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17.04.08 11:22

A Mennonite-Catholic contribution to the Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace

A consultation co-sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Mennonite World Conference in October 2007 submitted a joint contribution to the World Council of Churches for the end of the Decade to Overcome Violence Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace.

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17.04.08 10:18

"Ignored by the whole world" - a visit to Yambio, Sudan

Metropolitan Dr Zacharias Mar Theophilus, from the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, India, was a member of an ecumenical team that recently visited Sudan's Yambio region. The capital city of West Equatoria state, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yambio is green and ...

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International Ecumenical Peace Convocation

The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation will be the Harvest Festival of the Decade to Overcome Violence and at the same time a planting season for fresh initiatives. [Read more]

 

26 March to 2 April 2008:

Solidarity visit to Sudan

Living Letters are small ecumenical teams visiting a country to listen, learn, share approaches and challenges in overcoming violence and in peace making, and to pray together for peace in the community and in the world.

 

Did you know?
Emotional abuse is an extremely prevalent form of child maltreatment.
UNICEF




Photo: Muaitofiga Lutu



Events

16.04.08 - 31.07.08 Pacific Stories of Peace Arts Competition

Worldwide

The DOV invites you to submit entries for the 2008 Annual focus Pacific Stories of Peace Arts Competition. Art work is being collected year round and will end in July. Winners will have their artwork featured in the...

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05.05.08 - 06.06.08 "Und dann kam Alex" - mobiles Theaterstück zum Thema Gewalt und Mobbing unter Jugendlichen

Österreich (zu früheren Daten auch in Deutschland)

„Und dann kam Alex“ beschäftigt sich mit der Problematik Gewalt, Mobbing und Bullying unter Kindern und Jugendlichen und wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Psychologen, Pädagogen sowie dem Bundesverband Mediation e.V....

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