Il-Ħdax l-Assemblea tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes
Jagħmel sens nitkellmu fuq l-unità meta qed ngħixu f’dinja miġruħa bil-kunflitti, bl-effetti tal-pandemija, bil-kriżi tal-bidla fil-klima, u meta t-tiġdid xjentifiku u teknoloġiku spiss qed joħloq aktar diżugwaljanza bejn il-ġnus? Jekk iva, x’sehem jistgħu jagħtu l-Insara biex din l-unità sseħħ?
Dawn il-mistoqsijiet fundamentali ser ikunu fiċ-ċentru tal-11 l-Assemblea tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes, li ser issir f’Karlsruhe, il-Ġermanja, mill-31 ta’ Awwissu sat-8 ta’ Settembru 2022. Din il-laqgħa ġeneralment issir kull tmin snin. Fil-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes hemm 352 Knisja minn 110 pajjiż differenti li jirrappreżentaw madwar 500 miljun Insara. Hu mistenni li f’din l-Assemblea jkun hemm madwar 4,000 parteċipant mid-dinja kollha. t-titlu tagħha hu: “L-imħabba ta’ Kristu tqanqal id-dinja biex timxi lejn ir-rikonċiljazzjoni u l-għaqda”
Il-ħidma ta’ din il-laqgħa dinjija tibda propju minn riflessjonijiet dwar l-isfidi li għandha quddiemha d-dinja tagħna, fosthom il-vulnerabbiltà, il-firdiet u l-inġustizzji etniċi, ekonomiċi u soċjali. U allura anki l-interdipendenza bejn individwi u ġnus, u r-responsabbilità lejn xulxin f’dinja fejn ħadd ma jista’ jsalva waħdu. Dan hu l-kuntest li fih ser issir din il-laqgħa, fejn Insara minn Knejjes differenti ser isibu ruħhom flimkien biex jitolbu u jiċċelebraw, imma anki biex jirriflettu u jieħdu azzjoni, fil-waqt li jidħlu aktar fil-fond dwar l-impenn tagħhom biex jissaħħaħ id-djalogu, u tikber l-għaqda li tidher u t-testimonjanza komuni.
Il-programm uffiċjali jindika li ser ikun hemm madwar 100 workshops u stands imtellgħa minn Knejjes, Komunitajiet u Istituzzjonijiet differenti. Tim miċ-Ċentru internazzjonali li jikkoordina l-attività ekumenika tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, flimkien ma’ membri mill-Ġermanja, l-Isvizzera, l-Irlanda u r-Rumanija, ser itellgħu wieħed mill-istands li fih ser jesponu l-esperjenza wiesgħa tad-djalogu fil-ħajja tal-Fokolari ser imexxu wkoll workshop dwar id-“Djalogu bħala stil ta’ ħajja: metodoloġija u prattika”, fejn ser joffru esperjenza ta’ djalogu bejn Insara ta’ Knejjes differenti, u bejn Insara u Musulmani. Dan ser ikun fil-5 ta’ Settembru fil-17:00.
L-għan ewlieni tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes, li beda fit-23 ta’ Awwissu 1948, hu li jippromwovi d-djalogu bħala mixja ta’ ħajja Nisranija awtentika. Ir-rabta tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari ma’ dan il-Kunsill hi frott ta’ storja twila ta’ ħbiberija u kollaborazzjoni li bdiet fl-1967 meta Lukas Vischer, it-teologu Svizzeru Riformat kien stieden lil Chiara Lubich għall-ewwel żjara tagħha lil dan il-Kunsill.
Minn kitba ta’ Anna Lisa Innocenti
Jagħmel sens nitkellmu fuq l-unità meta qed ngħixu f’dinja miġruħa bil-kunflitti, bl-effetti tal-pandemija, bil-kriżi tal-bidla fil-klima, u meta t-tiġdid xjentifiku u teknoloġiku spiss qed joħloq aktar diżugwaljanza bejn il-ġnus? Jekk iva, x’sehem jistgħu jagħtu l-Insara biex din l-unità sseħħ?
