Presentation and Program

BEATO DI LIÉBANA, The Last Judgment

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECUMENICAL COMMEMORATION 

INTERNATIONAL ECUMENICAL SYMPOSIUM

Bose, 29 October - 2 November 2008

In collaboration with the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches the community of Bose organizes an international Symposium on the ecumenical meaning of the commemoration of the martyrs. 

There is a growing awareness that contemporary witnesses to the faith do not belong only to individual confessional groups but, as in the first centuries of the Christian era, are a source of inspiration for all the Churches. Similarly, significant witnesses of the faith from the past no longer belong exclusively to the confessional group in which they were formed, but are the common heritage of the one catholic Church. Continuing ecumenical worship has created a demand for new contents, and this provides a context in which the commemoration of such witnesses might play an important role. This would meet at least in part the need many already feel to receive the gifts embedded in the history of others and encourage others to explore this rich and vital field of mutual understanding and experience for themselves membership in one Body of Christ.

 PROGRAM

PROGRAM

From Bangalore 1978 to Bose 2008:
Introduction to the Symposium
Tamara Grdzelidze, Genève; Guido Dotti, Bose

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THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER

Keynote Message
Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, London
read by Jonathan Goodall, London

Witnessing and Martyrdom in the Bible
Enzo Bianchi, prior of Bose

3:00 PM

Controversies on Commemorating:
Results of Ecumenical Dialogues
Mary Tanner, Stanford

How Do Our Churches Commemorate?
Greek Orthodox: Panaghiotis Yfantis, Thessaloniki
Roman Catholic: Marco Gnavi, Roma
Lutheran: Bjørdal Øystein, Molden
Pentecostal: Dale M. Coulter, Virginia Beach

Discussion in Groups

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FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER

Regional Case Studies

Reconciliation between Mennonites and
Roman Catholics:
Helmut Harder, Winnipeg

Latin America:
Karen Bergesch, São Paulo
Daniel A. Bruno, Buenos Aires
William T. Cavanaugh, St. Paul

Melanesia:
Richard Carter, London

Korea:
Helen Rhee, Santa Barbara
Chong Soon Cha, Gwangju

Germany:
Andreas Kurschat, München

Regional Case Studies

Russia:
Alexander Mazyrin, Moskva
Lidia Golovkova, Moskva

South Africa:
Simanga R. Kumalo, Durban

Romania:
Iustin Marchis, Bucare?ti

Discussion in Groups

8:00 PM

Plenary Debate on the Criteria
Used in Case Studies
Alan Falconer, Edinburgh

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SATURDAY, 1 NOVEMBER

9:00 AM

Round Table
Job Getcha, Paris; Dagmar Heller, Genève
Martin Hoegger, Lausanne; Keith Pecklers, Roma

Ecumenical Opportunities for Commemoration

How to Give Expression to Common Commemoration?

Plenary Debate on the Results of the Work of Groups

Places of Memory
Hans Uytenbogaardt, Utrecht
Knut Kittelsaa, Trondheim

Reconciliation of Memories and Peace
Hansulrich Gerber, Genève

Discussion in Groups on the Memorandum

7:00 PM

Commemoration of Christian Witnesses

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SUNDAY, 2 NOVEMBER

Discussion in Groups on the Memorandum

BOSE ECUMENICAL MARTYROLOGY

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