SUMMARY:
- CHRISTIAN INITIATION, THEME OF THE TWELFTH EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR CATECHISTS
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND LOWER SAXONY
Vatican
City, 8 May 2012 (VIS) - An Agreement was signed this morning at the
seat of government of Lower Saxony between the Holy See and that
German "Land", modifying the Concordat of 26 February 1965,
according to a communique released today by the Holy See Press
Office.
The
Agreement was signed by Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset, apostolic
nuncio to Germany, as plenipotentiary of the Holy See, and by David
McAllister, minster-president of Lower Saxony.
On
the ecclesiastical side, the signing ceremony was attended by Bishop
Norbert Trelle of Hildesheim; by Msgr. Felix Bernhard, director of
the Catholic Office of Lower Saxony for the Land's relations with the
dioceses of Hildesheim, Munster (Oldenburg) and Osnabruck, and by
diocesan directors for Catholic schools regulated by the Concordat.
Among those present on the government side were the minister of
culture of Lower Saxony and a number of high-ranking cabinet
functionaries.
The
document signed today updates paragraph 6 of the Annex to the
Concordat and its relative implementation agreement
(Durchführungsvereinbarung) in the light of the current legislation
of Lower Saxony, which has introduced the definition of high school.
The modifications are intended to meet the needs of Catholic schools
regulated by the Concordat.
CHRISTIAN
INITIATION, THEME OF THE TWELFTH EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR CATECHISTS
Vatican
City, 8 May 2012 (VIS) - The Council of European Episcopal
Conferences (CCEE) has organised the twelfth European Congress for
Catechists, which is being held in Rome from 7 to 10 May on the
theme: "Christian Initiation from the Perspective of New
Evangelisation". The event will dedicate particular attention to
children and young people between the ages of 7 and 16.
The
meeting, which is being coordinated by the CCEE's commission for
catechesis, schools and universities, is being attended by bishops
and by national directors for catechesis from European episcopal
conferences. It is taking place with a view to forthcoming Year of
Faith, and in the context of Church reflections on new evangelisation
in the year marking the twentieth anniversary of the Publication of
the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the fiftieth anniversary of
the beginning of Vatican Council II.
Work
began yesterday with the presentation of the results of a survey of
more than 3,600 children and young people, which will serve as the
basis for discussion during the congress. The themes of the survey
include: family, friends school and their influence on the Christian
initiation of children; the Christian community, it members and its
liturgical life; and the importance of the children's personal
journey towards God.
On
Wednesday 9 May, the participants will attend Mas at the Roman
basilica of St. Mary Major, celebrated by Cardinal Peter Erdo,
archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary and president of the CCEE.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 8 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Stephen
Robson of the clergy of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, as
auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 5,504, population 1,521,000,
Catholics 115,000, priests 151, permanent deacons 3, religious 165).
The bishop-elect was born in Carliste, England in 1951 and ordained a
priest in 1979. He studied in Scotland and in Rome then worked in
pastoral care in the archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. From
1998 to 2006 he was spiritual director of the Pontifical Scottish
Seminary in Rome.
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