Photos of the Symposium
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.
8:00 PM
From Bangalore 1978 to Bose 2008:
Introduction to the Symposium
Tamara Grdzelidze, Genève; Guido Dotti, Bose
THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER
9:00 AM
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
FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER
9:00 AM
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
3:00 PM
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
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
3:00 PM
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
SUNDAY, 2 NOVEMBER
9:00 AM
Discussion in Groups on the Memorandum