AFRICA: IVORY COAST BISHOPS TO MEET ON MISSIONS

Agenzia Fides -African and European Bishops to meet on Ad Gentes mission
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) will be having a joint Seminar on the theme: “New situation of the Ad Gentes Mission. Exchanges of priests and pastoral agents, and training” in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from November 10 -14, 2010.According to a statement sent to Fides, “the Seminar forms part of the CCEE-SECAM five-year joint projects (2007-2011) which began following the First joint CCEE and SECAM Symposium that took place in Rome, Italy, in November 2004. The project focuses on collaboration between European and African bishops and aims to deepen their common responsibility for evangelisation and the human promotion of their respective continents in particular and the world in general.The bishops of the two continents have in the past years held Seminars on a) Slavery and the new forms of slavery in November 2007 in Elmina, Ghana; and b) Migration as a new opportunity for evangelization and solidarity in November 2008 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.The forthcoming Seminar which is being organized by the CCEE and SECAM in collaboration with various Partner Agencies will be hosted by the His Grace Mgr Jean Pierre Kutwa, Archbishop of Abidjan.About 40 participants, representatives of European and African Episcopates, Vatican Dicasteries and Partner Agencies, will reflect in particular on the following themes:- Theological and Biblical introduction on the missionary dimension of the Church and the significance of cooperation among the particular Churches.;- The new situation of Ad Gentes mission;- Priests and religious vocations; - Training of pastoral agents and of seminarians in Africa and Europe;- African priests in Europe;- Priests studying in Europe;- African priests in Europe for African communities- African priests in Europe as missionaries- European missionaries in Africa- Collaboration between the Churches of Africa and Europe. http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27742&lan=eng

Comments