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Das Ökumenische Institut des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Bossey wird sein Kursangebot für die „Ecumenical Studies“ ausweiten und jetzt auch einen reinen Online-Kurs anbieten.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey sets out to broaden its repertoire of courses in Ecumenical Studies to include a course now offered fully online.

As the 30 November application deadline approaches for the Bossey Ecumenical Institute academic year 2021-22, Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi, dean, reflects on the institute’s heart of ecumenical formation and education.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

During a graduation webcast, students from the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Institute Bossey described what it was like to live for ten months or more in an environment like no other. As they receive their post-graduate degrees in ecumenical studies, they look back fondly on their sense of community, professors—and even the food.

When asked on the day of her graduation how she would describe Bossey, former student Quantisha Mason replied, ’Bossey is like a love letter to God.’ Now, the Ecumenical Institute invites prospective students to apply for the study year of 2021-2022.

Former Bossey student Rev. Jianmei Jing who works at the Jingling Protestant Church in Hongkou near Shanghai in China has shown that masking your intention can be a truly Christian act. At significant sacrifice during the current COVID-19 pandemic when they were in short supply, she managed to get hold of 300 face masks and sent them to the Bossey community who she knew needed them in Switzerland.

The WCC has welcomed four new programme executives.

The Ecumenical Theological Education programme of the WCC hosted the first meeting of the International Planning Group of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2021 in end-January in Karlsruhe, Germany, the venue of the future 11th WCC Assembly.

Das ökumenische theologische Bildungsprogramm des ÖRK hat Ende Januar die erste Sitzung der Internationalen Planungsgruppe für das theologische Studienprogramm GETI (Global Ecumenical Theological Institute) 2021 in Karlsruhe, Deutschland veranstaltet. In dieser Stadt findet die 11. Vollversammlung des ÖRK statt.

Die Studierenden, die in dem von Bergen umsäumten Ort Bossey am Ufer des Genfer Sees ihr Examen machen, haben zugegeben, dass ihnen die Entscheidung zu einem Studium am Ökumenischen Institut des ÖRK nicht leicht gefallen sei, aber dass sie das Institut später als eine Familie und mit dem Beweis verlassen hätten, dass „christliche Einheit gelebt werden kann.“

Students graduating at mountain-framed Bossey on the banks of Lake Geneva have admitted that the decision to come to the WCC Ecumenical Institute was not easy, but they left as a family with proof "that Christian unity can be lived."

As of January 2020, the WCC has relaunched its Sarah Chakko Scholarship Fund. The fund was first established in 1998, at the end of the Ecumenical Decade of Solidarity with Women, aiming to promote the education of women for leadership competencies for the ecumenical movement.

Die Studierenden lauschen aufmerksam und konzentriert während Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moltmann erzählt, dass er sich, nachdem er Mitglied in der Hitlerjugend gewesen sei und als „Patriot“ während des Zweiten Weltkrieges auch in der deutschen Bundeswehr gedient habe, vom Nationalismus und dem entsetzlichen Grauen dieses Konflikts abgewendet habe.

Students sat entranced as the theologian recounted that after serving in the Hitler Youth and the German Army as a “patriot” in World War II, he turned his back on nationalism and the horrors of that conflict.

The WCC invites partners, friends, media and interested public to a lecture and book signing by Prof. Dr Jürgen Moltmann on 2 December.