COUNCIL - CONSEIL - CONSEJO - CONSIGLIO 2023

 

CONSIGLIO  2023

DELL’UNIONE MONDIALE 

DEGLI INSEGNANTI CATTOLICI

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Dal 16 al 19 novembre si è svolto in Roma l’annuale incontro del Consiglio dell’Umec-Wuct.

Vi hanno partecipato, in presenza, i rappresentanti di varie istituzioni aderenti all’Unione, provenienti da Belgio, Cile, RD Congo, Filippine, Francia, Germania, Italia, Nigeria, Olanda, Regno Unito, Romania, Rwanda.

Ha anche partecipato Monsignor Vincent Dollmann, Arcivescovo di Cambrai e Assistente Ecclesiastico dell’Unione.

Altri hanno seguito l’incontro grazie al collegamento web.

I lavori sono stati coordinati dal presidente, professore Jan De Groof, dal Segretario Generale, dr. Giuseppe Desideri, e dal Tesoriere, dr. Caroline Kealy.

Gli interventi sono stati tenuti: da Monsignor Cesare Pagazzi, segretario del Dicastero per la Cultura e l’Educazione; p. Giovanni Buontempo, del Dicastero per i laici, la famiglia e la vita;  professore Cheryl Peralta, Vice rettore dell’Università Santo Tomas di Manila; professore Angelo Paletta, dell’Università di Bologna; professore Roisin Coll, della Fondazione St Andrew dell’Università di Glasgow; dal professore John Lydon, dell’Università St Mary di Londra; dr. Danielle Woestemberg, CNV Olanda; p. Francesco Scalzotto, del Dicastero per l’Evangelizzazione; p. Albert Kabuge, dell’UNESCO-CICC di Parigi; dr. Angelo Scelzo, già vice direttore della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede.

Hanno presentato le loro relazioni i coordinatori regionali: p. Albert Kabuge e dr. Solene Tshilobo per l’Africa; prof. Belen Tangco per l’Asia; dr. Mario Sandoval, per l’America; dr. Danielle Woestenberg, per l’Europa.

Ai vari interventi è seguito un ricco dibattito dal quale sono emerse le linee progettuali per il futuro. Punto forte del prossimo cammino è la preparazione al Giubileo, che verrà fatta a livello locale e continentale, in preparazione dell’incontro mondiale a Roma nel 2025.

Di seguito pubblichiamo i principali interventi avvenuti durante il Consiglio.

 

COUNCIL 2023

OF THE WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC TEACHERS

 The annual meeting of the Umec-Wuct Council took place in Rome from 16 to 19 November.

Representatives of various institutions belonging to the Union, coming from Belgium, Chile, DR Congo, Philippines, France, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Holland, United Kingdom, Romania, Rwanda, participated in person.

Monsignor Vincent Dollmann, Archbishop of Cambrai and Ecclesiastical Assistant of the Union also participated.

Others followed the meeting thanks to the web link.

The work was coordinated by the president, professor Jan De Groof, by the General Secretary, dr. Giuseppe Desideri, and the Treasurer, dr. Caroline Kealy .

The speeches were given: by Monsignor Cesare Pagazzi, secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; p. Giovanni Buontempo, of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life; Professor Cheryl Peralta, Vice Chancellor of Santo Tomas University of Manila; professor Angelo Paletta, from the University of Bologna; Professor Roisin Coll, St Andrew's Foundation, University of Glasgow; by Professor John Lydon, of St Mary's University of London; dr. Danielle Woestemberg , CNV Netherlands; p. Francesco Scalzotto, of the Dicastery for Evangelization; p. Albert Kabuge, from UNESCO-CICC in Paris; dr. Angelo Scelzo, former deputy director of the Holy See Press Office.

The regional coordinators presented their reports: p. Albert Kabuge and dr. Solene Tshilobo for Africa; prof. Belen Tangco for Asia; dr. Mario Sandoval, for America; dr. Danielle Woestenberg, for Europe.

The various interventions were followed by a rich debate from which the project lines for the future emerged. The strong point of the next journey is the preparation for the Jubilee, which will be done at a local and continental level, in preparation for the world meeting in Rome in 2025.

Below we publish the main interventions that took place during the Council.

 

CONSEIL 2023

DE L'UNION MONDIALE DES ENSEIGNANTS CATHOLIQUES

 La réunion annuelle du Conseil Umec-Wuct s'est tenue à Rome du 16 au 19 novembre.

Des représentants de diverses institutions appartenant à l'Union, venant de Belgique, Chili, RD Congo, Philippines, France, Allemagne, Italie, Nigeria, Hollande, Royaume-Uni, Roumanie, Rwanda, y ont participé en personne.

Y participaient également Mgr Vincent Dollmann, Archevêque de Cambrai et Assistant Ecclésiastique de l'Union.

D'autres ont suivi la réunion grâce au lien web.

Les travaux ont été coordonnés par le président, le professeur Jan De Groof, par le secrétaire général, dr. Giuseppe Desideri et le trésorier, dr. Caroline Kealy .

Les interventions ont été prononcées : par Mgr Cesare Pagazzi, secrétaire du Dicastère de la Culture et de l'Éducation ; p. Giovanni Buontempo, du Dicastère pour les Laïcs, la Famille et la Vie ; Professeur Cheryl Peralta, vice-chancelière de l'Université Santo Tomas de Manille ; le professeur Angelo Paletta, de l'Université de Bologne ; Professeur Roisin Coll, St Andrew's Foundation, Université de Glasgow ; par le professeur John Lydon, de l'Université St Mary de Londres ; dr. Danielle Woestemberg , CNV Pays-Bas ; p. Francesco Scalzotto, du Dicastère pour l'Évangélisation ; p. Albert Kabuge, de l'UNESCO-CICC à Paris ; dr. Angelo Scelzo, ancien directeur adjoint du Bureau de Presse du Saint-Siège.

