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PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS as of 21 October 2017 AUSTRIA Bischof Dr. Michael BÜNKER AB Lutheran Bishop of Austria H.E. Mr. Alfons M. KLOSS Ambassador of Austria to the Holy See Mr Lukas MANDL State Parliament Member Sr. Beatrix MAYRHOFER Präsidentin der Vereinigung der Frauenorden Österreichs Dr. Gabriele MOSER State Parliament Member Ms. Evelyn REGNER Member of the European Parliament DDr. Severin RENOLDNER Theologian, former State Parliament Member DDr. Peter SCHIPKA General Secretary of the Austrian Bishops' Conference S.E.R. Mons. D. Aloïs SCHWARZ Bishop of Gurk-Klagenfurt Dr. Irmfried SCHWIMANN European Commission S.E.R. Mons. Ägidius ZSIFKOVICS Bishop of Eisenstadt, Delegate to COMECE BELGIUM S.E. Le Comte J. CORNET d'ELZIUS Ambassadeur de Belgique près le Saint Siège Mr Gilles de KERCHOVE Counter-Terrorism Coordinator for the European Union Prof. Vincent DUJARDIN President of the Institut d’études européennes at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) Most Rev. Fr. Franck JANIN President of the Conference of European Provincials S.E.R. Mons. Jean KOCKEROLS Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mechelen-Brussels, COMECE First Vice-President Mr Philippe LAMBERTS Co-Chairman of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament Dr. Pieter-Jan MEERSMANN Ambassade de Belgique près le Saint Siège Mgr. Dirk SMET Conseiller, Ambassade de Belgique près le Saint Siège Mr Enrico TRAVERSA European Commission Mr Steven VANACKERE former Deputy Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Katrien VERHEGGE Director general of Kind en Gezin BULGARIA H.E. Prof. Vladimir GRADEV Former Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Holy See, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sofia. H.E. MS Meglena KUNEVA former EU Commissionner Mr Bogdan PATASHEV attaché Bulgarian Bishops’ Conference S.E.R. Mons. Christo PROYKOV Apostolic Exarch of Sofia, Delegate to COMECE H.E. Mr Camillo ZUCCOLI Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Bulgaria CROATIA S.E.R. Mons. Vjekoslav HUZJAK Bishop of Bjelovar-Krizevci, Deputy Delegate to COMECE Prof. Dubravka HRABAR Chair of the Jurisprudence Faculty, University of Zagreb Ms. Zlata PENIĆ IVANKO Charge’ d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Croatia to the Holy See Mr Ivo Davor STIER Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Croatia CYPRUS Ms Rania AL NAJJAR Assistant to the Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus Mr Antonis HADJIYANNAKIS advisor to the Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus H.E. Mr Ioannis KASOULIDES Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Ms Helena MINA Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus H.E. Mr George POULIDES Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Holy See S.E.R. Mons. Youssef SOUEIF Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus, Delegate to COMECE CZECH REPUBLIC H.E. Mr Pavel FISCHER Former Ambassador of Czech Republic to the Holy See Mr Jakub JINEK Czech Bishops' Conference Rev. Fr Stanislav PRIBYL General Secretary of the Czech Bishops' Conference Ms Michaela ŠOJDROVA Member of the European Parliament Mr Pavel SVOBODA Member of the European Parliament S.E.R. Mons. Jan VOKAL Bishop of Hradec Králové, Delegate to COMECE Mr Alexander VONDRA Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic DENMARK Mr Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark S.E.R. Mons. Czeslaw KOZON Bishop of Copenhagen, COMECE Vice-President ESTONIA S.E.R. Mons. Philippe JOURDAN Apostolic Administrator of Estonia, Delegate to COMECE Ms Mari Ann KELAM Former spokesman of Estonian Foreign Ministry, Former member of the Estonian Parliament Mr Tunne KELAM Member of the European Parliament Ms Reena TOLMIK Former Deputy Mayor of Tallinn FINLAND Ms Mónica GARCIA-SALMONES ROVIRA Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki. Very Rev. Fr Heikki