The board of Communicantes is wishing you all a Happy Easter.
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Apr
17
Category Archives: Communicantes
Apr
10
Christian Identity: from Word to Action
On 15 March 2014 in the European Capital of Culture, Frans Hoppenbrouwers of Communicantes (picture on the left) spoke at the ecumenical conference “Word, Prayer, Life: Christian Ideals for Today’s World”. In his presentation “Christian Identity: from Word to Action”, Hoppenbrouwers discussed contemplation and action as necessary complements to the Christian experience. Consequently, he argued, for example, in favour of a Christian commitment to the ideal of a united Europe. Read his lecture here.
Feb
08
Van de ‘mini-Maidan van Vradijivka’ naar de EuroMaidan in Kiev
“De rol van de kerken / Antisemieten op oorlogspad of echte grieven?” Gisteravond heeft Frans Hoppenbrouwers in Vlaardingen een lezing gegeven over de rol van de kerken in het huidige politieke conflict in Oekraïne. De samenvatting hiervan vindt u hier.
Jan
13
A New Home for Communicantes
On Monday 13 January 2014 the Foundation Communicantes moved to its new address at Gasthuisring 54a in Tilburg. Visit our contact page for the exact information. We are at home at the convent of the Brothers CMM, a Dutch missionary congregation. There, we share a wing of the convent with the Missionary Service Centre Tilburg (MST) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Dec
31
Happy New Year | Communicantes is Moving to a New Address
Dear Friend of Communicantes,
Thinking about moving from one place to another and about how to send our friends and partners a meaningful change of address, I remembered a recent news article. It mentioned the Italian Roman Catholic priest, angelologist and demonologist Renzo Lavatori, who claims that angels are ‘shards of light’ rather than winged entities with human features. Continue reading
Dec
19
Felix dies Nativitatis — Merry Christmas — Zalig Kerstfeest
Nov
19
A Treasure from our Communicantes Library
Communicantes is going to move from Nijmegen to Tilburg. Yesterday, we have been packing up books at our Nijmegen office. On the shelves, we found several articles by the Dominican Father Professor Magister G.P. Kreling (1888-1973). Communicantes’ founder, Father Jan Bakker s.s.s. (1914-1982), was a student and great admirer of the famous Kreling, who in turn was a great admirer and advocate of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Continue reading
Sep
03
Christians in Responsibility for Europe
So, Frans Hoppenbrouwers of the foundation Communicantes recently visited the 17th Renovabis conference Free and Solidary. Christians in Responsibility for Europe in Freising, Germany (28/30 September 2013). It was an interesting gathering, meeting old acquaintances and making new friends… ‘Music to my ears’, as such he described the remarks of Renovabis’ general manager Father Stefan Dartmann SJ at the end of the conference. They underlined Communicantes’ plan to put dialogue between Christians in Europe at the heart of its activities. Continue reading
Jun
18
To promote dialogue
Last Sunday, Frans Hoppenbrouwers of the foundation Communicantes returned from Lviv (Ukraine), where he had been discussing our plan to promote discussion and dialogue among believers in Europe (East and West). Then tomorrow, Wednesday 19 June, he will be off to Cluj-Napoca in Romania, where he will stay for several days. Hungary is next on the list. Monday 24 June Hoppenbrouwers will be in Budapest, Thursday in Szeged and then he will return to the Netherlands. It will be interesting to know the opinion of our partners about our plans and to compare these very different countries with one and another. Then it is time for some well-deserved holiday time.
Jun
09
Annual Report 2012
Dear Friend of Communicantes,
Please have a look at our Annual Report 2012 in English: read in pdf.
For copies of previous annual reports (2005-2011) in Dutch language, follow this link.
Mar
29
Happy Easter
Beata Pascha — collegium moderatorum Fundationis “Communicantes” / Buona Pasqua — il consiglio amministrativo della Fondazione Communicantes / Frohe Ostern — der Vorstand der Stiftung Communicantes / Happy Easter — the board of the Foundation Communicantes / Joyeuses Pâques — le conseil d’administration de la Fondation Communicantes / Zalig Pasen — namens het bestuur van de Stichting Communicantes / Христос Воскрес! Воίстину Воскрес! — вίд ίменί адмίнίстрацίϊ “Комунίкантес” / Христос воскресе воистину воскресе — от имени администрации “Комуникантес” ——————————————————————————————————
Communicantes – constructief en wederzijds / konstruktive und wechselseitige Verständigung / constructive collaboration and mutual understanding – Rom. / Röm. 12,13
Jan
10
‘Religionless culture’ in Poland
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Benno Jacob, Katharina Staritz and Edith Stein, what is the legacy of these four theologians for us? This was a central question during a discussion at the Edith Stein House in Wroclaw. About twenty participants discussed on 13 December 2012 about how the Lutheran Bonhoeffer, the Jew Jacob, the evangelical Staritz and Catholic Stein looked at culture. How did these thinkers, who were all born in Wroclaw (Breslau), view the relationship between culture, society, civilization and religion? Continue reading