Eleven students from eight different countries are enhancing their English-speaking skills with an intensive summer course at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. All the students will then pursue a Complementary Certificate in Ecumenical Studies, Master of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies, or a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies.
The launch of the document “Building Interreligious Solidarity in Our Wounded World. The Way of Common Formation” will take place on 28 July, during the Interreligious Studies course at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, and will be livestreamed on the YouTube channel of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
For the first time in history, women pastors in the Maluku Protestant Church outnumber their male counterparts. “We have 1,444 pastors in the Maluku Protestant Church, and about 55% are women,” said Maluku Protestant Church moderator Rev. Elifas Tomix Maspaitella.
As members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee and stewards visited the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, they came away newly inspired about the next generation of the ecumenical movement.
Dauerhafte Freundschaften und der Erwerb eines wertvollen Fundus an Wissen gehören zu den bleibenden Erinnerungen der Studierenden, die jedes Jahr ihren Abschluss am Ökumenischen Institut des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Bossey am Stadtrand von Genf machen.
Lasting friendships and gleaning a wealth of knowledge are the abiding memory of students every year who graduate from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey outside Geneva.
Anlässlich des 70-jährigen Jubiläums des zwischenkirchlichen Stipendienprogramms von Brot für die Welt bedankte sich der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, für rund 3.500 Alumni und Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten seit 1952.
As Bread for the World marked 70 years of service to the church and ecumenism through its interchurch scholarships programme, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay gave thanks for some 3,500 alumni and beneficiaries since 1952.
At a webinar organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), Norwegian Church Aid, and the International Partnership of Religion and Sustainable Development on 30 May, participants brought to light the challenges faced in Menstrual Hygiene Management and the role that religious communities can play to build a world where no one is held back because they menstruate.
The fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food, and Climate Justice, will be held 24-31 July in Crete, Greece. Convening in-person in the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, the event is open to young people under 30 years of age from the Europe and North America region only.
Strengthening the link between Christian perspectives and practical action for human rights, a symposium on human dignity and rights took place in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 25-26 April.
„Die Nachricht vom Tod von Prof. Dr. Julio Hector de Santa Ana, einem angesehen Fachmann für ökumenische Befreiungstheologie, hat uns alle sehr traurig gemacht“, erklärte Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK). De Santa Ana starb am 17. April in Genf, Schweiz.
In einem Webinar des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) am 19. April wurden Ideen zur Beseitigung von HIV-Stigmatisierung und -Diskriminierung erörtert - und wie die Kirchen gefährdeten Menschen zu ihrem Recht verhelfen können.
“It was with sadness that we received the news of the passing of Prof. Dr Julio Hector de Santa Ana, a reference of ecumenical theology in a liberating perspective,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). De Santa Ana passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, on 17 April.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar on 19 April explored ideas for eradicating HIV stigma and discrimination—and how churches might be able to bring justice for vulnerable people.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) cohosted an online consultation on 12 April to address the pressing issue of the converging food and debt crises. The event invited churches, ecumenical partners, and civil society allies to come together to examine the intersections and roots of these crises, and to seek collective guidance on possible joint responses.
Während eines Gottesdienstes am 3. April hat sich der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) mit dem Thema des diesjährigen Weltgesundheitstages auseinandergesetzt – „Gesundheit für alle“.
Vierzehn Studierende aus französischsprachigen europäischen Ländern sind für den Kurs zu interkultureller Theologie – „Formation en Théologie Interculturelle“ – am Ökumenischen Institut des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Bossey eingeschrieben und resümieren im Folgenden die positiven Erlebnisse ihrer bisherigen Erfahrungen dort. Der Kurs findet an acht Wochenende statt; er hat im Oktober 2022 begonnen und wird am 27. Mai 2023 zu Ende gehen.
How do religions represent “others” in their ideas, symbols, and practices? How do religious representations of others influence social cohesion? And what role can young leaders play in engaging with the challenges and the potential found within religious traditions’ representations of “others” to cultivate social resilience?