” “"Together, serving the Word of God" is the subject of "Ecclesia 2007", which will gather in Lourdes, from 26th to 28th October, about 7 thousand participants from all of the dioceses of France. "We have been given the Word, we are responsible for making it echo throughout society", explains mgr. Cristopher Dufour, bishop of Limoges and president of the Bishops Commission for catechesis and catechumenate (Cecc), which promotes the meeting. "Much more than a meeting explains the National Service for Catechesis and catechumenate which organises it . It will be a great ecclesial event". In tune with the "National Guidelines for catechesis in France", published in 2006 and focussed on the "pedagogy of initiation" and the joint responsibility of all Christians in the transmission of the faith, Ecclesia 2007 "intends to be first and foremost goes on mgr. Dufour an appeal to the responsibility of all the Church, with a view to a catechesis for all ages and stages of life". Over 250 pastoral initiatives of catechesis will be illustrated at the meeting. The speakers will include the prior of the ecumenical community of Bose, Enzo Bianchi, the theologian of the Centre de Sèvres, Christoph Theobald, and mgr. Giovanni Carru, Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy.” “
