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 Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

People on the Move

N° 101, August 2006

 

 

CIRCULAR IN PREPARATION FOR THE XXII WORLD CONGRESS OF THE AOS

 

 

Vatican City, 8th March 2006

 

 

N. 2259/2006/AM

 

 

Your Eminence/ Your Excellency/

Reverend Father/

Madam/ Sir:

 

 

As you know, every five years our Pontifical Council organizes a World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea. In this connection, it is therefore our pleasure to send you some preliminary information regarding our next meeting.

After consultation, we have decided to hold this XXII Congress in Gdynia, Poland, from June 24-29, 2007 on the theme “In Solidarity with the People of the Sea as Witnesses of Hope, through Proclamation of the Word, Liturgy and Diakonia”. The subject will be pastoral and this will enable us to deepen the spirituality of our Organization in a world that is increasingly marked by lack of hope. Through our reflection, prayer and sharing, we will try to understand better our vocation and pastoral commitment in favor of the People of the Sea through our everyday witness, celebration of faith and service of charity.

On the morning of Sunday, June 24th, before the official opening of the Congress, that will take place in the afternoon, we will hold a reflection meeting reserved for Bishop Promoters, Regional Coordinators and National Directors. The purpose of this meeting is to define the role of the Bishop Promoters better and identify the means to develop greater communion between the local Church and the Apostleship of the Sea. 

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To the Episcopal Promoters,

to the Regional Coordinators,

to the National Directors,

to Chaplains in specific areas,

to pastoral Agents of the Apostleship of the Sea


It is customary for the World Congress to be prepared by regional meetings. We thus encourage you to organize these meetings, which will make a first study of the theme, an assessment of A.M.Â’s evolution, since the XXI Congress in Rio de Janeiro in 2002, and also an evaluation of the most pressing pastoral questions based as well on a survey that will be prepared.

A World Congress is surely an important moment in the life of the Apostleship of the Sea. We are therefore counting on everyoneÂ’s cooperation so that this Congress will bear significant fruits. In the near future, we will send you the necessary documentation for a good preparation. 

           With the assurance of our prayerful good wishes. 

 

Cardinal Stephen F. Hamao

President

 

 

 

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto

Secretary

 

 

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