ICMICA Newsletter No 14 – October 2010
Welcome.
Welcome to our latest European Newsletter which is based on information available after the Cluj
symposium and the International Council meeting. Comments and contributions for the Newsletter are
most welcome to [email protected]
EUROPE
Romania
The European Section of the Gender Equality
and Women’s Vision Secretariat organised its
second symposium in Cluj, Romania in early
July on The Phenomenon of Migration as a
Female Matter.
The focus was on women’s participation in
migration and five speakers, four of them
female, presented their special expertise and
involved the audience in discussion afterwards.
There were specific introductions to some
individual fields concerning the “donor country”
of Romania as well as presentations of more
general topics in relation with the media, remigration and the religious aspect.
The participants came from various European
countries and, of course, from the host country
Romania. All of them, together with the
speakers soon felt they shared a lot of common
interests and experienced a very special
atmosphere of caring and companionship.
More detailed documentation will be available
in September on the website of Pax Romana
also from [email protected]
Council of Europe
The roles of the Council of Europe and of the
European Union are often confused.
Philippe GROLLEAU, permanent delegate, has
produced a detailed paper explaining the role
of each organisation and the work of Pax
Romana at the Council of Europe. This is
available on the Pax Romana website
www.icmica-miic.org in French and English
Further information from Philippe Grolleau
[email protected]
The "Comment" of the Human Rights
Commissioner of the Council of Europe
describes some important cases of violation of
the human rights in our european countries.
It seems important to bring these cases to your
attention and call for your own observations
locally. I invite you to visit regularly the
Commissioner's web page. It is published
either in english, french or russian languages :
http://commissioner.cws.coe.int
Italy
MEIC organised a conference on The
relevance of Christians in Public Life in May in
Padova.
ELC
Luxembourg
The European Liaison Committee met
immediately after the Cluj symposium in July.
Issues discussed included the finances of Pax
Romana Europe and of the Cluj symposium,
the appointment of a European Chaplain, a
European Pax Romana reference booklet, the
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90 anniversary of the original foundation of
Pax Romana and the next European Assembly
in 2011.
A booklet of the proceedings of the conference
in the UK in November 2009 is being prepared.
Congratulations to the Luxembourg federation
which celebrates its centenary this month.
European Chaplain
Dr Michael Kuhn has been appointed as
chaplain of Pax Romana Europe. Michael is an
Austrian permanent deacon, theologian and
communication scientist. He serves in Brussels
as Deputy General Secretary of the COMECE.
(Commission of the Bishops’ conferences of
the European Union). Herzlich Wilkommen!
UK
Pope Benedict XVI presided at the beatification
ceremony of the Newman Association patron,
Cardinal John Henry Newman in Birmingham
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on Sunday 19 September. It was a wonderful
event and a great day for the Association. In
addition to the many Newman members
present with their parish groups, the
Association was represented formally by
several members of Council and also our
Chaplain was one of the concelebrating priests.
In June the Newman Association
organised a special conference in Birmingham
on Cardinal John Henry Newman. The next
Newman Pilgrimage will return to the Holy Land
in March 2011. Further information from
[email protected]
Austria
International Council
KAVO ran two summer schools in July the first
in Vorau, Styria on The Holy Books in
Christianity, Judaism and Islam and the second
in Tainach / Carinthia on What can Art say
An International seminar on the Role of the
International Institutions and the Global
Governance – the Task and Mission of Pax
Romana ICMICA-MIIC was held in July in
Geneva. This was followed by an International
Council meeting also in Geneva.
about God?
France
Pax Romana and the MCC organize
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on the 11 and 12 decembre a week end on
the theme: “Europeans open to the world” How
to deal with external challenges as China and
Middle East, and internal cohesion challenges
as Roma minorities?
Hungary
At their recent conference the Hungarian
fedeation elected new officers including a new
link member to the European Liaiason
Committee: Daniel Déak.
Catalonia/ Basque Country
The Basque-Catalonia Symposium 2010 will be
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held from 22
to 24 October in Poblet
(Tarragona), Catalunya. Further information
from Nuria Sastre. [email protected]
With best wishes
Kevin Lambert
(on behalf
of ELC)
Forthcoming Events
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15 - 17 October. Obnova conference,
Ivano-Franivsk
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22 -24 October Basque-Catalonia
symposium
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11 - 12 December Pax Romana –
MCC France week end
Ukraine
Obnova is planning a conference on Christian
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Values in Ivano-Franivsk from 15 to 17
October.
Further information [email protected]
Finance
Invoices for the 2010 membership fees have
been circulated and the invoice includes both
the international and European fees.
SECRETARIATS
International Secretariat; Gender
Equality and Women’s Vision
The European Section recently organised the
symposium in Cluj described above. Further
information on the Secretariat from:[email protected]
INTERNATIONAL
Website
The Pax Romana – ICMICA website has been
rebuilt and is now available at www.icmicamiic.org
International Team
President Javier Iguiniz (Peru)
Secretary General Lawrencia Kwark (Korea)
International Chaplain Fr Luis Maria
Goikoetxea (Basque Country.)
Preparing for Mass, Cluj Cathedral
Beatification of Cardinal Newman,
Birmingham