Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches
In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, you can find a news about the visit held by the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs at the head of a delegation from the MECC General Secretariat to the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon His Excellency Monsignor Paolo Borgia, on Wednesday 31 May 2023, at the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa, Lebanon. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it is entitled “Family planning, social planning, and human dignity”, and it was the speech which he delivered at the MECC monthly webinar held under the title "Family Planning and Human Dignity".
The issue also includes details about this webinar held on Thursday 25 May 2023, with the participation of specialists, academicians, and interested attendees in the topic at hand. Noting that this webinar comes within the framework of the “Human Dignity Project” - “Dialogue and Social Cohesion-Social Capital Rehabilitation”, which MECC is implementing consecutively.
As well as, the issue presents a news announcing that the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki in Finland will award His Eminence Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, MECC Honorary President, the title of Doctor Honoris Causa.
Moreover, the issue includes a video about the relief work that MECC continues to implement in Syria following the Earthquake that hit the North of the Antiochian Levant, to support the affected people in order to alleviate the impact of this tragedy by providing a new batch of in-kind food and health aid assistance. Noting that MECC is working on the field to inspect and study the buildings’ damages in preparation for their rehabilitation and restoration in the coming period.
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the convening of the MECC 12th General Assembly under the title “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:27) between 16 and 20 May 2022, at the Papal Logos Center in Wadi El Natrun in Egypt, with the generous hospitality of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and the support of Reverend Dr. Andrea Zaki, President of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt and its institutions, the issue presents a video highlighting some footages and fraternal moments from this historic Ecumenical event.
You can also find many reports issued by MECC after the earthquake, under the name of "Rescue Syria Update" which will keep you informed about the developments of MECC action as well as the overall situation in a context analysis perspective. The MECC will be also publishing other periodical and updated reports. This is in addition to photo albums showing the difficult humanitarian situations in Syria.
Furthermore, the issue includes the Ecumenical Calendar for June 2023 issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, Ecumenical reports, the weekly Prayer, videos, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches.
Additionally, the issue presents a socio-economic overview of the Middle East during April 2023 and the latest updates of the Coronavirus in the region.