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Conference of European Churches (CEC)

Conférence des Églises européennes (CEE)

• Charta Oecumenica "Guidelines for the Growing Cooperation among the Churches in Europe"
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• Living the Story of Christ (European mission conference)
• Herrenalb Statement on Mission
• Statement on Cultural Aspects of Dialogue
• Guidelines for CEC/CCEE Cooperation
• Violence against women
• Letter on Education of Youth (Islam in Europe Committee)
• Second European Ecumenical Assembly (Graz, Austria)
  • Final Message
  • Christian commitment to reconciliation
  • Recommendations for action

National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)

•  Australian Churches Covenanting Together (2004)
   A covenant entered into by the members of the NCCA in July 2004. The covenant covers a number of areas of ecumenical cooperation and commitment.

Interchurch Families

Foyers mixtes / Foyers interconfessionels

• Interchurch Families and Christian Unity, Rome 2003
  "This paper was formally adopted by the Second World Gathering of Interchurch Families held at the Mondo Migliore Centre near Rome, 24-28 July 2003. It is the work of representatives of associations, networks and groups of interchurch families in various countries: English-speaking groups in Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada and the United States; French-speaking groups in France and Switzerland, German-speaking groups in Germany and Austria, together with Italian groups. Some of these associations and groups were founded in the 1960's; others have been formed more recently." [Deutsch, Français, Italiano]
• Les foyers interconfessionels et l'unité Chrétienne, Rome 2003
  « Ce document a été adopté par le deuxième Rassemblement Mondial des Foyers Mixtes qui a eu lieu au centre de rencontres de Mondo Migliore près de Rome du 24 au 28 juillet 2003. Il a été rédigé par des représentants d'associations, de réseaux, et de groupes de foyers mixtes de différents pays : des groupes anglophones de Grande-Bretagne, Irlande, Australie, Canada et Etats-Unis ; des groupes francophones de France et de Suisse ; des groupes germanophones d'Allemagne et d'Autriche, ainsi que des groupes italiens. Certains de ces groupes ou associations ont été fondés dès les années 1960, d'autres plus récemment. » [Deutsch, English, Italiano]

Other ecumenical documents

Divers documents oecuméniques

• American Ecumenism: Separatism, Separation and Schism
  An article by Martin E. Marty, published in The Christian Century, October 25, 1989.
• An Ecumenical Vision For the Year 2000
  This article by Lewis S. Mudge appeared in The Christian Century, September 19, 1979.
• The Blessed Evangelical Mary: Why we shouldn't ignore her any longer
  This article by Timothy George appeared in Christianity Today, December 2003, Vol. 47, No. 12, Page 34. It was adapted from a longer essay in the forthcoming Mary: Mother of God, edited by Carl E. Braaten (Eerdmans, 2004).
• Building a New Ecumenism Through Contextual Theology
  This article by Mark Ellingsen appeared in The Christian Century, August 13-20, 1986.
• Church of England
  • 21 Suggestions for Working Ecumenically in Church of England Parishes
    by the Church of England, Council for Christian Unity
  • Church of England, Canon B43: Of relations with other churches (The ecumenical canon)
  • The Eucharist: Sacrament of Unity
    An occasional paper of the House of Bishops of the Church of England. This paper was issued partially in response to an invitation in One Bread, One Body, the teaching document on the Eucharist by the Roman Catholic bishops conferences of England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
• Civil Society: Unity and Oikos (the House of God)
  This article by Yong-Bock Kim was written for Religion Online, March 3, 1998
• Covenanting: New Directions for Ecumenism
  This article by Elizabeth Achtemeier appeared in The Christian Century, October 31, 1984.
• Ecumenicity: Rx for Urban Health
  This article by David F. Cox appeared in The Christian Century, June 12, 1974
• Fourteen Years After ‘Unity in Mid-Career'
  This article by A. J. van der Bent appeared in The Christian Century, June 8-15, 1977.
• Hope and Fear in Ecumenical Union
  This article by Bishop John Shelby Spong appeared in The Christian Century, June 8-15, 1983.
• Models for Christian Unity
  A presentation made to the Summer Ecumenical Institute, Calgary 1997, by Ray & Fenella Temmerman of the Association of Interchurch Families.
• Reimagining Ecumenism for the 21st Century
  This article by Bill Perkins is from the October 2000 Newsletter of The Center for Progressive Christianity.
• Sacramental Sharing in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon
  • Bishop Albert LeGatt's letter (December 16, 2007)
  • Revised Pastoral Directives (February 13, 2007) [PDF 99 Kb]
  • Directives Pastorales (13 février 2007) [PDF 94 Kb]
    Directives Pastorales au sujet du partage de vie sacramentelle en des circonstances particulières entre fidèles catholiques et fidèles baptisés d'autres confessions chrétiennes
  • Pastoral Directives (January 31, 2005) [PDF 296 Kb]
    Note: these pastoral directives are superseded by the February 13, 2007 revised pastoral directives
  • Pastoral Notes (January 31, 2005) [PDF 67 Kb]
    Note: revisions to the pastoral notes are planned to accompany the 2007 revised directives.
• Towards greater co-operation in ministry
  A communiqué issued by the church leaders of Saskatchewan in December 1992 encouraging shared ministries. Shared ministry is a distinctive contribution of Canadian churches to ecumenical structures. A shared ministry is normally a congregation in which a single minister is called to serve by two or more denominational bodies. The congregation belongs to each denomination and the minister is responsible to the respective judicatories.