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Applications open anew for Bossey online course in ecumenism

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.

Rev. Dr Hans-Ruedi Weber dies at 97

During his long career, Weber, who passed away on 18 October, made the Bible come alive for thousands of people through Bible studies that he coordinated with groups from many different cultures, contexts and situations.

Pour les étudiants, décider d’étudier à Bossey est «difficile», mais ils quittent l’Institut avec une «famille» et la certitude que «l’unité chrétienne peut être éprouvée»

Les étudiants diplômés de l’Institut de Bossey, niché au creux des montagnes, au bord du lac Léman, reconnaissent qu’il n’est pas facile de prendre la décision d’étudier à l’Institut du COE, mais ils forment désormais une famille, et ont acquis la certitude «que l’unité chrétienne peut être éprouvée».

«L’Afrique pour laquelle nous prions»: le COE et la CETA lancent un concours d’essai pour les jeunes

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique (CETA) invitent les jeunes Africaines et Africains à participer à un concours d’essai dans le cadre de la publication de la région Afrique sur le Pèlerinage de justice et de paix. Toute personne âgée au maximum de 35 ans et vivant sur le continent ou dans la diaspora peut envoyer son texte avant le 15 octobre 2019.

Project monitors gender equality in world news coverage

A new campaign page has been launched for individuals and organizations to support the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the largest and longest-running research and advocacy initiative on gender equality in the world’s news media.

Un projet pour suivre l’égalité des sexes dans les médias internationaux

Une nouvelle page de promotion vient d’être lancée à destination des personnes et des organisations qui souhaitent soutenir le Projet mondial de monitorage des médias (GMMP) 2020, la plus importante et la plus ancienne initiative de recherche et de plaidoyer au monde sur l’égalité des sexes dans la presse et le journalisme.

WCC pays tribute to ecumenist pioneer

On Monday 3 June the WCC hosts a half-day seminar on the legacy of one of ecumenism’s leading figures, archishop Nathan Söderblom, followed by a discussion on today’s ecumenical challenges.

Paving the way for ecumenical studies, learning English in Bossey

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

Lecture explores how theological education is concerned with the world

Rev. Prof. Dr Rudolf von Sinner, professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue as well as moderator of World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Education and Formation Commission, offered a public lecture on 13 April at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva as part of the WCC’s ongoing observance of its 70th anniversary this year.

"We have our work cut out for us"

If women will not support each other to step up to the pulpit or become engaged in politics, then gender equality will not be a priority issue for leaders both in the church and in government, says Eppie Marecheau, Christian educator and president of the Christian Council for Caribbean Women. In July, she participated in a seminar organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey.

“We are to pass on the mantle”

During Kirchentag, a Protestant church festival in Germany, vice-moderator of the WCC Commission of Ecumenical Education and Formation Prof. Dr Esther Mombo visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) booth, where she talked with Marianne Ejdersten, WCC director of Communication.