Santuario Maria Theotokos

Informazioni Generali

Loppiano is a little town of the Focolare Movement.
It was founded by Chiara Lubich in 1964.
Feature of the life of Loppiano is the commitment to put into practice the ideal of Unity proposed by the Focolare Movement.

Loppiano has, currently, a population of 900 of whom 70 come from the 5 continents: there are men and women focolarini, families, young people, lay people involved in working for society, priests, religious and occasionally a bishop. The citizens live, work and study there and through their daily actions give witness to the phrase from the Bible: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’. Each year an average of 40 thousand visitors pass through Loppiano.

Other little towns have sprung up since the first in Loppiano. They are scattered around the world and are at various points of development. Each town has its own characteristic in harmony with its own environment.