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Here is the multi-coloured news of Together for Europe: local and international meetings, experiences, testimonies, cultural contributions, reflections and other news.
Easter belongs to Christ!
Visits to Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Francis. Constantinople and Rome, 14th and 19th September 2024. A delegation of various Movements participating in the initiative ‘Easter Together 2025’ was received by Patriarch Bartholomew and then by Pope Francis. What unites them is the desire to bear witness to the same faith in the Risen Christ, on the shared date of Easter 2025, and to invite Christians to overcome their divisions around this date.
A heart for a living ecumenism
Interview with Imo Trojan: Austrian journalist, presenter, musician and cabaret artist. He is married to Friederike, they have two children and live near Graz (Austria).
In politics to unite
František Talíř is a young politician from the Czech Republic. He is 31 years old, currently studying contemporary history and opera singing, while working in the theatre. He has been vice-president in the South Bohemian government for several years. In this interview, he tells us about his relationship with our network.
Complementing and enriching each other
Theresia Fürpaß comes from Styria/Austria and is one of the driving forces of Together for Europe (TfE) in the region. She worked in the microbiological laboratory of a hospital and as a ‘hobby’ took a course in theology; she is now retired. For months she has been working intensively in the team preparing the next Friends of TfE meeting in Graz in November 2024.
Called to Hope
It is thanks to God that we can hope, and hope is necessary
in today’s world. In 25 years of fraternal cooperation, we have discovered a path that calls God’s people to unity and shows our society more fraternity. 31 October 2024 marks the anniversary of the founding of Together for Europe and the signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. A reason to thank God and discover new perspectives.
Christian Roots and the Future of Europe
On the evening of Europe Day 2024, Jeff Fountain, Director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies in Amsterdam, and former Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger spoke at an online conference on the topic: Let us speak and pray for Europe. More than 100 participants in Europe followed the keynote speeches with great interest.
Wake up, Europe!
Together for Europe (TfE) in Belgium celebrated Europe Day together with the Schuman Centre. The conference, entitled ‘Wake up Europe’, was prepared in cooperation with the Capella for Europe, the TfE Belgium committee, the EEA (European Evangelical Alliance) and the Carmelite Church, where the Forum was held. The participants at the Forum came from various Western and Eastern European countries (Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Ukraine), as well as a few participants from Armenia.
The passion to ‘rekindle’ Christian values
On 15 May 2024, the Declaration ‘Europe, Be Yourself!’ was signed. We share here the testimony of Gerhard Pross, moderator of Together for Europe, who was invited to Thessaloniki (Greece) to sign this joint declaration by Christians of different Churches, in view of the upcoming European elections in June 2024.
Self-awareness, serving the common good
In Rome, at the event organised for Europe Day, I meet Aldo Bernabei, who has long been committed in the political world to create opportunities for young Europeans to meet, engage socially and work together. On this occasion, he tells me about a recent European Union Project: the European Solidarity Corps.
Building Europe Together
In Munich, celebrations around Europe Day took place for a whole month. In this context, Together for Europe participated in the city centre with a stand. Many people visited the stand, including children and young people: the generations that will carry Europe into the future.