Evangelization in emergencies

Reflections arising from a particular case

Abstract

Based on the personal experience of design and construction management of a temporary church on the
earthquake that shook the region of Emilia Romagna, this text contains a synthesis of reflections on the themes of evangelization in the emergency have accompanied the process from the design phase through
implementation. The immediate need for a shelter and at the same time, a place where being able to
recognize and celebrating community, marks the transition from solutions defined outdoor spaces,
even if they are temporary and tents. But in the long term, the community clearly sees the  precariousness of the store, which recognizes a value for evangelization in the interim, but no formal expression of the church. So looking for a space for the cele- bration of the Eucharist in which to find at least some of the characteristics of the place of worship that the closer to normal. Hence the temporary church takes shape.