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የእመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ካቶሊክ ካህናት ማኅበር በኢትዮጵያ የካህናት ዓመት መዝጊያን በተመለከተ አገር አቀፍ ዓውደ ጥናት አካሄደ፡፡ /አዲስ አበባ/ ሐምሌ 1 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም - የእመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ካቶሊክ ካህናት ማኅበር በኢትዮጵያ የካህናት ዓመት መጠናቀቅን በማስመልከት ከኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን ገዳማት የበላይ ኃላፊዎች ምክር ቤት እና ከኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን ጠቅላይ ጽ/ቤት ጋር በመተባበር ያዘጋጀው ዓውደ ጥናት ከሰኔ 29 እስከ ሐምሌ 1 2002 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ቅዱስ ፍራንሲስኮስ ነግረ መለኮት ተቋም ተካሂዷል፡፡ ECS Education Unit Held a Consultation Workshop Regarding the establishment of Education Data Base System ECS Education Unit in collaboration with the Diocesan Capacity Building Program of ECS has organized a consultation workshop on how the Catholic Church Schools could participate in the establishment of education data base system. The consultation workshop was held from June 22-23, 2010 at ECS multipurpose hall. Caritas Ethiopia has represented on the European congress on Poverty and Social Exclusion held in Madrid, 4-5 June 2010. Caritas supports people living in poverty throughout the world. The day to day experience reinforces it social analysis and proposals for policies that are more cohesive, entail greater solidarity and fairer policies on human scale. Ethiopia Participated on the Solidarity Fund Workshop Ethiopian delegates led by H.G. Abune Berhaneyesus, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, participated on the Solidarity Fund Workshop held in Kampala, Uganda. Ethiopian Catholic Church Held an International Conference on Climate Justice The Ethiopian Catholic Church Held an International conference on Climate Justice from June 2-4/ 2010 at the Ethiopian Catholic Church Bishops Conference Center, Addis Ababa. "PROTECT CREATION": A new web site is launched by Ethiopian Catholic Church. A new web site focusing on Climate Justice and incorporated within the current official Ethiopian Catholic Church web site is launched by Abba Hailegebriel Meleku, Deputy Secetary General and Pastoral Activities Coordinator of Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat (ECS) on May 21, 2010 at Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat multi purpose Hall. Diocesan Pastoral Coordinators workshop was held at Debre Zeit from 11-13 May 2010 "The object that priests strive for their ministry and life is the procuring of the glory of God the Father in Christ" (PO 2) x‰t¾WN mdb¾ B/@‰êE MRÅ btmlkt Bi#: xb#n BR¦nx!ys#S ltwÄÄ¶ ፓRtEãC ÃSt§lûT mLXKT¿ "በመካከላቸው ያሉትን ሽማግሌዎች እመክራቸዋለሁ፡ በእናንተ ዘንድ ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን መንጋ ጠብቁ፤ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ በውድ እንጂ በግድ ሣይሆን፤ በበጎ ፈቃድ እንጂ መጥፎውን ረብ በመመኘት ሣይሆን ጎብኙት" (1 ጴጥ. 5፡ 2)፡፡ MESSAGE OF HIS GRACE ABUNE BERHANEYESUS SOURAFIEL TO CONTESTING PARTIES AT THE 4^thNATIONAL ELECTION OF ETHIOPIA ‘I exhort the elders among you to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it - not for sordid gain but eagerly.’ (1 Pt. 5:1-2) Episcopal ordination of H.E Abune Lisanekristos Matheos was held on April 18, 2010 at Catholic Cathedral, Addis Ababa “ፍቅርን በእውነት WS_” የtsኘውን የር.ሊ.ጳ መልዕክት በ¥ስመልkት የአንድ ቀን ወርክሾፕ በኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን ጠቅላይ ጽ/ቤት ተካሄd የሆሳዕና ሃገረስብከት ምስረታ በታላቅ ድምቀት ተከበረ፣የሃገረስብከቱ አዲስ ጳጳስ ቅብዓተ ጵጵስና ተከናወነ Rev. Fr. Pius Rutechura (Dr.) Secretary General of AMECEA is in Ethiopia to have an apostolic visit. B[#: xb#n BR¦nx!ys#S l!q ÔÔúT zµèl!µWÃN y2002 ›.MN yTNú›@ b›L MKNÃT b¥DrG ÃSt§lûT mL:KT (PDF) ፕሬዚዳንት ግርማ የካሪታስ ኢንተርናሽናል ፕሬዚዳንትን አነጋገሩ ... አዲስ አበባ, የካቲት 30 ቀን 2002 (አዲስ አበባ) - ፕሬዚዳንት ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ የካሪታስ ኢንተርናሽናል ፕሬዚዳንት ካርዲናል ኦስካር ሮድሪጌዝ ማራዲጋን በብሔራዊ ቤተ መንግሥት ተቀብለው አነጋገሩ፡፡ ...		The Ethiopian Catholic Church Pastoral Seminar is officially opened ... The Ethiopian Catholic Church Pastoral seminar, organized by The Pastoral Coordination of ECS is taking place on Mar. 10 and 11/ 2010 at the Catholic Bishop Conference Center of Ethiopia. ... Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, President of Caritas Internationalis, & Mons. Giovanni Battista Gandolfo, President and responsible “Comitato Interventi Caritativi” are visiting Ethiopia “Yes, it is possible to alleviate hunger” _{Cardinal Oscar} Seminarians from the United States Visited ECS A seminarian team from the United States, organized by CRS Ethiopia visited ECS on Feb. 25, 2010 and had a brief discussion with the Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and National Pastoral Coordinator of ECS. ... Pope's Appointment in Ethiopia New Vicariates erected; Bishops and Auxiliary Bishop appointed. The 57 propositions published on October 24 at the conclusion of the Second Africa Synod and presented to Pope Benedict XVI. The Synod Fathers submit to the Supreme Pontiff for his consideration the documentation on “The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.” You are the Salt of the Earth...You are the Light of the World” (Mt 5:13, 14), associated with this Synod. This documentation includes: the “Lineamenta”, the “Instrumentum laboris”, the reports “ante” and “post disceptationem”, the texts of the interventions, both those presented in the synod hall and those “in-scriptis” and the reports on the deliberations in the small groups. In addition to these, the Synod Fathers make some concrete proposals which they hold to be of capital importance.... Draft of the final message of the Africa Synod 1. It was a special gift of grace and like a last will and testament to Africa when the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, towards the end of his life, on November 13th, 2004, announced his intention to convoke a Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops. This same intention was confirmed by ... Summary of Synod of Bishops, October 15,2009 VATICAN CITY, 16 OCT 2009 (VIS) - Given below are extracts from further reports of the language groups, presented yesterday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall during the Fifteenth General Congregation, the texts of which were only made public yesterday afternoon. ... Speech delivered by His Grace Abune Berhaneyesus Sourafiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa on the Synod on Africa, Vatican City First of all, I want to convey to His Holiness Benedict XVI and to all the members of this Synod of Bishops Special Assembly for Africa the heartfelt greetings from all our Catholics in Ethiopia. I want to concentrate on three points, ... Reflection by His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Holy Father’s Response, Oct 6/2009, Vatican City Carrying the Cross of Christ in the cradle of mankind During the Third General Congregation that convened in the Synod Hall on Tuesday morning. 6 October, His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Flhiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, addressed the Synod Fathers present. The following are excerpts of his reflection. ... Message of His Grace Abune Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel For Ethiopian New Year 2002 (Amharic Pdf)