In a few years, the Movement inspired by Chiara Lubich spread throughout Italy and, after the war, it seemed appropriate to move to Rome. She was advised to contact Igino Giordani, a member of the Italian Parliament. The first meeting took place in Montecitorio on September 17, 1948. “I went with two or three people to see the Hon. Igino Giordani. He was a more experienced person than us, he was 25 years older than me; he had been an apologist, he had defended the Church, and he was also a journalist: at that time he was writing for “Il Popolo” and also the magazine “Fides” which was actively engaged in the Church’s struggles. He was a person with many, many qualities. Naturally he was in a human sense immensely superior to us, but when he heard our story, our little story, he welcomed it completely. He was very sensitive in spiritual matters.”[1]