WUCT COUNCIL 2013

Conseil 21 – 22 septembre 2013   -   ROME

AIMC, Clivo Monte del Gallo, 48 - Roma

RAPPORT DU CONSEIL - 21-22 SEPTEMBER 2013

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Titre du Conseil :

L’UMEC envers le demain :

« Le 50me anniversaire de Gravissimum Educationis  nous interpelle ».

Vendredi 20 - accueil.

SAMEDI 21    

7.00 h.  Célébration Eucharistique avec S. S. Pape François

8.00 h : déjeuner à l’AIMC

9.30 h : Ouverture : Prière et réflexions – S.E. Mgr. Van Looy, Assistent Ecclésiastique de l’UMEC

Rapport : Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé après octobre 2012?   - Guy Bourdeaud’hui, président

Commentaires par les différents membres de l’Exécutif  (John Lydon et Giovanni Perrone)

 Discussion + questions. 

 Situation financière + explication (John Lydon)

Moment libre avant le vote

11.15 h : Le futur de l’UMEC-WUCT  - Elections du nouveau Exécutif

12.30 h : apéritif et déjeuner à l’AIMC

14.30 h : « L’éducation, les défis et les différents aspects de l’éducation aujourd’hui »

                                          prof. Pietro Lucisano, Université La Sapienza, Roma                           

15. 45 h : moment libre – café

16.15 h  « Gravissimum Educationis »  

                                          prof. Gerald Grace. Université Catholique, Londres

Discussion

17.30 h - « Les demandes de l’Eglise »

                                         S.E. Mons. Zani, Secrétaire de la Congrégation pour l’Education Catholique.   Questions, discussion

18.45 h : apéritif et fin de la première journée.

20.00 h : diner à l’AIMC

DIMANCHE 22

8,15 h – Célébration Eucharistique

9.30 h « L’UMEC envers le demain »,  différentes propositions pour continuer la relance de  l’UMEC, rencontre mondiale des enseignants pour 2015 (Gravissimum Educationis),  problèmes d’argent, différents problèmes, responsable par continent/ website/ blog/ idées positives/ séminaires/ contacts individuels/ CCIC-UNESCO … (informations/ finances, …) ...

11.00 h -  Pause-café

11.30 h - Continuation : Lignes de  programme pour les prochaines années et charges de responsabilités pour les différentes activités.

      -  L’UMEC et l’Université : possibilité d’organiser des groupes de travail de professeurs d’université sur les problèmes éducatifs (prof. Pasquale Moliterni, Université Foro Italico, Roma ; Conseiller national AIMC)

12.30 h - Déjeuner à l’AIMC

14.30 h -  continuation éventuelle si nécessaire, ou,  tout de suite :

15.30 h - Invitation à une visite guidée: San Clemente  (aux origines du christianisme

THE NEW EXECUTIVE WUCT-UMEC

Rome, 20 September 2013.

 The Council of WUCT elected the new Executive Committee for the next four years. We are part of  Guy Bourdeaud'hui (chairman), John Perrone (Secretary General) and John Lydon (Treasurer). Assistentre Ecclesiastical is S. E. Bishop Luc Van Loy.
 In the photos the new Executive and the Council with S. E. Bishop Vincenzo Zani, secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

FAITH, AN ENCOUNTER THAT CHANGES LIVES

PopeFrancis' Letter

 Faith, an encounter that changes lives

 Fe, un encuentro que cambia la vida

 Foi, une rencontre qui change la vie

"... La fede, per me, è nata dall’incontro con Gesù. Un incontro personale, che ha toccato il mio cuore e ha dato un indirizzo e un senso nuovo alla mia esistenza. Ma al tempo stesso un incontro che è stato reso possibile dalla comunità di fede in cui ho vissuto e grazie a cui ho trovato l’accesso all’intelligenza della Sacra Scrittura, alla vita nuova che come acqua zampillante scaturisce da Gesù attraverso i Sacramenti, alla fraternità con tutti e al servizio dei poveri, immagine vera del Signore. Senza la Chiesa — mi creda — non avrei potuto incontrare Gesù, pur nella consapevolezza che quell’immenso dono che è la fede è custodito nei fragili vasi d’argilla della nostra umanità. Ora, è appunto a partire di qui, da questa personale esperienza di fede vissuta nella Chiesa, che mi trovo a mio agio nell’ascoltare le sue domande e nel cercare, insieme con Lei, le strade lungo le quali possiamo, forse, cominciare a fare un tratto di cammino insieme. Mi perdoni se non seguo passo passo le argomentazioni da Lei proposte nell’editoriale del 7 luglio. Mi sembra più fruttuoso — o se non altro mi è più congeniale — andare in certo modo al cuore delle sue considerazioni. Non entro neppure nella modalità espositiva seguita dall’Enciclica, in cui Lei ravvisa la mancanza di una sezione dedicata specificamente all'esperienza storica di Gesù di Nazareth........

