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[:mt]Fit-28 ta’ Novembru, il-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes ta merħba lil Margaret Karram, president tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, lil Jesús Moran, ko-president u lil xi membri oħra tal-Moviment li marru jżuru liċ-Ċentru Ekumeniku fejn saru wkoll diskussjonijiet dwar l-għaqda, ir-rikonċiljazzjoni, il-bini ta’ relazzjonijiet fil-qasam interreliġjuż, Fidi u Ordni, komunikazzjoni (…).
Waqt din il-laqgħa, ir-Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, l-acting-segretarju ġenerali tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes (KDK), wera l-apprezzament tiegħu għall-ħidma ta’ kollaborazzjoni li ssir mill-KDK u l-Moviment tal-Fokolari, ħidma li ma saretx biss fil-passat, imma li għadha sseħħ sal-lum, infatti semma’ dik li saret dan l-aħħar waqt il-11 Assemblea tat-KDK f’Karlsruhe. Tkellem dwar l-importanza ta’ din il-kollaborazzjoni u sapport li t-tnejn jagħtu lil xulxin bħala servizz fil-mixja lejn il-ġustizzja, ir-rikonċiljazzjoni u l-għaqda.
Ir-Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca ta fil-qosor l-istorja twila li matulha seħħet tant koperazzjoni siewja bejn dawn iż-żewġ realtajiet. Qal li Nsara minn Knejjes differenti, li jagħmlu parti mill-Moviment tal-Fokolari, dejjem ikunu parti mid-delegazzjonijiet li jieħdu sehem fl-assembleji tal-KDK. Meta kkumenta dwar l-impenn ta’ Margaret Karram fil-qasam tad-djalogu, saħaq li l-impenn tagħha biex tippromwovi d-djalogu bejn Insara, Lhud u Musulmani hu ta’ ispirazzjoni li tmur ‘l hemm mill-Moviment tal-Fokolari li jinsab fid-dinja kollha.
Din kienet ukoll okkażjoni biex l-istaff tal-KDK u rappreżentanti tal-Fokolari setgħu jiddiskutu dwar oqsma diversi ta’ kolloborazzjoni, anki dawk fil-ġejjieni, u biex qasmu bejniethom esperjenzi dwar l-unita’ u l-ekumeniżmu. Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay KDK, segretarju ġenerali-elett kellu kliem ta’ tifħir dwar il-modi differenti li l-komunita’ tal-Fokolari u l-KDK użaw matul s-snin biex jaqsmu ideat u ispirazzjonijiet. Qal: “Ikkollaborajna flimkien fuq livelli differenti”.
Meta kien imiss lil Margaret Karram biex tgħaddi l-messaġġ tagħha lil dawk preżenti, hi esprimiet il-ferħ li kienet qed tħoss waqt din iż-żjara fiċ-ċentru tal-KDK, li kienet qed issir f’għeluq l-20 sena minn meta Chiara Lubich, il-fundatriċi tal-Fokolari, għamlet l-aħħar żjara tagħha hemmhekk.
Qalet: “Għoxrin sena ilu, Chiara Lubich, il-fundatriċi tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari ġiet hawn fuq stedina ta’ Konrad Raiser, is-segretarju ġenerali ta’ dak iż-żmien u tal-Prof. Ioan Sauca. llum inħossni grata li ninsab hawn magħkom ilkoll biex infakkru dan l-anniversarju. U nfaħħar lil Alla, għax naf li qed nimxi fuq art li nħares lejha bħala art sagra”.
Fl-waqt li wriet ir-rieda u l-ħeġġa biex it-tnejn ikomplu mexjin flimkien, hi qalet: “Nixtieq inżid: mhux biss nimxu flimkien, imma nimxu wieħed ħdejn l-ieħor, nimxu flimkien id f’id (…). Dan hu li nixtieq inwiegħed”.
Source: WWC
Full speech by Margaret Karram
Photo gallery on the Focolare leadership visit to the WCC
[:en]The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted Focolare president Margaret Karram and co-president Jesús Moran, as well as other members of the Focolare community, on 28 November, offering a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre, and discussing unity, reconciliation, inter-religious bridge-building, Faith and Order, and communications, among other issues of interest.
WCC acting General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed appreciation for the many past collaborations between the WCC and the Focolare, most recently the Focolare’s participation at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.
Sauca said the WCC recognizes the importance of cooperation and mutual support between the WCC and the Focolare to serve together under the new paradigm of the pilgrimage of justice, reconciliation, and unity.
“Christians of different churches belonging to Focolare have been part of delegations of their respective churches and in other capacities at WCC assemblies,” noted Sauca, who summarized a long history of cooperation between the two groups.
“Your commitment to promoting the dialogue between Christians, Jews, and Muslims as well as your engagement in a sustained dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians are inspiring assets for the worldwide movement of Focolare and beyond,” said Sauca.
Staff from the WCC and representatives from the Focolare Movement also discussed past and future areas of collaboration, and shared their experiences related to unity and ecumenism.
Margaret Karram shared her warmest greetings and expressed great joy to be visiting the Ecumenical Centre, 20 years after Chiara Lubich’s last visit to WCC.
“Twenty years ago, Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, came here at the invitation of the then-General Secretary Konrad Raiser and Prof. Ioan Sauca,” said Karram. “I am very grateful to be with you all here today to commemorate this anniversary. I give praise to God because I am aware I am walking on ground that I hold sacred.”
Karram assumed the WCC of the willingness and of the ability of the Focolare Movement to continue walking together. “I want to add not only walking together—but we have to hold hands—not only walk together but hold hands, side-by-side. I want to promise this.”
Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay WCC General Secretary-elect, commended the many ways in which the Focolare community and the WCC have exchanged ideas and insights over the years. “Our collaboration has been on different levels,” he said.
Source: WWC
Full speech by Margaret Karram
Photo gallery on the Focolare leadership visit to the WCC
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