Les coordinateurs régionaux ont présenté leurs rapports : p. Albert Kabuge et le Dr. Solène Tshilobo pour l'Afrique ; prof. Belen Tangco pour l'Asie ; dr. Mario Sandoval, pour l'Amérique ; dr. Danielle Woestenberg, pour l'Europe.

Les différentes interventions ont été suivies d'un débat riche d'où ont émergé les lignes de projets pour l'avenir. Le point fort du prochain voyage est la préparation du Jubilé, qui se fera au niveau local et continental, en vue de la rencontre mondiale de Rome en 2025.

Nous publions ci-dessous les principales interventions qui ont eu lieu pendant le Concile.

 

CONSEJO 2023

DE LA UNIÓN MUNDIAL DE MAESTROS CATÓLICOS

 La reunión anual del Consejo Umec-Wuct tuvo lugar en Roma del 16 al 19 de noviembre.

Participaron personalmente representantes de diversas instituciones pertenecientes a la Unión, procedentes de Bélgica, Chile, República Democrática del Congo, Filipinas, Francia, Alemania, Italia, Nigeria, Holanda, Reino Unido, Rumanía y Ruanda.

También participó monseñor Vincent Dollmann, arzobispo de Cambrai y asistente eclesiástico de la Unión.

Otros siguieron el encuentro gracias al enlace web.

El trabajo fue coordinado por el presidente, profesor Jan De Groof, por el secretario general, dr. Giuseppe Desideri, y el Tesorero, dr. Carolina Kealy .

Los discursos fueron pronunciados por monseñor Cesare Pagazzi, secretario del Dicasterio para la Cultura y la Educación; p.Giovanni Buontempo, del Dicasterio para los Laicos, la Familia y la Vida; la profesora Cheryl Peralta, vicerrectora de la Universidad Santo Tomás de Manila; el profesor Angelo Paletta, de la Universidad de Bolonia; Profesor Roisin Coll, Fundación St Andrew, Universidad de Glasgow; por el profesor John Lydon, de la Universidad St Mary's de Londres; dr. Danielle Woestemberg , CNV Países Bajos; pag. Francesco Scalzotto, del Dicasterio para la Evangelización; pag. Albert Kabuge, de UNESCO-CICC en París; dr. Angelo Scelzo, ex subdirector de la Oficina de Prensa de la Santa Sede.

Los coordinadores regionales presentaron sus informes: p. Albert Kabuge y el dr. Solene Tshilobo por África; profe. Belén Tangco por Asia; dr. Mario Sandoval, por América; dr. Danielle Woestenberg, por Europa.

Las distintas intervenciones fueron seguidas de un rico debate del que surgieron las líneas de proyecto para el futuro. El punto fuerte del próximo camino es la preparación al Jubileo, que se realizará a nivel local y continental, en preparación al encuentro mundial de Roma en 2025.

A continuación, publicamos las principales intervenciones que tuvieron lugar durante el Concilio.

PROGRAMMA

 COUNCIL REPORT - it-fr-en-es

La parole au Président

  Reflexions spirituelles

“Las asociaciones de fieles en la Iglesia hoy”

« Les associations de fidèles dans l’Église aujourd’hui »

“Le associazioni di fedeli nella Chiesa oggi”

“Associations of the faithful in the Churchtoday” 

 Il cammino della speranza

Les gestes de la rencontre

The gestures of encounter

Los gestos del encuentro

MAESTROS CATÓLICOS:UN RECURSO DE LAS ESCUELASY LA COMUNIDAD

ENSEIGNANTS CATHOLIQUES :UNE RESSOURCE POUR LES ÉCOLESET LA COMMUNAUTÉ

MAESTROS CATÓLICOS:UN RECURSO DE LAS ESCUELASY LA COMUNIDAD

INSEGNANTI CATTOLICI: UNA RISORSA PER LE SCUOLE E LA COMUNITÀ 

IN CAMMINO VERSO IL GIUBILEO

ON THE WAY TOWARDS THE JUBILEE

EN EL CAMINO HACIA EL JUBILEO

EN CHEMIN VERS LE JUBILÉ

“Comunicare nei Movimenti cattolici e nel mondo” 

« Communiquer dans les mouvements catholiques et dans le monde »

“Comunicar en los movimientoscatólicos y en el mundo”

“Communicating in Catholic Movements and in the world” 

NB - The other speeches will be published soon

 

 

GROWING ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATRED

Anti-Christian

 hatred is growing

 

Worrying numbers released by the Observatory on Intolerance and Anti-Christian 

Discrimination in Europe.

Exponential increase in anti-Christian attacks .

Hate crimes on the rise

The OIDAC report 2022 / 2023 | OIDAC

 

-         by Andrea Gagliarducci

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In 2022, hate crimes against Christians reached 748 documented cases, a 44 percent increase compared to 2021, when 519 hate crimes were recorded. Cases of arson against churches are also increasing exponentially, recording an increase of 75 percent between 2021 and 2022. These are the data from the Annual Report of the Observatory for Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe.

Based in Vienna, directed this year by Anja Hoffman, the observatory provides a powerful and real snapshot of the situation of Christians in Europe. Every week, it collects news of incidents of discrimination and intolerance, using open sources, and highlighting a reality that is plain for all to see, yet little known. Christians are, in the end, the most persecuted religion in the world, as the various reports on religious freedom from Aid to the Church in Need or Open Doors say, and this is also confirmed by the data from the latest OSCE Annual Report on Hate Crimes , which documented 792 cases of anti-Christian hatred in 34 European countries.

The growth in arson cases is worrying, rising from 60 in 2021 to 105 in 2022, with an increase of 75 percent. These attacks are concentrated mainly in Germany, and then in France, Italy and the United Kingdom.

