At the threshold of entering into ministry in the Church, for most of us as Priests, we were privileged to begin the course on Ecumenism, which is to have quite a bit of practical component.
Today, after a brief introduction, we heard about the “call to unity” and learned of the many Churches and ecclesial communities present in Nairobi. In fact we realised that most of the major ecclesial traditions are present in Nairobi (The Greek Orthodox Church along Valley Road, The Coptic Church along Ngong Road, The Presbyterian and Lutheran Church along Nyerere Road, The Anglican Church along Valley Road, many Pentecostal and Evangelical Communities present all over...).
We also looked at the aim (objectives), learning outcome and the contents of the course. In fact now we know what to expect during the semester. We also looked at the requirements of the course, visited the Blog “Ecumenism2012” created for this, and looked into the dynamics of the course. We also visited the PCPCU web page at the http://www.vatican.va/
We are to make plans and then arrange for a practical ecumenical experience during the coming weeks.
We were given the task of visiting the library and familiarising ourselves with the ecumenical journals, especially the Information Service of PCPCU. This was done in the final hour. We were to visit the Blog-page Ecumenism2012 also.
Our tasks for this week:
We have the following tasks for this week.
1. To register at the Blog “ecumenism2012” by submitting our email.
2. To send the email-ID separately to the Lecturer (with the Subject ecumenism) to receive the comprehensive class notes
3. To familiarise ourselves with the Journals on Ecumenism.
4. 4. To prepare for the WEEK OF PRYAER for Christian Unity, to make some form of intervention at the level of our religious community or in our pastoral work. The lecturer will strive to get the material on that distributed in the next class.
5. 5. To think about and begin planning visiting a non-Catholic Community in the near-future.
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