WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
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----------------------------------------------------------------------Diary for the period beginning 23 January 1995
Unless otherwise stated, for further details please contact WCC Press
Office.
General Secretariat:
?23 January - 1 February: Konrad Raiser, General Secretary: CLAI (Latin
American Council of Churches) Assembly in Concepci#n, Chile. Dr Raiser will
address CLAI - embargoed copy of speech available on request.
?24-25 January: Tarek Mitri, Executive Secretary, Office on
Inter-religious Relations: Belgium, Brussels, to give public lecture on
"Ecumenism and the Challenge of Islamic-Christian Dialogue" and lead a
seminar on Islam organized by the European Ecumenical Commission for Church
and Society.
?1-3 February: Tarek Mitri: Paris, France - Preparatory meeting at the
Institut de Monde Arabe for an exhibition on Christian art in the Muslim
world.
?2-5 February: Huibert Van Beek, Executive Secretary, Office of Church and
Ecumenical Relations: New Orleans, USA - Meeting on State Ecumenism:
Re-Visioning, Re-Rooting, Re-Connecting, Rejoicing.
Unit II:
?18-28 January: Samuel Ada, Executive Secretary for Evangelism:
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania - Seminar on Evangelism, organised by the National
Council of Churches in Kenya.
?29-31 January: Christopher Duraisingh, Executive Secretary for Gospel and
Culture: Nairobi, Kenya - Meeting with regional representation of Gospel
and Culture Study of the All Africa Conference of Churches.
Unit III:
?21-25 January: Clement John, Executive Secretary, International Affairs,
Peace and Human Rights: Berlin, Germany - European Preparatory meeting for
the Global Review of Ecumenical Practices and Policies on Human Rights.
?26 January - 1 February: Thembisile Majola, Executive Secretary, Women:
Bangalore, India - Public Hearings on Asian women’s rights.
?30 January - 9 February: Anu Talvivaara, Executive Secretary, Youth, and
Donnalie Edwards, Programme Consultant, Youth: Nairobi, Kenya - Mandated
Working Group on Youth.
?1-10 February: Nicole Fischer, Programme Consultant, Mid-Decade, Women
(1-3 February), and Robert van Drimmelen, Executive Secretary, Economy,
Ecology and Susatainable Society: Frankfurt, Germany - Mid-Decade team
visit.
Unit IV:
?23-26 January: Brenda Fitzpatrick, Executive Secretary for Communication:
New Delhi, India - Asian Communicators’ Workshop.
?30 January - 8 February: Margarita Banda, Consultant, ECLOF (Ecumenical
Loan Fund): Montevideo, Uruguay - National ECLOF Committee.
?23-31 January: Melaku Kifle, Coordinator Refugee Service: Khartoum, Sudan
- Discussions with staff of Sudan Council of Churches.
?25-29 January: Carol Abel, Executive Secretary for Europe: Lisbon,
Portugal - Leadership Training Workshop for Lay Academy Managers in
Southern Europe.
?2-5 February: Carol Abel: Rome, Italy - Italian Round-Table.
Meetings:
25-31 January:?Unit I Commission meeting, Cr#t-B#rard, Switzerland. List
of Commission members available on request.
27-29 January:?John Knox Centre, Geneva: Meeting of women with an
ecumenical background - discussions to include impact of Women’s Decade and
pastoral role in context of violence against women. Participants:
Annathaie Abhayashekara, Sri Lanka; Agnes Aboum, Kenya; Liliana Andronescu,
Romania; Marie Assaad, Egypt; Brigalia Bam, South Africa; Irene Biakokos,
Poland; Cristina Bosenberg, Argentina; Marga B#hrig, Switzerland; Omega
Bula, Zambia; Grace Eneme, Cameroon; Boonmee Julkiree, Thailand; Margot
K#ssmann, Germany; Lynda Katsuno, Canada; Leonie Liveris, Australia; Janice
Love, USA; Margarita Neliubova, Russia; Mercy Oduyoye, Ghana; Ranjini
Rebera, Australia; Louise Tappa, Cameroon; Reinhild Traitler, Switzerland;
B#rbel von Wartenberg Potter, Germany; Pauline Webb, UK; Marthe Westphal,
France; Lois Wilson, Canada; plus staff from LWF, CEC and WCC.
Miscellaneous:
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began on 18 January. (Leaflet and
supporting materials available from Tom Best, Executive Secretary,
Ecclesial Unity: Faith and Order stream °tel: 022 791 63 33§.)
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