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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.

At WCC’s ecumenical workcamps in the late 1950s, a young Govaert Chr.Kok of the Netherlands would learn lessons for life – and encounter a very special person.

En los campamentos ecuménicos de trabajo a finales de los años cincuenta, el joven Govaert Chr. Kok de los Países Bajos aprendió lecciones de vida y conoció a una persona muy especial.

For WCC Central Committee member Sonia Tziovanni, youth employment is an issue of the times at her home in Cyprus and everywhere on the planet.

Para Sonia Tziovanni, miembro del Comité Central del CMI, el empleo juvenil constituye un problema de nuestra época tanto en su país, Chipre, como en todo el planeta.

As organizations worldwide intensify their work on issues of climate justice, and the clock is ticking for new climate commitments to take shape, members of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change have gathered for a four-day meeting to strategize for effective climate justice action and for strong participation of faith-based initiatives at COP21.

Mientras las organizaciones de todo el mundo intensifican su labor en los asuntos relacionados con la justicia climática y a medida que se acaba el tiempo para dar forma a los nuevos compromisos climáticos, los miembros del Grupo de trabajo sobre Cambio Climático del CMI se han reunido durante 4 días para concebir una estrategia de acción eficaz en pos de la justicia climática y lograr una presencia importante de las iniciativas religiosas en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático en París (CP21).

At the Central Committee meeting of the WCC, leadership of the Council’s consultative bodies was announced. These bodies will steer through the work of the WCC in accomplishing the call from its 10th Assembly to engage in a “pilgrimage of justice and peace”. The WCC assembly was held in the Republic of Korea in 2013.

It might seem like a trivial task to help with the logistical arrangements of a major meeting. However, for the “stewards” of the WCC, this task means more than merely helping out.