{"id":1040,"date":"2025-10-01T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?page_id=1040"},"modified":"2025-10-28T07:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:10:53","slug":"09-2025-mechelse-gesprekken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?page_id=1040","title":{"rendered":"09\/2025 Mechelse Gesprekken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Feestprogramma 100 jaar \u2018Mechelse gesprekken\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tussen Katholieken en Anglicanen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 jaar geleden eindigden de \u2018Mechelse Gesprekken\u2019. Voorloper van de oecumene, nodigde toenmalig aartsbisschop-kardinaal D\u00e9sir\u00e9-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926) in een vriendschappelijke sfeer een paar mensen uit voor gesprekken die de voorwaarden onderzochten voor een toenadering tussen de Anglicaanse en de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk. Bij hen waren, onder meer, aan Anglicaanse zijde Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, aan Katholieke zijde priester Fernand Portal. De gesprekken vonden plaats in Mechelen in het bisschoppelijk paleis in 1921, 1923 en 1925. De tafel waaraan de gesprekken werden gehouden staat er nog steeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programme festif 100 ans de \u2018Conversations de Malines\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

entre Catholiques et Anglicans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ll y a 100 ans s\u2019achevaient les \u00ab Conversations de Malines \u00bb. Pr\u00e9curseur de l\u2019\u0153cum\u00e9nisme, le cardinal D\u00e9sir\u00e9-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926), alors archev\u00eaque, invitait dans une ambiance amicale quelques personnes \u00e0 des entretiens qui exploraient les conditions d\u2019un rapprochement entre les \u00c9glises anglicane et catholique romaine. Parmi eux se trouvaient, entre autres, du c\u00f4t\u00e9 anglican, Charles Wood, 2e vicomte d’Halifax, et du c\u00f4t\u00e9 catholique, le pr\u00eatre Fernand Portal. Les discussions ont eu lieu \u00e0 Malines, au palais \u00e9piscopal, en 1921, 1923 et 1925. La table \u00e0 laquelle les conversations ont eu lieu est toujours l\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Festive program 100 years of \u2018Malines Conversations\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

between Catholics and Anglicans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 years ago, the \u2018Malines Conversations\u2019 ended. Precursor to ecumenism, then-archbishop Cardinal D\u00e9sir\u00e9-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926), in a friendly atmosphere, invited a few people to talks that explored the conditions for a rapprochement between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. With them were, among others, on the Anglican side Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, on the Catholic side priest Fernand Portal. The talks took place in Mechelen at the episcopal palace in 1921, 1923 and 1925. The table where the conversations were held is still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROGRAM<\/strong> of the academic conference<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Centenary of the Malines Conversations<\/strong> and Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18-20 September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 18 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.00<\/strong>                  Registrations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.00-19.00<\/strong>       Opening plenary: The Historical context of the Malines Conversations (1921-1926)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.00<\/strong>                  Word of Welcome by Archbishop Luc Terlinden, overview and practical information by Peter De Mey (KU Leuven) and deacon Koen Jacobs, diocesan responsible for ecumenism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.30<\/strong>                  Jan De Volder (KU Leuven), The Catholic Protagonists and their Views on Christian Unity: Cardinal Mercier, Fernand Portal, Lambert Beauduin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.10<\/strong>                  Jeremy Morris (National Advisor for Anglican Relations for the Church of England), An Anglican View on the Malines Conversations: Expectations, Experiences, Results<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.50<\/strong>                  Conversation with the two speakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19.15<\/strong>                  Walking dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 19 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.00<\/strong>         Church Sint-Jan, Roman Catholic Eucharist, sermon by Anglican bishop Robert Innes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.00-10.30<\/strong>         Plenary session 2: The Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue as an opportunity to reflect on ecumenical method<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.00<\/strong>                     Paul Murray (University of Durham), Receptive Ecumenism as a Tool for Ecumenical Dialogue<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.30<\/strong>                     Ian Ernest (former Primate of the Anglican Church of the Indian Ocean), The Ecumenical Methodology of IARCCUM: Experiences from Mauritius and Rome<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.00<\/strong>                  Conversation with the two speakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.30<\/strong>                  Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.00-12.30<\/strong>       Short paper session 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.30-14.00<\/strong>       Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.00-16.00<\/strong>       Plenary session 3: The Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue as an opportunity to reflect on Church and ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.00<\/strong>                  Jamie Hawkey (Canon theologian, Westminster Abbey), Do Anglican Orders Have to Remain forever Utterly Null and Void?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.30<\/strong>                  Arnaud Join-Lambert (UC Louvain), The Ecumenical Significance of the Rediscovery of Synodality in the Roman Catholic Church<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.00<\/strong>                  Conversation with the two speakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.30<\/strong>                  Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.00-18.00<\/strong>       Short paper session 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20.00                  <\/strong>Concert by Christ\u2019s College Cambridge Choir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.00<\/strong>         Church Sint-Jan, Roman Catholic Eucharist, sermon by Anglican theologian Helen Orchard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.00-10.30<\/strong>         Short paper session 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.30<\/strong>                  Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.00-12.30<\/strong>       Plenary session 4: The Anglican-Catholic dialogue as an opportunity to reflect on Christian life and worship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.00<\/strong>                  Kirsty Borthwick (College chaplain Christ Church, University of Oxford), The Beauty of Anglican Liturgies as an Example for Other Christian Churches<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.30<\/strong>                  Sigrid M\u00fcller (Universit\u00e4t Wien), The Challenge and Richness of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Ethical Issues<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.00<\/strong>                  Conversation with the two speakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.30<\/strong>                  Highlights of the conference as experienced by an Anglican and a Catholic listener<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.50<\/strong>                  Words of thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13.00<\/strong>       End of the conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.30-17.30<\/strong>       City tour with visit to the Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.30-21.00<\/strong>       Conference dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert op vrijdagavond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naar aanleiding van de honderdste verjaardag van de Mechelse Gesprekken kon je op vrijdag 19 september 2025 in de kathedraal komen luisteren naar het gerenommeerde Chapel Choir van Christ’s College uit Cambridge. Ze brachten voor deze gelegenheid\u00a0een niet te missen concert met Engels koormuziek van de zestiende tot de eenentwintigste eeuw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Op het programma :
<\/em>
–  Songs of Farewell van C.H.H. Parry
–  Requiem van Herbert Howells
–  werken van o.a. Tallis, Gibbons, Stanford, Weir en Rooney<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aanvang : 20u<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festive program on Sunday <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the festive program, there was a solemn moment on Sunday afternoon in the Saint Rumbold\u2019s Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.00   Academic session<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.30   Unveiling of a memorial plaque at the tomb of Cardinal Mercier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.00   Anglican Evensong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The speakers were Archbishop Luc Terlinden, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Bishop Johan Bonny, Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wood, Earl of Halifax and great-grandson of Charles Wood, conversation partner of Cardinal Mercier, also addressed the audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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