On 20 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will serve as a panelist for “Ecumenism in a Time of Pandemic: From Crisis to Opportunity.”
Tras el éxito del proyecto piloto de la primavera de 2021, el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey abre el plazo de inscripción a una nueva edición del curso en línea de diez semanas de duración, titulado “Juntos hacia la unidad: ser iglesia en un mundo fragmentado”, que tendrá lugar en 2022.
Following a successful pilot project in the spring of 2021, the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey is inviting applications for a renewed version of the 10-week online course entitled “Together Towards Unity. Being Church in a Fragmented World” in 2022.
Registrations are open for a World Council of Churches webinar on 19 January that will launch the first volume of a major new history of ecumenism produced by a team of academics and scholars coordinated by the Italian-based Foundation for Religious Studies(FSCIRE).
Una compilación de las historias más leídas publicadas por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) revela una hermandad mundial enfocada en construir un mejor futuro, incluso en medio de los grandes desafíos a los que se enfrentó el mundo en 2021.
A compilation of the most-read stories published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) reveals a global fellowship focused on a better future even amid the grave challenges the world faced during 2021.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) released a new publication, “Let the Waves Roar: Perspectives of young prophetic voices in the ecumenical movement.”
Women of faith who are African or of African descent held a powerful recent gathering, “Ubuntu: Remembrance, Diversity, and Advocacy in Unity Now!” in which they shared their call to action with a sense of Sankofa, or a season of now while looking back and forward. The event was organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) and Pan African Women of Faith (PAW).
A new book, “The Africa We Pray For: On a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace,” which highlights the voices of young people, will be co-released by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Globethics.net on 10th December, Human Rights Day.
Prof. Rev. Dr Simone Sinn began serving as academic dean at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in August. Prior to that, Dr Sinn served as vice dean and professor of Ecumenical Theology. Below, Dr Sinn shares reflections on the new role, on hopes for students and on how the Bossey Ecumenical Institute will remain a bridge builder amid the world’s serious challenges today.
Focolare students from the Montet Center of Formation and students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute gathered to share the experience of multi-cultural community life and to pray together on 16 November.
Looking toward the 2022 assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) that will gather around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” the latest issue of the WCC journal International Review of Mission focuses on the relationship between mission and unity.
El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunirá de forma presencial por primera vez en dos años, del 12 al 17 de noviembre, para centrarse en los preparativos de la 11ª Asamblea del CMI –que tendrá lugar en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022– y celebrar los 75 años de formación ecuménica en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
El “Dies Academicus” es un encuentro anual especial que tiene lugar en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI). La edición de este año académico tuvo lugar el pasado 4 de noviembre. El actual grupo de 33 estudiantes de 20 países distintos participó en un debate con presentaciones de cuatro ponentes que compartieron sus reflexiones sobre el tema “¿Es el racismo una cuestión religiosa?” El debate reafirmó la declaración de la 4ª Asamblea del CMI celebrada en Upsala de que el racismo es un pecado.
De la construcción de la paz a la vida espiritual, de los derechos del niño a la planificación de la 11ª Asamblea: el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) es un lugar ajetreado, tal como pudieron apreciar los estudiantes del Instituto Ecuménico Bossey del CMI durante la semana denominada “Week of Focus” que ofrece el personal del CMI.
From peacebuilding to spiritual life, from children’s rights to planning for the 11th Assembly, the World Council for Churches (WCC) is a busy place, as students from the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute learned during a “Week of Focus” offered by WCC staff.
“Dies Academicus,” is a special annual gathering at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Bossey Ecumenical institute. This academic year’s installment took place on 4 November. The current cohort of 33 students from 20 countries listened to a panel of four speakers who shared reflections on the theme, “Is racism a faith question?” The panel reaffirmed the WCC 4th Assembly held in Uppsala, which declared racism as sin.
Over 23-29 October, a Global Conference of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora (AAD) revisited the historical 1945 Manchester Pan-African Conference and critically reviewed progress made since then. Speakers and participants also worked to determine and develop effective global strategies to radically change the lot of Africans and people of African descent globally—and thereby defeat the scourge of racism in the world.
El 26 de octubre, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y las Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas (SBU) celebraron una cumbre de liderazgo en la que intercambiaron palabras de esperanza entre los desafíos presentes que ha traído la pandemia de Covid-19 y conversaron acerca de los preparativos para la 11ª Asamblea del CMI en Karlsruhe, Alemania, en 2022.