According to Anja Hoffman, hate crimes, especially vandalism, are linked to extremism which also results from a greater acceptance of church attacks in society. “While – says the director of the Observatory – the reasons for the acts of vandalism and the desecration of the Churches remained unclear, we now notice that more and more perpetrators leave messages that reveal belonging to extremist fringes and even proudly claim paternity of the crimes clerks. These are often radicalized members of groups that follow an anti-Christian narrative."

Regina Polak, OSCE representative for the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination, expressed concern about the ever-increasing number of cases of anti-Christian hatred reported by the Observatory, and underlined that "it is highly necessary to increase awareness of both the government that of society to face and combat this problem decisively."

The report also addresses the issue of different forms of religious discrimination. Over the past year, several Christians have lost their jobs, been suspended, or even faced criminal charges for expressing nonviolent religious views in public, particularly on the issues of marriage and family when it was stated in public that marriage is between man and woman and that sexual identity is made up of man and woman.

These are all opinions worthy of criminal proceedings, and it is a fact, said Hofmann, "highly serious", also because the legislations of the countries "use very vague language or unclear definitions of incitement to hatred".

The Observatory noted in particular the dismissals of teachers Ben Dybowski and Joshua Sutcliffe, as well as the Reverend Bernard Randall, a school chaplain. All dismissals occurred due to their beliefs about gender identity and family.

Anja Hoffman denounces that "silencing Christian voices in public undermines the plurality of Western democratic societies and makes free discourse impossible."
Other limitations on religious freedom come from the bills on the so-called "buffer zones" , which are found mainly in the United Kingdom and which criminalize prayer and religious demonstrations, such as prayer initiatives around criticism for abortion.

The Observatory described as “particularly surprising” the arrest of Isabel Vaughan- Spruce , who was arrested in one of the buffer zones and questioned whether she was praying in her mind. The arrest illustrates concern about the criminalization of “non-violent hate” incidents in the UK.

Other forms of discrimination include those that violate the right of parents to educate children in accordance with their religious beliefs and the limitation of freedom of conscience through the elimination of conscience clauses from existing provisions in medical laws.

 ACISTAMPA

 

COUNCIL 2023 - REFLEXIONS SPIRITUELLES

 

 

REFLEXIONS SPIRITUELLES POUR LE CONSEIL

SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL

RIFLESSIONI SPIRITUALI PER IL CONSIGLIO

REFLECTII SPIRITUALE PENTRU CONSILIU

REFLEXIONES ESPIRITUALES PARA EL CONCILIO

SPIRITUELLE REFLEXIONEN FÜR DEN KONZIL

2023

-        Archevêque Vincent Dollmann

Voir: REFLEXIONS SPIRITUELLES

RUTHLESS LOGIC

The problems created by the violence 

of Hamas and the harshness of Israel

- by Giuseppe Savagnone*

Just over a month after the start of the Palestinian crisis, some disturbing issues emerge, probably destined to weigh on the future, even when the conflict on the field is over.

The first of these issues arises from the methods of reaction of the Jewish State which, from being a victim of atrocious violence - and therefore an object of unconditional solidarity (in the eyes, at least, of the Western world) - have progressively made it appear, to a large extent of public opinion in the West itself, a perfect counterpart, opposite and symmetrical, of its aggressors. In this regard, the front page headline of an Italian newspaper is significant: «Anti-terrorism begins. It's a lot like terrorism."

The same blind ruthlessness. The same absolute contempt for civilians and the international laws that protect them. With the blocking of vital supplies of water, electricity and medicines to two and a half million people, the peremptory injunction to almost half of them (more than a million!) to vacate their homes, lands and workplaces within 24 hours , and to move "elsewhere", the deadly indiscriminate bombings that destroyed civilian homes, hospitals, schools, churches, and killed ten thousand civilians, almost half of whom were women and children.

Rather than an operation aimed at preventing, in a defensive logic, other attacks, the Israeli one thus gave the impression of being revenge. And not in the form of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", but in the more archaic form of vengeance without measure of which the Bible speaks, putting in the mouth of Lamech, descendant of Cain (not by chance!), a statement which is at the same time a program: «I killed a man for my scratch and a boy for my bruise. Cain will be avenged seven times, but Lamech seventy-seven times" (Genesis, 4, 23-24).

 The law of retaliation

The law of retaliation, despite its brutality, was later established in ancient legislation precisely to limit this uncontrollable immoderation, allowing the offended party to respond only within the limits of the damage received.

Israel's response, more than this logic, resembles that of Lamech . Even more disproportionate, if we consider that, according to the Israeli government itself, the person responsible to be punished is Hamas and not the Palestinian population, who would only be its hostage.

For their part, Western governments, first and foremost that of the United States, refused to talk about "revenge" and initially tried to justify this reaction by appealing to "Israel's right to defend itself". In this logic, they showed great tolerance for the "collateral damage" that this right could entail, limiting themselves to generic recommendations to respect human rights and international laws of war, even if it was clear that both were widely violated by the Israeli reaction.

Netaniahu 's government did not intend to even slightly mitigate its devastating action, the UN secretary general, Guterres, officially intervened to remind us of the need to respect international law and ask for a "ceasefire ” that would spare the lives of civilians.

The reaction of the Jewish State was extremely harsh and even resulted in a refusal to grant entry visas to representatives of the United Nations.

At this point even President Biden - probably also urged by the vast protest movement that has developed throughout the Western world, and also in the United States, in defense of the Palestinian people - felt he had to intervene more decisively, pressuring the Israeli government so that at least "humanitarian pauses" were granted.

Receiving a sharp refusal from Prime Minister Netaniahu , who only after endless humiliating insistence from both the American president and his envoy Blinken made some concessions, but in any case to a minimal extent compared to the request. A sensational "disgrace" by Israel to its most trusted and important ally, which will not soon be forgotten.