HUTTUNEN General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) FRANCE Mme Monique BAUJARD Institut Catholique de Paris Monsieur Jean-Marie BOCKEL Sénateur du Haut-Rhin Monsieur François BRUNAGEL President de DECERE S.E.R. Mons. Jean-Luc BRUNIN Evêque du Havre Monsieur Joseph DAUL Président du parti Populaire Européen S.E.R. le Métropolite Emmanuel de FRANCE Patriarcat de Constantinople, Vice-Président de la Conférence des Eglises Européennes (CEC) Sœur Marie-Laure DENES o.p. Directrice du Service national Famille & Société de la Conférence des Evêques de France M. Vincent DEPAIGNE Commission Européenne S.E.R. Mons. Bruno FEILLET Evêque auxiliaire de Reims S.E.R. Mons. Jean-Pierre GRALLET Archevêque Em. de Strasbourg, Observateur auprès de la COMECE M. Sebastien MAILLARD Secrétaire Général de la Fondation Jacques Delors Ms Ophélie OMNES Vice-President of the Young European Federalists S.E.R. Mons. Georges PONTIER Archevêque de Marseille et Président de la Conférence des Evêques de France S.E.R. Mons. Luc RAVEL Archevêque de Strasbourg Mgr. Olivier RIBADEAU DUMAS Secrétaire général et porte-parole de la Conférence des Evêques de France S.E. M. Philippe ZELLER Ambassadeur de France près le Saint Siège GERMANY Dr. Gerhard ALBERT Geschäftsführer von Renovabis Prof. Dr. Heinrich BEDFORD-STROHM Ratsvorsitzender der EKD Dr Matthias BELAFI Advisor of the Secretariat of the German Bishops’ Conference Ms Inge BROY Theologische Referentin von Kardinal Reinhard Marx Dr. Michael FUCHS Leiter Sekretariat des Auswärtigen Ausschusses des Deutschen Bundestages Herr Sven GIEGOLD MdEP Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments Weihbischof Rupert GRAF ZU STOLBERG Weihbischof von München und Freising Pfarrer Christian HARTL Hauptgeschäftsführer von Renovabis OKR'in Katrin HATZINGER Leiterin EKD Brüssel Office Ms Anna IARA European Commission Prälat Dr. Karl JÜSTEN Leiter des Katholischen Büros Berlin Dr. Matthias KOPP Secretariat of the German Bishops’ Conference Prof. Dr. Gerhard KRUIP Professor für Christliche Anthropologie und Sozialethik an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Prof. Dr. Ludger KÜHNHARDT Direktor am Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI) und Professor am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft und Soziologie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Prof. Dr. Stephan LEIBFRIED University of Bremen Dr. Peter LIESE MdEP Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments Weihbischof Rolf LOHMANN Weihbischof von Münster Weibischof Dr. Dr. Anton LOSINGER Weihbischof und Dompropst im Bistum Augsburg Rev. Fr Martin MAIER SJ Jesuit European Social Centre, Secretary for European Affairs Dr. Thomas MANN MdEP Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments S.Em. Card. Reinhard MARX Archbishop of Munich and Freising, COMECE President Dr. Dagmar NELLEßEN-STRAUCH Leiterin des Bereichs Kirche und Gesellschaft, Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz Prof. Dr. Angelika NIEBLER Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments Ms Katharina NORPOTH Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend Bundesvorsitzende Bischof Dr. Franz-Josef OVERBECK Bischof von Essen Dr. Angelika POTH-MÖGELE Executive Director European Affairs, Council of European Municipalities and Regions Dr. Norbert RÖTTGEN MDB Vorsitzender des Auswärtigen Ausschusses Erzbischof Prof. Dr. Ludwig SCHICK Erzbischof von Bamberg Dr. Stefan VESPER Generalsekretär des Zentralkomitees der deutschen Katholiken (ZdK) Dr. Henning VOM STEIN Bertelsmann-Stiftung Mr Kai WYNANDS European Commission Mr Udo ZOLLEIS European Parliament GREECE S.E. il Sig. Alexandros COUYOU Ambasciatore di Grecia presso la Santa Sede S.E.R. Mons. Sevastianos ROSSOLATOS Archbishop of Athens, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Greece, Deputy Delegate to COMECE HUNGARY S.E.R. Mons. Ferenc CSERHATI Auxiliary Bishop Esztergom-Budapest, Delegate to COMECE Cons. Márk Aurél ÉRSZEGI Primo consigliere