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“Bossey opened my mind and my horizon.” These words from a former student touched Rev. Dr Dagmar Heller, dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, one month ago as the two met at a conference.

The Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey is observing its 70th anniversary with notable speakers, creative worship, prayer services and a book launch, over the weekend of 30 September - 2 October.

The grand imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque and university is to visit the World Council of Churches (WCC) to give a public lecture and participate in high-level consultations on interreligious peacemaking.

From 13 to 17 September 2016, members of the Joint Working Group overseen by leaders of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches will meet at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland. Part of the focus for the meeting, is to review relations between the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church.

Interreligious trust and respect has proven a key challenge in communities worldwide, not least in contexts where the need for successful peacebuilding is dire. Therefore, 11 August marked an important day in the history of the Ecumenical Institute as it saw the first students receive their CAS in Interreligious Studies diplomas.

Seventeen students completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies in August at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The six-week course, credited by the University of Geneva, is evenly split between distance learning and a residential experience.

On a sunny, hot afternoon on the grounds of the 18th-century Château de Bossey, 17 young people from across the world gathered for their graduation ceremony in the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.

خاضت الثقة والاحترام بين الأديان معتركا صعبا داخل المجتمعات في جميع أنحاء العالم وعلى وجه الخصوص في بعض الأحداث التي كانت فيها الحاجة الماسة لبناء السلام الناجح مطلوبة. ولذلك شهد يوم 11 أغسطس / آب حدثا بالغ الأهمية في تاريخ المعهد المسكوني في بوسي بسويسرا لأنه شهد حفلة تخريج الطلاب الأوائل الذين تلقوا دبلومات الدراسات العليا في فرع الدراسات بين الأديان. وشهد الحفل نفسه نيل أستاذ معهد بوسيه القس الأب الدكتور لورانس يوامادي الجائزة السنوية "جائزة المعرفة المشتركة " التي منحتها له المؤسسة الإسلامية (المعرفة المشتركة) وهى مؤسسة لا تستهدف الربح. وبغض النظر عن الجائزة التي منحت للورنس نرى التزام لورنس الإيجابي والصادق في الحوار بين الأديان وبين البشر.

Forty young people from 14 countries will meet this week in Cairo for a seminar entitled “Youth Engagement, Religion and Violence.” From 18 to 22 August, participants from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East will focus on topics such as the impact of religious discourse on contributions to peace-building versus creating violent tensions.

Researchers around the world have a new resource for studying the history of the ecumenical movement — the personal papers of Philip Potter, general secretary of the WCC from 1972 to 1984. “We hope that the WCC Archives will receive many researchers from around the world who will learn more about the ecumenical movement to which Philip significantly contributed throughout his life,” said Hans von Rütte, WCC archivist.

Rev. Dr Hielke Wolters is leaving the WCC after serving for nine years - the last seven years as associate general secretary - but he is not leaving the ecumenical movement to which he has been dedicated since his student days. Officially is he going to retire, but only on the paper. He has many thoughts and plans to realize as he moves back to the Netherlands to serve, in one way or another, the church or the wider ecumenical movement. Wolters said to WCC News with a smile: “I’m open for any suggestion and I know that God will lead me in the right direction when that time comes.”

Georges “Yorgo” Lemopoulos says his discovery of global ecumenism as a theology student in Istanbul, Turkey, transformed his life. The member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople credits theology professors who were active in ecumenical work with awakening his interest in the global church movement.

The 2016 WCC Central Committee concluded its third day with an afternoon prayer service in one of Trondheim’s most beautiful churches. Built in 1715, the Bakke Church, with its remarkable architecture and artistry, is one the oldest buildings in the Bakklandet area of Trondheim.

Women of African descent have been a force within the global ecumenical movement for decades but are still not well recognized for their contributions. It is time for that to change, say the organizers of a network of pan African theologians, laywomen and clergy within the WCC.

Kvinner av afrikansk opprinnelse har vært en styrke for den globale økumeniske bevegelsen i flere tiår, men får fremdeles ingen anerkjennelse alt de har bidratt med. Nå må dette endres, sier gruppen som har organisert et nettverk av panafrikanske teologer, lekfolk og presteskap innen Kirkenes verdensråd.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Round Table was held on 26 and 27 May in the picturesque setting of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey near Geneva in Switzerland. The gathering was used as always by the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as a platform for high-level consultation with heads of agencies.

The leadership and representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance and the WCC met in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland to explore and discuss possible areas of future cooperation.