Blog
Here is the multi-coloured news of Together for Europe: local and international meetings, experiences, testimonies, cultural contributions, reflections and other news.
Juntos por México
Network TOGETHER beyond the ocean The name of the network – Together for Mexico – encompasses a lot. Whilst it may not be possible to grasp the full meaning of the “National Union of Catholic Movements” of Mexico, as the second National Meeting of Juntos por México...
Vienna, a Bridge between East and West
Place of origin: countries of Europe. Shared objective: reconciled unity among different Churches and cultures, solidarity and European integration. From 9th to 11th November 2017 in Vienna (Austria), the annual conference of ecumenical network Together for Europe...
Vienna Cathedral at the Centre of Europe
An ardent ecumenical prayer service. On the 9th November, 2017, Vienna Cathedral – dedicated to St Stephen - became the focal point for Europe. Visible, inviting, and European – this is how this “Ecumenical Evening Prayer for Europe” came across in the cathedral...
555th year anniversary
"Hidden treasures" in Vienna 555th anniversary on 31st October 2017! What am I talking about? Let me explain: 500 years since Luther’s Reformation, 50 years since I was born and 5 years since I have moved to Austria. When I realised this coincidence, I wondered how to...
Europe, a promise of peace
A meeting at the Vatican to rethink about Europe. Together for Europe was there. «In our time, Christians are called to revitalize Europe and to revive its conscience, not by occupying spaces, but by generating processes capable of awakening new energies in society”....
Friends of Together for Europe meet in Vienna
From 9th to 11th November 2017, the Friends of Together for Europe will come together in Vienna, a bridge between Easter and Western Europe, for their annual congress. A total of 120 participants from around 20 Eastern and Western European countries and 40 Movements...
Decades of surprise
‘Behind the iron curtain’ was a metaphorical attribution given to those countries that from the end of the Second World War until 1989 were part of the communist bloc. The ‘iron’ curtain in question represented the ideological split which divided Europe in two halves,...
Openness to dialogue
A dream can become reality On the eve of the reunion of "Together for Europe" in Vienna (9-11 November 2017), representatives from different Movements present in the Netherlands met in an attempt to answer the question ‘What are the current trends in the Netherlands...
Studying, living, and teaching history
9 November 1989: an unforgettable date in recent history marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the evening of that same day I was too transfixed in my chair in front of the TV to notice an unexpected event the import of which my own young generation at the time...
The Swiss Coordination team and “the brother” Nicolas of Flue
The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and the 600th of Nicolas of Flue – what do these two commemorations mean to us today? 260 followers of the Swiss network of Together for Europe, belonging to many different Churches, met on 9th of September to reflect together...