 It is clear that all this is confusing the cards. The United States is finding itself in great difficulty, caught between the distancing of the Islamic world - even the moderate one and even a NATO member country, such as Turkey - which reproaches them for the political, economic and military cover that has always been given to Israel and strongly confirmed also in this circumstance, and the unprecedented, obstinate closure of the Israeli government.

In this circumstance, America is seeing its image as a hegemonic power compromised and its political line appears weak and uncertain. Also because President Biden finds himself faced with the less than rosy situation of having to choose, a year before the elections, between the Jewish lobbies, whose support depends on their support for Israel, and his electorate, especially young people, who contest him for this support.

And Israel also finds itself increasingly isolated, not only, as in the past, with respect to the South of the world and Islam, but also, to a certain extent, with respect to its traditional Western supporters, which continue to repeat that they consider it the victim of aggression and an advanced outpost of democracy, but they cannot help but recognize, with growing embarrassment, that the continuation of the systematic massacre of civilians we are witnessing can no longer be accepted.

 The reopening of the question of the whole of Palestine

But what divides Israel from its more traditional and faithful American ally is not only the ruthless harshness of the military reaction. The ongoing crisis has also raised the question, which had been removed for some time, of the definitive political settlement of the entire region. And here it is impossible to ignore the UN resolution of 1947, which envisaged the creation of a Jewish state - which was born - and a Palestinian one, which never saw the light.

The problem is that in reality neither Israelis nor Palestinians have ever accepted this perspective. Both want all the territory for themselves. With the difference that Israel has had the military strength to get ever closer to this objective, while the explicit refusal of the Palestinians to accept forming their own state on the territories assigned by the UN has produced as the only result their progressive expulsion even from most of these, now occupied by the Israelis.

An expulsion that was implemented both through military campaigns and with the multiplication of new Israeli settlements on the lands of the West Bank which should have prospectively been part of the new Palestinian state. Just on the eve of October 7th, another one was launched, this time also arousing resistance (also unheeded) from the United States.

Not to mention the status of Jerusalem, which the UN expected to be - as the holy place of all three great Abrahamic religions - an international city, and which instead Israel, in 1980, strengthened by its military successes, unilaterally proclaimed as its capital , with a decision that the UN declared illegitimate, and which was recognized by a few governments, including the United States, which moved its embassy there,

Once the war is over, will Washington, so far so yielding to the Israeli government, ever be able to convince it to give up part of its current territory to allow the formation of a Palestinian state?

And what will be, if they succeed, the reaction of the seven hundred thousand Israeli settlers who in recent years, with the approval of the government (and the West) have illegally settled on that territory, taking it away from their legitimate inhabitants?

And what will happen to Jerusalem, which Israel has considered its capital for more than forty years, but where Palestinians also live, and to which Islam attributes the same religious value as Jews and Christians?

 The future of Gaza

A third issue - connected to the second and also relating to the relationship between Israel and the United States - is the question of the future of the Gaza Strip.

 Biden asked Abu Mazen, the president of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank, to take over the government, once the war is over, as part of the forming Palestinian state. Netaniahu , for his part, openly challenging Biden, replied that the Israelis no longer intend to leave Gaza any autonomy and, even without directly occupying it, they will still keep it under their control.

The fact is that, if it really succeeds in destroying Hamas, it will be the Israeli army that will be on the territory and in control of it.

Furthermore, the American proposal does not take into account the fact that today the (too) moderate and corrupt Abu Mazen is completely disqualified in the eyes of the Palestinians (even those he continues to govern in the West Bank), who see Hamas as the the only alternative to the marginalization and submission to which Israel had reduced them with the support of the United States.

And it would certainly be even more so if the president of the Palestinian Authority entered Gaza after having been complicit in the liquidation of Hamas by the Israelis and with the support of the Americans.

An unofficial and unconfirmed document from the Israeli government hypothesizes that the current inhabitants of Gaza will move to Egypt, in the Sinai. And this would also explain the recent trials of expulsion from one part of the Strip and the actions aimed at making their lives impossible, already forcing them, in some way, to emigrate.

But, apart from the obvious resistance of the government in Cairo, which does not intend to take on two and a half million refugees, could the international community accept a solution which, although not a genocide, would still be a clear example of ethnic cleansing?

Not even the acrobatics carried out in recent weeks by Western governments and press organizations to minimize the seriousness of the violence against the Palestinian people - accusing those who denounce them of forgetting the October 7 massacre, or even of being anti-Semitic - would probably be sufficient to justify the silence in such a hypothesis.

However, the difficulty of finding other ways remains. The task cannot be avoided once again. The West cannot continue to turn a blind eye, now that it is reaping the bitter fruits of this behavior in past decades. Even if there is the risk that, once the journalistic news has passed, the attention of governments and public opinion will go back to being distracted, as has always happened in the past, waiting for another crisis to cause thousands more innocent victims and shake the new, for a few weeks, our indifference.

 www.tuttavia.eu

 *Writer and columnist. Pastoral Care of Culture of the Diocese of Palermo

 

 

UMEC-WUCT A' L'UNESCO - UMEC-WUCT AT UNESCO

 42^Eme CONFERENCE GENERALE  DE L’UNESCO

PRISE DE PAROLE

 DE L’UMEC – WUCT A L’UNESCO

 fr - en 

Intervention de P. Albert Kabuge, délégué de l’UMEC-WUCT près de l’UNESCO

11 novembre 2023

En pleine session de la 42^ème Conférence Générale qui se tient à Paris du 07 au 22 Novembre 2023 basée sur l’Education et la Paix, UMEC-WUCT a eu l’occasion de prendre la parole en ce 11 novembre 2023 au Siège de l’UNESCO à Paris. Au nom de notre organisation, le Père Albert Kabuge a pu s’exprimer devant l’auguste assemblée. Nous vous présentons une partie de cette prise de parole.

