The roots of the Ciai family date back to the land of Assisi. Here on the slopes of Mount Subasio the prodigious conversion of a business-man Marcello Ciai - born in 1936 - happened.
Marcello at the end of the seventies left his love for money and success for a greater love, that for the Lord Jesus Christ, who in a most singular as extremely real way revealed Himself.

In consequence of this real and peculiar conversion, in 1981 a small and particular community formed itself: people from various countries and different cultures, united by love towards God and their neighbour. A family community: "Comunità Famiglie di Betlemme", sharing in reality tangible properties, talents, capacities, delights and pains, inspired by the Benedictine style of prayer and work: "ORA ET LABORA".

All has been and is inspired then by the firm belief that God is the spring of each real and everlasting good; and only in God anyone can find again power and delight to live in harmony with himself and his neighbour, in the prospective of ETERNITY.

We have to remark here that in this life of prayer in God's love for the Church and our neighbour, prophecies have been given to Marcello on what unfortunately is happening in the world today.

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