Dawn il-mistoqsijiet fundamentali ser ikunu fiċ-ċentru tal-11 l-Assemblea tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes, li ser issir f’Karlsruhe, il-Ġermanja, mill-31 ta’ Awwissu sat-8 ta’ Settembru 2022. Din il-laqgħa ġeneralment issir kull tmin snin. Fil-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes hemm 352 Knisja minn 110 pajjiż differenti li jirrappreżentaw madwar 500 miljun Insara. Hu mistenni li f’din l-Assemblea jkun hemm madwar 4,000 parteċipant mid-dinja kollha. t-titlu tagħha hu: “L-imħabba ta’ Kristu tqanqal id-dinja biex timxi lejn ir-rikonċiljazzjoni u l-għaqda”
Il-ħidma ta’ din il-laqgħa dinjija tibda propju minn riflessjonijiet dwar l-isfidi li għandha quddiemha d-dinja tagħna, fosthom il-vulnerabbiltà, il-firdiet u l-inġustizzji etniċi, ekonomiċi u soċjali. U allura anki l-interdipendenza bejn individwi u ġnus, u r-responsabbilità lejn xulxin f’dinja fejn ħadd ma jista’ jsalva waħdu. Dan hu l-kuntest li fih ser issir din il-laqgħa, fejn Insara minn Knejjes differenti ser isibu ruħhom flimkien biex jitolbu u jiċċelebraw, imma anki biex jirriflettu u jieħdu azzjoni, fil-waqt li jidħlu aktar fil-fond dwar l-impenn tagħhom biex jissaħħaħ id-djalogu, u tikber l-għaqda li tidher u t-testimonjanza komuni.
Il-programm uffiċjali jindika li ser ikun hemm madwar 100 workshops u stands imtellgħa minn Knejjes, Komunitajiet u Istituzzjonijiet differenti. Tim miċ-Ċentru internazzjonali li jikkoordina l-attività ekumenika tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, flimkien ma’ membri mill-Ġermanja, l-Isvizzera, l-Irlanda u r-Rumanija, ser itellgħu wieħed mill-istands li fih ser jesponu l-esperjenza wiesgħa tad-djalogu fil-ħajja tal-Fokolari ser imexxu wkoll workshop dwar id-“Djalogu bħala stil ta’ ħajja: metodoloġija u prattika”, fejn ser joffru esperjenza ta’ djalogu bejn Insara ta’ Knejjes differenti, u bejn Insara u Musulmani. Dan ser ikun fil-5 ta’ Settembru fil-17:00.
L-għan ewlieni tal-Kunsill Dinji tal-Knejjes, li beda fit-23 ta’ Awwissu 1948, hu li jippromwovi d-djalogu bħala mixja ta’ ħajja Nisranija awtentika. Ir-rabta tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari ma’ dan il-Kunsill hi frott ta’ storja twila ta’ ħbiberija u kollaborazzjoni li bdiet fl-1967 meta Lukas Vischer, it-teologu Svizzeru Riformat kien stieden lil Chiara Lubich għall-ewwel żjara tagħha lil dan il-Kunsill.
Minn kitba ta’ Anna Lisa Innocenti
Yes, it was January 2019 and a delegation from the Sophia University Institute (IUS) visited the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in the Phanar, the historic Greek quarter of present-day Istanbul (Turkey). We were also welcomed very warmly by Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa, then Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the island of Halki and Professor of the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki (he became Archbishop of America the following May). We experienced a deep communion with him which gave rise to the desire to organize together a Summer School in Halki with Catholic and Orthodox students and teachers, on the theme of ecology, so dear to both the sister Churches of Rome and Constantinople. The pandemic delayed it but today that dream has come true.
It is 6.30 pm on Wednesday, 8th June, 2022 and we are once again in the “queen of cities”, as the beautiful city of Constantinople was called, with good reason. Patriarch Bartholomew gave a passionate and informative greeting to participants, students and teachers from all continents and with very varied interdisciplinary and ecumenical experiences. The audience included Msgr. Marek Solczynski, the new Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey, Msgr. Vincenzo Zani, Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Archbishop Elpidophoros and Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement and Vice-Chancellor of the IUS. “Everything is in a relationship of love” said Margaret Karram, recalling the destiny of unity embedded in the universe, that today more than ever, man and woman are called to promote with bold, prophetic action and thought.
The title of the fifth Halki Summit organized jointly by the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the IUS, which began on Wednesday, 8th June, is a clear indication of this: “Sustaining the future of the planet together”. It is no coincidence that Patriarch Bartholomew emphasized two words from this title: “future” and “together”. The first refers to the strong intergenerational bond inherent in respect for the environment in which we live; the second to the mandatory interdisciplinary approach to be taken in the face of the vastness and complexity of ecological problems. He said, “It becomes evident that only a cooperative and collective response by religious leaders, scientists, political authorities, educational institutions and financial organizations will be able to effectively address these imperative issues of our time”.
There are many joint statements by the Pope and the Patriarch, together with the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the urgency of environmental sustainability, on social impact and on the importance of global cooperation. This is also what Pope Francis writes in Laudato Sì: “When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities … it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself, everything is connected. (no. 117) The Patriarch clarifies the same concept, putting it in context: “Connections between us and the entire creation of God, between our faith and our action, between our theology and our spirituality, between what we say and what we do; between science and religion, between our convictions and every discipline; between our sacramental communion and our social conscience; between our generation and future generations, between our two churches, but also with other churches and other communities of faith”.