dell’Ambasciata di Ungheria presso la Santa Sede Prof. András FEJERDY Professore dell'Università Cattolica Péter Pázmány di Budapest S. E. il Sig. Eduard HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN Ambasciatore di Ungheria presso la Santa Sede Mr György HÖLVENYI Member of the European Parliament Mr Gabor TÖROK EPP Group advisor on Interreligious Dialogue, European Parliament Rev. Padre Tamás TOTH Rettore del Pontificio Istituto Ungherese a Roma ICELAND Mr Ivan SOVIC Diocese of Reykjavík IRELAND Revd Fr Timothy BARTLETT Secretary General for the World Meeting of Families Dr Nicola BRADY General Secretary of the Irish Council of Churches Mr Seamus BUTLER Managing Director at Butler Manufacturing Services Ltd Ms Claire FINNEGAN Managing director at Aiken PR Professor Colin HARVEY Professor of Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast H.E. Ms Emma MADIGAN Ambassador of Ireland to the Holy See S.E.R. Mons. Diarmuid MARTIN Archbishop of Dublin Bishop John MCDOWELL President of the Irish Council of Churches Ms Maura MCGRATH Director/Owner at McGrath Associates Mr Éamonn MEEHAN Executive Director of Trócaire Mr Fearghas O’BEARA European Parliament Ms Deirdre O' HEA Assistant to Vice-President Mairead McGuinness S.E.R. Mons. Noel TREANOR Bishop of Down & Connor, Delegate to COMECE ITALY S.E.R. Mons.Gianni AMBROSIO Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, COMECE Vice-President S.Em. Card Angelo BAGNASCO Arcivescovo di Genova, Presidente del Consiglio delle Conferenze Episcopali d'Europa (CCEE) S.Em. Card Gualtiero BASSETTI Arcivescovo Metropolita di Perugia; Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana Mons. Giuseppe BATURI Sottosegretario della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana Prof.ssa Simona BERETTA Professore di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Prof. Giancarlo BLANGIARDO Professore degli Studi di Demografia, Università Milano-Bicocca Mr Thierry BONAVENTURA Council of the European Episcopal
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  • Summer, 2015: Volume 7 Number 1 •

    Summer, 2015: Volume 7 Number 1 •

    The International Journal of African Catholicism, Summer, 2015. Volume 7, Number 1 1 The International Journal of African Catholicism, Summer, 2015. Volume 7, Number 1 Table of Contents The African Family from the Experience of a Catholic Couple in Ethiopia By Abel Muse and Tenagnework Haile………………………………………………...3 Family in the Context of Evangelization: Challenges and Opportunities from Sub- Saharan Africa By Mbiribindi Bahati Dieudonné, SJ………………….….…………...……………14 Notes on the Synodal Document “Pastoral Challenges to the Family in the Context of Evangelization” By Nicholas Hamakalu..…..……………………………………………..…………….36 Small Christian Communities (SCCs) Promote Family and Marriage Ministry in Eastern Africa By Joseph G. Healey, MM…………………………………………………………….49 The Image of the Family in Chimanda Ngozi Adiche’s Purple Hibiscus and its Implications for Families in Today’s Africa Adolphus Ekedimma Amaefule……………………………………………………....157 The Gospel of the Family: From Africa to the World Church Philomena N. Mwaura……………………….………………………………………..182 Family and Marriage in Kenya Today: Pastoral Guidelines for a Process of Discussion and Action. Results of the Consultation in Kenya on the 46 Questions in the Lineamenta (guidelines) on The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World………………………………….……………………………………………...200 2 The International Journal of African Catholicism, Summer, 2015. Volume 7, Number 1 The African Family from the Experience of a Catholic Couple in Ethiopia By Abel Muse and Tenagnework Haile Abstract Africans should preserve the noble family life, traditions and cultures that they inherited from their forefathers. They need to exercise it and live it for themselves rather than imitating the culture and living style of others. Each African country has its unique tradition and culture that some may not perceive as their riches.