our adventure.
Fall 2004 as the initiative of four friends who are
members of Communion and Liberation, the
international movement in the Roman Catholic
Church that was founded 50 years ago by
Monsignor Luigi Giussani and was defined by Pope
John Paul II, as "one of the beautiful fruits of the
Holy Sprit for the Entire Church."
At the roots of Crossroads there is a shared interest
in culture and the desire to communicate in New
York the remarkable vastness, openness, richness,
and profundity of the cultural life and passion for
what is human that springs from the education to the
Catholic faith taking place in Communion and
Liberation.
This life, in fact, has given birth, among many other
initiatives, to the Meeting for friendship among
peoples, which has been held every year since
1980 in Rimini, Italy, for one week in the second half
of August and is the most well attended summer
festival of culture, seminars, music and
entertainment in the whole world. This gathering has
been a great inspiration for Crossroads.
What characterizes Crossroads New York Cultural
Center as a Catholic cultural center is that particular
ability, that can come from the event of Christ
present here and now in His Church, to encounter
people and to look for, and give value to, everything
that is true, good and worthy of praise in all the
expressions of human life. Therefore, the
suggestion of Saint Paul - "Test everything, retain
what is good" (1 Thess. 5:21) - sums up the ideal of
Crossroads much more than any pre-determined
subset of issues or people who fall under the
‘Catholic’ label .
With this passion and with this cultural horizon, we
have begun our adventure.
BEAUTY WILL SAVE
THE WORLD
Discovering the world
of arts: performances
and presentations
THE WORLD
Discovering the world
of arts: performances
and presentations
MEETINGS AT
THE CROSSROADS
Face to face with...
THE CROSSROADS
Face to face with...
A place where roads meet. A time of change
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| Crossroads New York Cultural Center is a meeting place for people who share a passion for knowing. This passion is aroused by wonder and attraction because "out there" things are, because life is given, always as a new and unexpected event that nourishes our experience. This focus on reality as event (and not on ideas) determines the "style" of our cultural work: We prize encountering people because every human being is an irreducible novelty. We want to meet them at the "crossroads" of life, regardless of any cultural, religious or social boundary. We value beauty because it sparks the wonder and attraction at the origin of human experience. We are interested in the events that shape our world because what happens always contains a suggestion, a hint that affects and may change our lives. We cherish appreciating and testing our heritage because the fabric of our life is woven from all the events that happened before us. Thus, Crossroads aims to be, above all, a place where education takes place, that is, where we may learn to look with openness, curiosity and critical judgment at every aspect of reality. (more...) |