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Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega hat eine enthusiastische Botschaft für junge Erwachsene, die am Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2018 interessiert sind: „Verpasst nicht diese einmalige Gelegenheit. Sie wird euer Leben verändern!“

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega has an enthusiastic message for young people considering signing up for the 2018 Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI): “Do not miss this unique opportunity. It will change your life!”

When the Bossey Ecumenical Institute marked 70 years of formation, hundreds of current and former students, professors and friends gathered at the Château du Bossey to celebrate. Rev. Khaing Moh Moh was one of that band, but perhaps she travelled the furthest, from Myanmar, where she serves the Shan State Lisu Baptist Association about 200 kilometres north of Mandalay, the country’s second biggest city.

Rev. Dr Benjamin Simon was born in Germany, but he is also very much a product of Africa. Since September 2016, he has held the post of Professor of Ecumenical Missiology at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, a post he assumed just in time for the celebrations of 70 years’ serving ecumenism worldwide.

Thirty-five international students from the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland, are embarking on a future of ecumenism, dialogue and unity that began with months of intense study and fellowship.

The descendants of the last family to live at Chateau de Bossey before it was acquired by the WCC are elated it is now a centre that brings people from different Christian traditions and other faiths together to understand one another better.

More than one hundred representatives of churches, theological institutions, ecumenical organizations and specialized ministries from ten countries gathered in Matanzas, Cuba, on 1-4 October, at the Evangelical Theological Seminary (SET) to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the institution and reflect on theological teaching and its sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Bossey’s story is both old and new but it’s younger than ever, says one of its graduates, a renowned ecumenical scholar who opened a book launch on the history of the institute that has had students from so many parts of the world.

Das Ökumenische Institut in Bossey hat 70 Jahre ökumenische Ausbildung gefeiert. Aus diesem Anlass trafen mehrere Tage lang hunderte derzeitige und frühere Studierende, Professorinnen und Professoren, Partner und Freundinnen im Château de Bossey zusammen. Sie feierten die Arbeit des Instituts und den Beitrag, den es zur ökumenischen Bewegung leistete und leistet.

As the Bossey Ecumenical Institute marks 70 years of ecumenical formation, hundreds of current and former students, professors, partners and friends have gathered at the Château du Bossey for days highlighting the work of the institute and the role it has had and continues to play in the ecumenical movement.

A brief yet lively history of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, The Story of Bossey: A Laboratory for Ecumenical Life, will be released by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Publications at a book launch 1 October on the grounds of the institute.

„Bossey hat meinen Verstand und meinen Horizont erweitert.“ Pastorin Dr. Dagmar Heller, Dekanin am Ökumenischen Institut Bossey, war von diesen Worten eines ehemaligen Studenten berührt, als die zwei sich vor einem Monat auf einer Konferenz trafen.

“Bossey opened my mind and my horizon.” These words from a former student touched Rev. Dr Dagmar Heller, dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, one month ago as the two met at a conference.

Das Ökumenische Institut im Château de Bossey feiert sein 70-jähriges Bestehen am Wochenende des 30. September bis 2. Oktober mit interessanten Rednern/innen, kreativen Gottesdiensten, Andachten und einer Buchvorstellung.

The Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey is observing its 70th anniversary with notable speakers, creative worship, prayer services and a book launch, over the weekend of 30 September - 2 October.

Das Vertrauen und der Respekt zwischen den Religionen ist in den Gemeinschaften weltweit zu einem wichtigen Thema geworden, nicht zuletzt in Kontexten, in denen eine erfolgreiche Friedensarbeit zu den dringendsten Aufgaben gehört. Der 11. August war deshalb ein wichtiges Datum in der Geschichte des Ökumenischen Instituts in Bossey in der Schweiz, da an diesem Tag die ersten Studierenden ihre Diplome im Studiengang interreligiöse Studien des Certificate in Advanced Studies (CAS)-Programms entgegennahmen.

Interreligious trust and respect has proven a key challenge in communities worldwide, not least in contexts where the need for successful peacebuilding is dire. Therefore, 11 August marked an important day in the history of the Ecumenical Institute as it saw the first students receive their CAS in Interreligious Studies diplomas.

17 Studierende haben im August am Ökumenischen Institut in Bossey einen Zertifikatskurs in interreligiösen Studien abgeschlossen. Der sechswöchige Kurs, der von der Universität Genf akkreditiert ist, besteht jeweils zur Hälfte aus einem Fernstudium und dem Studium vor Ort.

Seventeen students completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies in August at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The six-week course, credited by the University of Geneva, is evenly split between distance learning and a residential experience.

On a sunny, hot afternoon on the grounds of the 18th-century Château de Bossey, 17 young people from across the world gathered for their graduation ceremony in the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.