Churches to contribute to shaping a Europe of values

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Churches to contribute to shaping a Europe of values

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AUGUST 2008

Churches to contribute to shaping a Europe of values he Presidium of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met an T d Society Commission of CEC, as well as to the Churches’ Commis- from 13-16 May 2008 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting took place in the Ecumenical Centre, which is home to the Church sion for Migrants in Europe (CCME), an ecumenical body whose merg- er with CEC will be completed by the end of the year. Under the lead- ership of the President, Rev. Jean-Arnold de Clermont, the Vice-Presi- dent, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, and the Deputy Vice-President, the Very Rev. Margarethe Isberg, the 10-member Presidium reviewed th the activities of CEC, the preparations for the forthcoming 13 Assem- From left: Mr Hogebrink, Mr Mauro, Rev. de Clermont, H.B. Anastasios, Mr das Neves (photo CEC/L.M. Negro) bly of CEC (Lyon, France, 15-21 July 2009) and the ongoing restruc- turing process of CEC. The opening service was held pean Commission; and Dr Lau- ties. “Dialogue is a two-way believes “that churches can con- on 13 May in the ecumenical rens Hogebrink, author of a study street”, said Mr Mauro, “and we tribute greatly to public debate Chapel of Resurrection, with a on churches and European Insti- must find structures and modal- and to shaping a European Union sermon by Rev. Guy Liagre, Pres- tutions, which will be soon pub- ities to enhance the valuable of values”. ident of the United Protestant lished by the Church and Society input which churches and reli- Mr das Neves underlined that the Church in Belgium. In his open- Commission of CEC. The panel gions can make to the shaping of dialogue between European Insti- ing remarks, CEC President de dealt specifically with potential the European project”. The Euro- tutions and churches “is not about Clermont underlined that the ways and means to implement pean Parliament, he said, is metaphysics, but about policy”. The Lyon Assembly will be “a modern art. 17 of the Lisbon Treaty, which increasingly aware of the impor- churches’ input, he said, is partic- assembly, participatory both in foresees “an open, transparent tance of this aim. While favouring ularly needed in the area of values. the preparatory phase as well as in and regular dialogue” between “a clear separation of the roles of Dr Hogebrink said that as a result of its running”. The Assembly will be the EU and religious communi- church and state”, Mr Mauro many decades of dialogue, the an occasion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of CEC, and at the Réunion du Présidium de la KEK KEK-Präsidium tagte same time to look towards the future developments of the ecu- à Bruxelles in Brüssel menical movement. A special session was devoted to as Präsidium der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK)e Présidium de la Conférence des Eglises européennes (KEK) L D the relations between churches s’est réuni du 13 au 16 mai 2008 à Bruxelles, en Belgique. tagte vom 13.-16. Mai 2008 in Brüssel, Belgien. Das Tref- and other communities of faith La réunion a eu lieu au Centre œcuménique, qui abrite la Com- fen fand im Ökumenischen Zentrum statt, Arbeitsstätte der and conviction, and the European Kommission Kirche und Gesellschaft der KEK sowie auch dermission Eglise et société de la KEK, ainsi que la Commission Institutions. The guest speakers des Eglises auprès des migrants en Europe (CEME), une orga- Kommission der Kirchen für Migranten in Europa (KKME), were Mr Mario Mauro, Vice-Pres- ein ökumenisches Gremium, dessen Zusammenschluss mitnisation œcuménique qui va fusionner avec la KEK d’ici à la ident of the European Parliament der KEK Ende dieses Jahres abgeschlossen sein wird. Das 10-fin de l’année. Le Présidium a passé en revue les activités de la e in charge of relations with köpfige Präsidium überprüfte die Aktivitäten der KEK, die Vo r-KEK, les préparatifs de la 13 Assemblée de la KEK (Lyon, Fran- churches and religious commu- ce, 15-21 juillet 2009) et le processus en cours de restructuration bereitungen für die 13. Vollversammlung der KEK (Lyon, nities; Mr Jorge Cesar das Neves, de la KEK. Frankreich, 15.-21. Juli 2009) und den fortlaufenden Une séance spéciale a été consacrée aux relations entre contact person for religions, les Eglises, d’une part, et les autres communautés de foi et de dere SitzungUmstrukturierungsprozess der KEK. Eine beson churches and communities of war den Beziehungen zwischen Kirchen und anderen Glau-conviction et les institutions européennes, d’autre part. Les confé- conviction in the Group of Euro- renciers étaient M. Mario Mauro, vice-président du Parlement bensgemeinschaften und –überzeugungen und den Europäi- pean Policy Advisers of the Euro- suite à la page 2 Fortsetzung auf Seite 2