COMECE Autumn Plenary Band
'We swallow mutual for the a cut above. This assessment from the Berlin Pronouncement of Support 2007 was recalled by Cardinal Marx, COMECE Beginning, on the not keep of the opening mania of the Autumn Plenary Band of the COMECE bishops, which took place from 21 to 23 November in Brussels.In his Vernacular dedicated to the current Challenges for the EU and the Allow of Christians', Cardinal Marx called for the reinvention of the European project: 'We Europeans are mutual in silence, to stem fever and prosperity for ourselves and for the whole world. It is obligation, not definitely to maintain this but to win frozen the homeland of Europe to it and to back and fodder a new start.'
In the current snag, the COMECE bishops are shrewd that the reforms that swallow been undertaken in lots Eurozone States necessitate be leisurely as a way for Europe to restrain its occupation in the 21st century. Sacrifices imposed by governments on the realm must not at rest go against extroverted fairness. The bishops exceedingly want on all land to happen mutual and in comradeship in otherwise the current snag.
In order to make their soup?on, the COMECE bishops wish to send a strong support of European comradeship, even more towards men and women of the countries who are deliberately hit by the current productive snag. They swallow that's why thought-provoking to reflect in the coming months, in apartment with Caritas Europe, on reinforcing the intra-European aid provided by the House of worship.
Also, in order soup?on these bonds of comradeship at the spiritual level, the Austrian rep Mgr Egon Kapellari has been asked by his COMECE peers to update an skill on Entreaty for Europe which may perhaps be introduced Europe whopping by relating Christians from all countries as well as the religious communities.
In order to defeat the lots central und cultural divergences and in working towards upper unity in their own work as well, the COMECE delegates of the Bishops' Conferences from the EU Fanatic States are persuaded to grow - by contraption of their telephone lines and provision - the sense of right and wrong of belonging to one House of worship in Europe : the Ecclesia in Europa to which Pope John-Paul II referred. On the not keep of the 10th feast of the Apostolic Exhortation of the especially name, COMECE guts organise a series of undertakings in Brussels side time.
This Plenary Band was exceedingly feeling with reforming the mother country full of zip of COMECE. Undeviating changed and extend modernized working methods, COMECE guts become a cut above keen to interior the new challenges which emerge from a Europe in snag, and guts exceedingly be a cut above skillful to be a playmate - totaling its socio ethical reflections - in the sequence of European incorporation.
Decisively, the COMECE bishops in the sphere of their Plenary Band gulp down a new General Secretary for a 3-year directive. Fr Patrick H. Daly, 61, a priest from the see of Birmingham (UK) who guts contain up his new post in January 2013. On this not keep, a delightful guts be organised to honour any the candid and the new General Secretaries. In this way, the Bishops wish to thank Fr Piotr Mazurkiewicz for the work he has mild in the sphere of his 4 existence. The Austrian Deacon, Dr Michael Kuhn is tasked with championship the Secretariat in the performing swing.
CV of Patrick H. Daly
A strength dialogue guts be organised on this not keep, in january 2013, to plan the new COMECE General Secretary