EUROPEAN NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY
ANNIVERSARY CONSULTATION
20 YEARS OF EUROPEAN CHAPLAINCY
10 YEARS OF ENHCC
“Chaplains in the future –
giving and receiving”
Thursday 16th September to
Sunday 19th September 2010
The Westminster Thistle Hotel
Buckingham Palace Road London
53 representatives attended the 11th Consultation, representing 40 countries, churches and organisations. The meeting was held in the Westminster Thistle Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London.
Printed below is a brief report of the Consultation, including most of the papers presented.
You can find a large number of photographs of the Consultation [HERE]
THURSDAY 16 September 2010
The Consultation opened with Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral,
followed by the Official Opening Ceremony.
Greetings from the Association of Professional Chaplains in the USA
Greetings from Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers
Greetings from the Ecumenical Patriarch
Fr Anastasios D Salapatas reads the greetings from the Ecumenical Patriarch
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[2]
Fr. Stavros K. Kofinas
Coordinator of the European Network of Healthcare Chaplaincy
Opening Prayer
Friday 17 September 2010
Fr Adamantios acted as Moderator:
Chaplains and changes in healthcare
Anne Vandenhoeck (Belgium) gave a presentation on the topic
PowerPoint Slides of Anne's presentation
Accounts of national experiences were given by:
Anne Hummeau and Pierre Bouisset (France)
Text of the presentation by Anne and Pierre
Richard Lowndes (England)
PowerPoint Slides of the presentation by Richard.
After a time of small group discussion on the topic the groups reported back on their findings, followed by a time of general discussion.
Kathrin Jahns acted as Moderator:
Chaplains and religious communities
Dana Kalnina-Zake (Latvia) gave a presentation on the topic
PowerPoint Slides and text of Dana's presentation
Accounts of national experiences were given by:
Ewan Kelly (Scotland)
PowerPoint Slides of the presentation by Ewan
Axel Liégeois (Belgium)
PowerPoint Slides of the presentation by Axel
After a time of small group discussion on the topic the groups reported back on their findings, followed by a time of general discussion.
A Service to pray for people who are sick was led by Jennifer Bell (N Ireland) in St Matthew's Church, Westminister.
After the service therepresentatives shared a meal at the "About Thyme" restaurant in Pimlico. Hans-Gerd Angel (Germany) was able to capture this video clip of Fr Nuno singing.
Saturday 18 September 2010
Fr Nuno acted as Moderator:
Chaplains and personal growth
Kirsti Aalto (Finland) gave a presentation on the topic
Accounts of national experiences were given by:
Anneke Kemper (Netherlands)
Text of the presentation by Anneke
Kathleen O'Connor Thompson (Ireland)
PowerPoint Slides of the presentation by Kathleen
After a time of small group discussion on the topic the groups reported back on their findings, followed by a time of general discussion.
A Service to pray for those who care for the sick
was led by Kirsti Aalto (Finland) in the Chapel of St Thomas' Hospital
NETWORK ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Changes to the constitution were agreed to allow for the appointment of a Treasurer for the Network.
Fr Stavros presented the Financial Report of the Network.
It was agreed to accept the offer from SKVG ( Netherlands) to open and operate a bank account in the name of the network in the Netherlands.
The consultation approved the recommendation that Robert Koorneef (Netherlands) be Treasurer of the Network.
It was agreed that the 12th Consultation of the Network take place in the Netherlands in 2012, organised by Simon Evers and VGVZ. Simon further invited the Network Committee to be present at the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of VGVZ in Utrecht in June 2011.
Elections to Network Committee
Coordinator
Anne Vandenhoeck was unanimously elected to service as Coordinator of the Network, 2010-2014.
Committee Members:
Fr Adamantios Avgoustidis (Greece)
Derek Brown (Scotland)
Axel Liégeois (Belgium)
Marie Opatrna (Czech Republic)
Also on the Committee:
Debbie Hodge (Organiser of the last Consultation)
Simon Evers (Organiser of the next Consultation)
Robert Koorneef (Treasurer)
Fred Coutts (Webmaster)
Presentation
A short presentation was shown celebrating 20 years of healthcare chaplaincy in Europe and 10 years of the European Network of Healthcare Chaplaincy.
Sunday 19 September 2010
A general discussion was held followed by the closing remarks by Fr Stavros Kofinas, the outgoing coordinator.