 Son Excellence la Directrice Générale de l’UNESCO, madame Audray Azoulay,

Chère madame la Présidente de la 42^ème conférence générale de l’UNESCO,

Cher Président du comité de liaison des ONG avec UNESCO, Monsieur Nick Newland

  Nous collaborons avec le Saint-Siège, l’UNESCO, nous sommes membres du CCIC « Centre Catholique International de Coopération avec l’UNESCO » et avec d’autres organisations qui ont pour mission la formation intégrale de la personne, et des enseignants qui travaillent dans les écoles les universités catholiques et laïques. Nous encourageons la solidarité, le dialogue entre les enseignants, entre les institutions éducatives. Nous visons la formation à la citoyenneté mondiale.

 Dans l’esprit de l’UNESCO notre organisation dans des moments durs qu’a vécu la société, le monde surtout en période de Covid-19, nous avons essayé de rendre la science intelligible dans nos milieux surtout avec le numérique pour organiser les activités avec créativité pour marcher dans cet esprit de construire une paix durable dans notre réseau et ailleurs par les conférences en lignes, les actions d’assistance matérielle aux enfants en difficulté dans les périphéries de nos villes.

 Chers membres de Conférence Générale, nous tenons à notre collaboration avec l’UNESCO et avec le comité de liaison des ONG dans le secteur de l’Education des jeunes, dans l’Enseignement, et que nous puissions mener des projets ensemble pour une paix durable et permanente et nous encourageons les différents représentant des Régions à collaborer avec l’UNESCO au niveau local et au niveau mondial.

 Nous tenons à ce que nous puissions connaître les textes officiels ou les directives qui structurent les domaines de travail de l’UNESCO. Ainsi nous avons participé aux rencontres de la révision de la recommandation de 1974 sur l’éducation, la nouvelle mouture devient une occasion unique de raviver et d'actualiser le consensus mondial autour du rôle de l'éducation sous toutes ses formes.  Nous avons participé au concours du prix Felix Houphouët Boigny sur la Paix, aux travaux sur le leadership féminin, sans oublier les rencontres de webinaire organisées par le comité de liaison des ONG et l’UNESCO.

« Nul n’ignore que l’éducation transforme la vie, elle est un droit pour chacun tout au long de la vie. Acceptons de nous rassembler autour de l’avenir de l’éducation, il est temps de repenser notre style d’éducation dans ce monde qui change. »

Malgré les conflits, nous sommes appelés comme membres de l’UMEC-WUCT à continuer sur ce domaine de l’éducation qui est un domaine important pour nous et pour UNESCO.

  Nous encourageons nos représentants qui sont à Paris à continuer à être présents dans ces rencontres qui enrichissent notre famille dans le domaine de l’éducation. C’est en se côtoyant qu’on se connaît mieux et apprend des autres dans le domaine de l’éducation et de la construction de la paix. Ensemble éduquons à la paix les responsables de demain dans le présent.

 

 42nd UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE

UMEC – WUCT SPEAK AT UNESCO

 In the middle of the session of the 42nd General Conference which is being held in Paris from November 7 to 22, 2023 based on Education and Peace, UMEC-WUCT had the opportunity to speak on November 11, 2023 at the Headquarters of the UNESCO in Paris. On behalf of our organization, Father Albert Kabuge was able to speak before the august assembly. We present part of this speech to you.

 

Her Excellency the Director General of UNESCO, Ms. Audray Azoulay,

Dear Madam President of the 42nd General Conference of UNESCO,

Dear Chairman of the NGO Liaison Committee with UNESCO, Mr Nick Newland

   We collaborate with the Holy See, UNESCO, we are members of the CCIC “International Catholic Center for Cooperation with UNESCO” and with other organizations whose mission is the integral formation of the person, and of teachers who work in schools, Catholic and secular universities. We encourage solidarity, dialogue between teachers, between educational institutions. We aim for training in global citizenship.

 In the spirit of UNESCO, our organization in difficult times that society, the world has experienced, especially in the period of Covid-19, we have tried to make science intelligible in our environments, especially with digital technology to organize activities. with creativity to walk in this spirit of building lasting peace in our network and elsewhere through online conferences, actions of material assistance to children in difficulty in the outskirts of our cities.

 Dear members of the General Conference, we are keen on our collaboration with UNESCO and with the liaison committee of NGOs in the sector of Youth Education, in Teaching, and that we can carry out projects together for lasting peace and permanent and we encourage the various representatives of the Regions to collaborate with UNESCO at the local and global level.

 We want to know the official texts or directives that structure UNESCO's areas of work. Thus we participated in the meetings to revise the 1974 recommendation on education, the new version becomes a unique opportunity to revive and update the global consensus around the role of education in all its forms. We participated in the Felix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize competition, in the work on women's leadership, without forgetting the webinar meetings organized by the NGO liaison committee and UNESCO.

“Everyone knows that education transforms life; it is a right for everyone throughout life. Let us agree to come together around the future of education, it is time to rethink our style of education in this changing world. »

Despite the conflicts, we are called as members of UMEC-WUCT to continue in this area of education which is an important area for us and for UNESCO.

   We encourage our representatives who are in Paris to continue to be present in these meetings which enrich our family in the field of education. It is by working alongside each other that we know each other better and learn from others in the field of education and peacebuilding. Together, let's educate the leaders of tomorrow in peace in the present.

 

Fr. Albert Kabuge et Mme Christine Roche, 

délegué de l'UMEC-WUCT prés de l'UNESCO

 

ÉDUQUER, C'EST HUMANISER

 Protéger le droit des parents 

d'éduquer leurs enfants en toute liberté

 

Le Pape a rencontré une centaine de participants à l’assemblée générale de l’association européenne des parents, samedi 11 novembre, en salle du Consistoire au Palais apostolique. Devant cette organisation représentant plus de 150 millions de parents du Vieux Continent, l’évêque de Rome a proposé une réflexion sur la vocation et la mission des parents dans une Europe en proie à tous les matérialismes et subjectivismes rendant ardue l’éducation des enfants.

