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JANUARY 10-13: JERUSALEM – Visit of the delegates of the European episcopates, in solidarity with the Holy Land. The secretariat coordinating the event is c/o the secretariat of the English Bishops’ Conference (Rev. David Ryall) FEBRUARY 3-6: CHARTRES (PARIS, FRANCE) – Joint CCEE/CEC Committee. Central theme of discussion will be the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly 3-6: COLOGNE (GERMANY) – Meeting of the Migrations Commission, in preparation for the congress in October 18-20: ROME (ITALY) – Executive Committee of the European Episcopal Commission for the Media (EECM) 25-27: SARAJEVO – 5th meeting of the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of South-East Europe. Participating countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Turkey MARCH 17-20: TERNI (UMBRIA, ITALY) – Meeting of the preparatory group for the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly APRIL 1-3 BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA) – Coordination group of the European Committee for University Ministry MAY 26-30: ST GALLEN (SWITZERLAND) – Meeting of the general secretaries of the European Episcopal Conferences JUNE 6-7: ROME (ITALY) – Meeting of webmasters of the European Episcopal Conferences JULY 30/6-3/7: BANSKA BYSTRICA (SLOVAKIA) – Meeting of the national directors for the ministry of vocations SEPTEMBER 14: WARSAW (POLAND) – Meeting of press officers of the European Episcopal Conferences 15-18: WARSAW (POLAND) – Congress of the European Episcopal Commission for the Media OCTOBER 29/9-2/10: ROME (ITALY) – CCEE Plenary Assembly 16-18 ROME (ITALY) – Congress of Catholic Schools in Europe 20-23 or 27-30: ZAGREB – Congress for delegate bishops and national directors for immigration on “The new forms of migration” Some events still have to be finalized, such as the meetings of the “Evangelization and Dialogue ” Commission Taizé: meeting in Lisbon at the end of the year “A future of peace”: that’s the title of the letter addressed to youth by the founder of the Taizé Community, frère Roger, in preparation for the meeting in Lisbon from 28 December to 1st January. The meeting in Portugal is the 27th of the Taizé Community. Its aim is to “prepare youth to be promoters of peace and reconciliation, to resist a spiral of sadness, and make them accessible to the sources of faith”. During the meeting the mornings will be spent in the some 200 parishes of the city, while in the evenings the youth will congregate in the Park of the Exhibitions for common prayers in 20 different languages. The youth of various nations have decided to take part in the meeting: 700 Ukrainians, both Catholic and Orthodox, and a similar number of Lithuanians, for example, have already enrolled. In the meantime some Taizé brothers are touring Europe to prepare the young by organizing meetings, such as the “Nights of Light” in Germany. On 2 January the Taizé Community will congregate in the Monastery of Jéronimos, again in Lisbon, where a mass will be celebrated, during which Frère Roger will give a meditation. The service will be transmitted on RTP and France 2. For further information: 00.351.21.944.93.13 – www.taize.fr