The World Council of Churches, working with the Jamaica Council of Churches and Caribbean and North America Council for Mission, offered a training in Jamaica to help people cope with violence against children, particularly sexual violence, gang-related violence, and gun violence.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will visit Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Antigua from 29 September-9 October. Tveit will be preaching, meeting with religious leaders and visiting communities.
An international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-98), 1-6 October in Kingston, Jamaica.
Una consulta internacional conmemorará el 20° aniversario del Decenio Ecuménico de Solidaridad de las Iglesias con las Mujeres (1988-1998) del CMI del 1 al 6 de octubre en Kingston (Jamaica).
Students of communication and theology will address questions of media and globalization and then explore how these relate to the theme of religion in mass media, as part of a global summer school held from 23 to 31 July in Jamaica.
En la escuela mundial de verano, que tendrá lugar del 23 al 31 de julio en Jamaica, los estudiantes de comunicación y teología analizarán cuestiones relativas a los medios de comunicación y a la globalización, para luego estudiar la manera en que estas se vinculan con el tema de la religión en los medios informativos.