LA FEDE, UN INCONTRO CHE CAMBIA LA VITA

Pope Francis' Letter to the Founder of "LaRepubblica" Italian Newspaper

Texto completo de la carta del papa al director del diario 'La 

Repubblica'

Lettre du pape François aux non croyants

OIEC - REUNION EN BOGOTA'

OIEC anuncia reunión en Bogotá

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El Consejo de la Oficina Internacional de la Educación Católica, OIEC, que anualmente se reúne en un continente distinto, ha anunciado desde Johannesburgo en Suráfrica, donde se ha reunido este año, que el Consejo de 2014 se realizará en Bogotá del 24 al 27 de abril de 2014 a instancias de la CIEC quien formalmente cursó la invitación a través de su Secretario General.

2014 será un año bien importante para la Confederación Nacional Católica de Educación - CONACED en Colombia pues será anfitriona de este evento y también de la Asamblea anual de la CIEC en el mes de marzo en Medellín.

September 8 : International Literacy Day

Every year on September 8, International Literacy Day is celebrated to highlight how it must remain one of states’ key priorities around the world. The day was initiated by UNESCO and it is the key organizer of it. BICE fully endorses it.

Beyond being a fundamental right, literacy is indeed the engine of development. Learning to read, write and count is essential to grow well and become full-blown adults. But also to learn how to develop their potential, to live together, to build the world of tomorrow. Unfortunately, there are still 67 million children worldwide who are not enrolled in schools *.

"Literacy is more than just an educational priority. It is the ultimate investment in the future, and the first step for all new literacy schemes in the 21st century. We want a century when every child can read and use this advantage to gain independence," said the Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

For BICE, which is in favor of the right to education for all, literacy is obviously a priority. In Africa, Latin America, Asia and CIS, we support projects and programs that allow children to access basic knowledge to find their way back to school and be aware of their rights. Often from disadvantaged areas, accompanied children can count on the support of educators from their own community to help them grow and bloom.

Whether working children and / or living on the street, for example in Paraguay, Argentina and DR of Congo, or then again young mothers in Mali, trafficked children in Togo or many other situations, education – which starts with literacy – is at the heart of all the activities we are committed to.

Let us all support every human being’s right, and therefore each child’s right to benefit from it!

*Unesco

7 september - THE CRY FOR PEACE!

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Hello!

Today, dear brothers and sisters, I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each person, from the one great family which is humanity: it is the cry for peace! It is a cry which declares with force: we want a peaceful world, we want to be men and women of peace, and we want in our society, torn apart by divisions and conflict, that peace break out! War never again! Never again war! Peace is a precious gift, which must be promoted and protected.

There are so many conflicts in this world which cause me great suffering and worry, but in these days my heart is deeply wounded in particular by what is happening in Syria and anguished by the dramatic developments which are looming.

I appeal strongly for peace, an appeal which arises from the deep within me. How much suffering, how much devastation, how much pain has the use of arms carried in its wake in that martyred country, especially among civilians and the unarmed! I think of many children will not see the light of the future! With utmost firmness I condemn the use of chemical weapons: I tell you that those terrible images from recent days are burned into my mind and heart. There is a judgment of God and of history upon our actions which are inescapable! Never has the use of violence brought peace in its wake. War begets war, violence begets violence.

With all my strength, I ask each party in this conflict to listen to the voice of their own conscience, not to close themselves in solely on their own interests, but rather to look at each other as brothers and decisively and courageously to follow the path of encounter and negotiation, and so overcome blind conflict. With similar vigour I exhort the international community to make every effort to promote clear proposals for peace in that country without further delay, a peace based on dialogue and negotiation, for the good of the entire Syrian people.

May no effort be spared in guaranteeing humanitarian assistance to those wounded by this terrible conflict, in particular those forced to flee and the many refugees in nearby countries. May humanitarian workers, charged with the task of alleviating the sufferings of these people, be granted access so as to provide the necessary aid.

What can we do to make peace in the world? As Pope John said, it pertains to each individual to establish new relationships in human society under the mastery and guidance of justice and love (cf. John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, [11 April 1963]: AAS 55, [1963], 301-302).

All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace. I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every religion and to those brothers and sisters who do not believe: peace is a good which overcomes every barrier, because it belongs all of humanity!

I repeat forcefully: it is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of encounter and a culture of dialogue; this is the only way to peace.

May the plea for peace rise up and touch the heart of everyone so that they may lay down their weapons and be let themselves be led by the desire for peace.

To this end, brothers and sisters, I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church on 7 September next, the vigil of the birth of Mary, Queen of Peace, a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

On 7 September, in Saint Peter’s Square, here, from 19:00 until 24:00, we will gather in prayer and in a spirit of penance, invoking God’s great gift of peace upon the beloved nation of Syria and upon each situation of conflict and violence around the world. Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace! I ask all the local churches, in addition to fasting, that they gather to pray for this intention.

Let us ask Mary to help us to respond to violence, to conflict and to war, with the power of dialogue, reconciliation and love. She is our mother: may she help us to find peace; all of us are her children! Help us, Mary, to overcome this most difficult moment and to dedicate ourselves each day to building in every situation an authentic culture of encounter and peace. Mat, Queen of Peace, pray for us!

1 september 2013 

                                                                                                                                            Francis


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