Le Souverain pontife a d'emblée regretté que la mission éducative des parents ne soit pas favorisée aujourd'hui par le contexte culturel en Europe. Elle est marquée selon lui par « un subjectivisme éthique et un matérialisme pratique ». La dignité de la personne humaine est toujours affirmée mais parfois peu respectée, dénonce le Saint-Père, constatant le désarroi de parents se rendant vite compte que leurs enfants baignent dans cette atmosphère culturelle. « Ce qu'ils "respirent", ce qu'ils absorbent des médias, est souvent en contradiction avec ce qui était considéré comme "normal" il y a encore quelques décennies et qui semble ne plus l'être aujourd'hui», affirme le Successeur de Pierre.

Face aux difficultés « parfois décourageantes», le Pape prône donc «la passion de l'éducation» chez les parents. « Certes, la culture a changé, mais les besoins les plus profonds du cœur humain restent immuables et finissent tôt ou tard par se manifester chez les enfants. Nous devons toujours partir de là», encourage l’évêque de Rome, rappelant que Dieu lui-même a inscrit dans notre nature «les exigences irrépressibles de l'amour, de la vérité, de la beauté, de la relation et du don de soi, de l'ouverture au "toi" de l'autre et de l'ouverture au "toi" transcendant». Ces besoins du cœur sont des alliés puissants de tout éducateur, relève-t-il, assurant qu’en les faisant ainsi émerger, les enfants n'auront aucune difficulté à voir le bien.

 Découvrir la positivité fondamentale de l'existence

«La tâche de l'éducation peut être considérée comme réussie lorsque les enfants découvrent la positivité fondamentale de leur existence, de leur être dans le monde, et lorsque, forts de cette conviction, ils affrontent l'aventure de la vie avec confiance et courage, convaincus qu'ils ont eux aussi une mission à accomplir, une mission dans laquelle ils trouveront leur accomplissement et leur bonheur», détaille encore François, reliant cette mission «à l’amour de Dieu» à la racine.

 « Dieu lui-même a fait de moi un bon don et je suis un don pour mes proches et pour le monde, et tout le monde peut le dire. Cette certitude aide à ne pas vivre mû par une tendance dévalorisante à "s’économiser", dans le souci constant de se préserver, de ne pas trop s'impliquer, de ne pas se salir les mains. Il y a ces pièges...», observe le Pape, plaidant au contraire pour le fait de «perdre sa vie pour autrui». «La vie s'ouvre à toute sa richesse et à toute sa beauté lorsqu'elle est dépensée».

 C’est selon lui la grande tâche éducative des parents : former des personnes libres et généreuses qui ont connu l'amour de Dieu et qui donnent gratuitement ce qu'elles savent avoir reçu comme un don. La transmission de la gratuité n'est pas facile à transmettre, constate-t-il encore, reliant cet élément à l’ensemble de la société.

 Sans rôle social des parents, les enfants grandissent « comme des îles»

«C'est aussi là que se trouvent les racines d'une société saine. C'est pourquoi il est important que le rôle social des parents soit reconnu à tous les niveaux. Éduquer un enfant est un véritable travail social, car il s'agit de le former à la relation, au respect des autres, à la coopération en vue d'un objectif commun, de le former à la responsabilité, au sens du devoir, à la valeur du sacrifice pour le bien commun.»

 Sans cela, le Pape affirme que les enfants grandissent comme des "îles", déconnectés des autres, incapables d'une vision commune, habitués à considérer leurs propres désirs comme des valeurs absolues : «des enfants capricieux, mais cela se produit généralement lorsque les parents sont capricieux ! C'est ainsi que la société se déconstruit, s'appauvrit, s'affaiblit et devient de plus en plus inhumaine ».

 Liberté des parents face aux idéologies en milieu scolaire

Et le Pape d’exhorter à protéger le droit des parents d'élever et d'éduquer leurs enfants en toute liberté, sans être contraints, dans quelque domaine que ce soit, et en particulier dans l'environnement scolaire, d'accepter des programmes éducatifs qui sont en contradiction avec leurs croyances et leurs valeurs. « Il s'agit d'un très grand défi à l'heure actuelle», note-t-il, assurant aux familles que l’Église marche à leurs côtés.

 Le Pape a enfin rappelé la mise en place du « Pacte éducatif mondial » depuis 2019 et la création concomitante d’un «Pacte pour la famille» entre les acteurs culturels, académiques, institutionnels et pastoraux, pour mettre au centre la famille et ses relations: homme-femme, parents-enfants, liens fraternels. Le tout, pour surmonter certaines fractures qui affaiblissent actuellement les processus éducatifs : la fracture entre l'éducation et la transcendance, la fracture dans les relations interpersonnelles, la fracture qui éloigne la société de la famille, créant des inégalités et de nouvelles pauvretés.

 Vatican News

 DISCOURS DU PAPE

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CALLED TO SANCTITY - APPELÉS À LA SAINTETÉ - LLAMADOS A LA SANTIDAD - CHIAMATI ALLA SANTITA'

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A SHINING

 REFLECTION 

OF THE LORD 

IN HISTORY

 AND IN THE WORLD

Holiness is a gift - it is a gift, it cannot be bought - and at the same time it is a journey.

  "It is proper for holiness to attract. God calls us by attraction. God attracts and you have felt this grace of divine attraction....

Every Christian is called every day to commit himself with an undivided heart to the vocation and mission entrusted to him by God, serving Him and his neighbour in a spirit of charity....

Apostolic zeal implies both a union with Jesus, nourished by prayer and the Sacraments, and the desire to spread the beauty of the Christian message through fidelity to one's particular vocation...

