The Youth Jubilee 2025 is a special event promoted by the Catholic Church in Rome from July 28 to August 3, 2025, aimed at young people, as part of the Jubilee of Hope. On the occasion of this important event, the project “Missionary Send-off to Trastevere” was carried out, promoted by the Schoenstatt seminarians and coordinated by Father Facundo Bernabei, spiritual father and formator of the Schoenstatt Fathers’ seminary in Santiago, Chile, together with Lucas Botassio from Brazil. The project is based in the parish of the Patron Saints of Italy, located in the historic Roman neighborhood of Trastevere. A highlight of the project was the organization, on July 30, of the music festival “Un Solo Cuore” (One Heart) in Rome’s Piazza del Risorgimento (a large square near St. Peter’s Basilica) by the Schoenstatt Movements and the Shalom Community.

The concert was an occasion rich in music, entertainment, and intense moments of adoration and prayer. Participating on behalf of the Schoenstatt Movement were, among others, Fr. Ignacio Camacho, Fr. Enrique da Fonseca, Fr. Rodrigo Correa, Fr. Gonzalo Villaseca, Manuel Lorca and the Colegio Mayor Padre José Kentenich (Euro-American seminary of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Santiago, Chile). The concert was presented by two young people from the Schoenstatt Movement: Rodrigo Fernández, a seminarian from Mexico, and Anna Minici, from the Youth Movement in Rome.

To delve deeper into the event and its spiritual and apostolic significance, the editors of the schoenstatt.com website conducted two interviews, which we present below, with Fr. Ignacio Camacho and seminarian Manuel Lorca.

Fr. Ignacio Camacho, a native of Chile, is currently rector of the Original Shrine of Schoenstatt in Germany. He has composed several songs that invite reflection and closeness to Christ, such as Señor, átame a tu santuario (Lord, bind me to your Shrine) and María de la Paz (Mary of Peace). These are the questions asked by the editorial staff:

How was it for you to sing and participate in this presentation?

Answer: On a personal level, it was very beautiful because it all began almost 30 years ago, when we shared what was born from our encounter with Jesus and with the Blessed Mother, and we made ourselves available to others, initially on a cassette tape. Seeing how everything grew and developed was fantastic. And also, from the point of view of being able to do it in communion with another community, with a different charism, and to put it at the service of others, to put it at the center of the Church, to share our charism and what that means was a very great gift.

How did you choose your musical repertoire and what did you want to convey with it?

I chose two songs from the first stage. Quiero construirte una casa, Señor (I want to build you a house, Lord) accompanied the process of building the seminary and the shrine that is located there, and it was a very popular song. It has to do with building physical houses, we could say, but also the main house, which is the sanctuary of the heart.

The second song, Como un niño (Like a child), also has to do with the early days. From the point of view of hope, I believe that the only way to live it is by feeling deeply that we are children of God, living from his unconditional love, trusting in his plan, and surrendering ourselves completely to his will.

Manuel Lorca was in charge of organizing the concert on behalf of the Schoenstatt Movement. This Chilean seminarian has been involved in spiritual music since his youth. He has composed several well-known songs, such as Ven y verás (Come and See), Te estaba esperando (I Was Waiting for You), and La luz de Jesús (The Light of Jesus). His music is characterized by its strong emotional and spiritual content, ideal for moments of prayer and celebration.

Here is a summary of Manuel’s response:

The concert, which lasted four hours, was held in Piazza Risorgimento, right next to the Vatican, a very busy area. This meant that many people passing by stopped to listen to the music. We organized it together with the Shalom Community, and we carried it out between the two charisms. They have a lot of experience and a long history of concerts and large events, so they also helped us to make our musical proposal a little more professional. In addition, it was an encounter with another style and charism that enriched us greatly.

There were many young people. We estimate that between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended. The most impressive thing was the adoration. After our second set, Fr. Alexandre Awi led an adoration. We seminarians had prepared an ostensory and decorations that we had already used for Ignis. The ostensory was shaped like fire. We also placed an image of the Blessed Mother. We sang some songs and Shalom also sang. It was incredible to see how people passing by knelt down and stayed to adore. Many Romans and pilgrims from the Jubilee who did not belong to Shalom or Schoenstatt came. But they stayed to adore, and a great silence fell. I think the most beautiful moment was precisely the adoration. And it was an adoration for peace, organized by young people.

Manuel’s words capture exactly what happened at the concert and during the adoration: all the young people present participated, sang, danced, prayed, and adored as if they were one spirit. What is recounted in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 4:32) happened again at the concert: “The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul.”

Translation: Sr. M. Lourdes Macías