We too, therefore, drawing strength from the Lord, learn to perform ordinary actions in an extraordinary way and thus grow each day in faith, charity and zealous witness to Christ. Each of us is called to holiness, to everyday holiness, to the holiness of the common Christian life.

Sometimes, by insisting too much on our own efforts to do good works, we have generated an ideal of holiness that is too much based on us, on personal heroism, on the ability to renounce, on sacrificing ourselves in order to win a prize. It is sometimes too Pelagian a vision of life, of holiness. Thus we have made holiness an impervious goal, we have separated it from everyday life instead of seeking it and embracing it in the everyday, in the dust of the road, in the travails of concrete life.

To be disciples of Jesus and to walk the path of holiness is above all to allow oneself to be transfigured by the power of God's love".

 Holiness is not made up of a few heroic gestures, but of daily love. To love means this: to serve and to give one's life. Serving, that is, not putting one's own interests first; detoxifying ourselves from the poisons of greed and competition; fighting the cancer of indifference and the canker of self-referentiality; sharing the charisms and gifts that God has given us. .... In concrete terms, ask 'what do I do for others?'

 This is loving, and living everyday things in a spirit of service, with love and without clamour, without claiming anything. And then giving one's life, which is not just offering something, such as some of one's own goods to others, but giving oneself

 The secret of holiness is to serve the Gospel and one's brothers and sisters, to offer one's life without return. This is how the saints have lived holiness: by enthusiastically embracing their vocation, they have spent themselves for the Gospel, they have discovered a joy that is unparalleled, and they have become shining reflections of the Lord in history.

 This is how saints have lived holiness: by enthusiastically embracing their vocation, they have spent themselves for the Gospel, they have discovered a joy that is unparalleled and they have become shining reflections of the Lord in history.

 This is what a saint is: a luminous reflection of the Lord in history.

 Let us continue on this path, the Lord will not fail us.

Pope Francis

 

 UN REFLEJO LUMINOSO DEL SEÑOR 

EN LA HISTORIA Y EN EL MUNDO

 La santidad es un don -no se puede comprar- y al mismo tiempo es un camino.

Es propio de la santidad atraer. Dios nos llama por atracción. Dios atrae y tú has sentido esta gracia de la atracción divina....

Todo cristiano está llamado cada día a comprometerse con corazón indiviso en la vocación y misión que Dios le ha confiado, sirviéndole a Él y al prójimo con espíritu de caridad....

El celo apostólico implica tanto la unión con Jesús, alimentada por la oración y los Sacramentos, como el deseo de difundir la belleza del mensaje cristiano mediante la fidelidad a la propia vocación particular...

Por tanto, también nosotros, tomando la fuerza del Señor, aprendemos a realizar las acciones ordinarias de modo extraordinario y así crecemos cada día en la fe, en la caridad y en el testimonio celoso de Cristo. Cada uno de nosotros está llamado a la santidad, a la santidad cotidiana, a la santidad de la vida cristiana común.

A veces, al insistir demasiado en nuestro esfuerzo por hacer buenas obras, hemos generado un ideal de santidad demasiado basado en nosotros, en el heroísmo personal, en la capacidad de renuncia, en sacrificarnos para ganar un premio. Es una visión a veces demasiado pelagiana de la vida, de la santidad. Así hemos hecho de la santidad una meta impermeable, la hemos separado de la vida cotidiana en lugar de buscarla y abrazarla en lo cotidiano, en el polvo del camino, en los afanes de la vida concreta.

Ser discípulos de Jesús y caminar por la senda de la santidad es, ante todo, dejarse transfigurar por la fuerza del amor de Dios".

 La santidad no está hecha de algunos gestos heroicos, sino del amor cotidiano. Amar significa esto: servir y dar la vida. Servir, es decir, no anteponer los propios intereses; desintoxicarse de los venenos de la codicia y la competencia; luchar contra el cáncer de la indiferencia y el cancro de la autorreferencialidad; compartir los carismas y dones que Dios nos ha dado. .... En concreto, pregúntate "¿qué hago yo por los demás?

 Esto es amar, y vivir lo cotidiano con espíritu de servicio, con amor y sin clamores, sin pretender nada. Y luego dar la vida, que no es sólo ofrecer algo, como algunos de los propios bienes a los demás, sino darse uno mismo...".

 El secreto de la santidad es servir al Evangelio y a los hermanos, ofrecer la propia vida sin contrapartida. Así han vivido los santos la santidad: abrazando con entusiasmo su vocación, se han gastado por el Evangelio, han descubierto una alegría inigualable y se han convertido en reflejos luminosos del Señor en la historia.

 Así han vivido los santos la santidad: abrazando con entusiasmo su vocación, se han gastado por el Evangelio, han descubierto una alegría sin igual y se han convertido en reflejos luminosos del Señor en la historia.

 Esto es un santo: un reflejo luminoso del Señor en la historia.

 Sigamos por este camino, el Señor no nos fallará.

Papa Francisco

 UN REFLET BRILLANT DU SEIGNEUR 

DANS L'HISTOIRE ET DANS LE MONDE

La sainteté est un don - elle ne s'achète pas - et en même temps un voyage.

  "Il est propre à la sainteté d'attirer. Dieu nous appelle par attraction. Dieu attire et vous avez ressenti cette grâce de l'attraction divine....

Chaque chrétien est appelé chaque jour à s'engager d'un cœur sans partage dans la vocation et la mission que Dieu lui a confiées, en le servant et en servant son prochain dans un esprit de charité....

Le zèle apostolique implique à la fois l'union avec Jésus, nourrie par la prière et les sacrements, et le désir de diffuser la beauté du message chrétien par la fidélité à sa vocation particulière...

Nous aussi, par conséquent, en puisant notre force dans le Seigneur, nous apprenons à accomplir des actions ordinaires de manière extraordinaire et nous grandissons ainsi chaque jour dans la foi, la charité et le témoignage zélé du Christ. Chacun de nous est appelé à la sainteté, à la sainteté quotidienne, à la sainteté de la vie chrétienne commune.

Parfois, en insistant trop sur nos propres efforts pour accomplir de bonnes œuvres, nous avons généré un idéal de sainteté qui repose trop sur nous, sur l'héroïsme personnel, sur la capacité de renoncer, sur le fait de se sacrifier pour gagner un prix. C'est parfois une vision trop pélagienne de la vie, de la sainteté. Ainsi, nous avons fait de la sainteté un objectif imperméable, nous l'avons séparée de la vie quotidienne au lieu de la rechercher et de l'embrasser dans le quotidien, dans la poussière de la route, dans les difficultés de la vie concrète.

Être disciples de Jésus et parcourir le chemin de la sainteté, c'est avant tout se laisser transfigurer par la puissance de l'amour de Dieu".

 La sainteté n'est pas faite de quelques gestes héroïques, mais d'un amour quotidien. Aimer signifie ceci : servir et donner sa vie. Servir, c'est-à-dire ne pas privilégier ses propres intérêts ; se désintoxiquer des poisons de l'avidité et de la compétition ; combattre le cancer de l'indifférence et le chancre de l'autoréférentialité ; partager les charismes et les dons que Dieu nous a donnés. .... Concrètement, posez-vous la question suivante : "Que fais-je pour les autres ?

 Il s'agit d'aimer, de vivre le quotidien dans un esprit de service, avec amour et sans clameur, sans rien revendiquer. Et puis donner sa vie, ce qui n'est pas seulement offrir quelque chose aux autres, par exemple une partie de ses biens, mais se donner soi-même.

 Le secret de la sainteté est de servir l'Évangile et ses frères, d'offrir sa vie sans retour. C'est ainsi que les saints ont vécu la sainteté : en embrassant avec enthousiasme leur vocation, ils se sont dépensés pour l'Évangile, ils ont découvert une joie sans pareille et ils sont devenus des reflets lumineux du Seigneur dans l'histoire.

 C'est ainsi que les saints ont vécu la sainteté : en embrassant avec enthousiasme leur vocation, ils se sont dépensés pour l'Évangile, ils ont découvert une joie sans pareille et ils sont devenus des reflets lumineux du Seigneur dans l'histoire.

 Voilà ce qu'est un saint : un reflet lumineux du Seigneur dans l'histoire.

 Continuons sur cette voie, le Seigneur ne nous abandonnera pas.

Pape François

 

UN RIFLESSO LUMINOSO DEL SIGNORE

 NELLA STORIA E NEL MONDO

La santità è un dono - non si può comprare - e allo stesso tempo è un cammino.

 È proprio della santità attrarre. Dio ci chiama per attrazione. Dobbiamo saper sentire questa grazia dell’attrazione divina, e accettarla….

Ogni cristiano è chiamato ogni giorno a impegnarsi con cuore indiviso nella vocazione e nella missione affidatagli da Dio, servendo Lui e il prossimo in spirito di carità….

Lo zelo apostolico implica sia un’unione con Gesù, alimentata dalla preghiera e dai Sacramenti, sia il desiderio di diffondere la bellezza del messaggio cristiano attraverso la fedeltà alla propria vocazione particolare…

Anche noi, dunque, traendo forza dal Signore, impariamo a compiere le azioni ordinarie in modo straordinario e così a crescere ogni giorno nella fede, nella carità e nella zelante testimonianza di Cristo. Ognuno di noi è chiamato alla santità, alla santità di tutti i giorni, alla santità della vita cristiana comune.

A volte, insistendo troppo sul nostro sforzo di compiere opere buone, abbiamo generato un ideale di santità troppo fondato su di noi, sull’eroismo personale, sulla capacità di rinuncia, sul sacrificarsi per conquistare un premio . È una visione a volte troppo pelagiana della vita, della santità. Così abbiamo fatto della santità una meta impervia, l’abbiamo separata dalla vita di tutti i giorni invece che cercarla e abbracciarla nella quotidianità, nella polvere della strada, nei travagli della vita concreta.

 Essere discepoli di Gesù e camminare sulla via della santità è anzitutto lasciarsi trasfigurare dalla potenza dell’amore di Dio”.

 La santità non è fatta di pochi gesti eroici, ma di tanto amore quotidiano. Amare significa questo: servire e dare la vita. Servire, cioè non anteporre i propri interessi; disintossicarsi dai veleni dell’avidità e della competizione; combattere il cancro dell’indifferenza e il tarlo dell’autoreferenzialità, condividere i carismi e i doni che Dio ci ha donato. …. Nel concreto, chiedersi ‘che cosa faccio per gli altri?’.

 Questo è amare, e vivere le cose di ogni giorno in spirito di servizio, con amore e senza clamore, senza rivendicare niente. E poi dare la vita, che non è solo offrire qualcosa, come per esempio alcuni beni propri agli altri, ma donare sé stessi

 Il segreto della santità è servire il Vangelo e i fratelli, offrire la propria vita senza tornaconto. I santi hanno vissuto così la santità: abbracciando con entusiasmo la loro vocazione, si sono spesi per il Vangelo, hanno scoperto una gioia che non ha paragoni e sono diventati riflessi luminosi del Signore nella storia.

 I santi hanno vissuto così la santità: abbracciando con entusiasmo la loro vocazione, si sono spesi per il Vangelo, hanno scoperto una gioia che non ha paragoni e sono diventati riflessi luminosi del Signore nella storia.

 Questo è un santo o una santa: un riflesso luminoso del Signore nella storia.

 Andiamo avanti su questa strada, il Signore non ci mancherà.

 Papa Francesco