The President of ARCORES International, Fr. Jaazeal Jakosalem, has participated during March 15-16, 2024 in the Feast of Creation in Assisi, Italy, an event that brought together religious leaders, academics and environmental activists from around the world.
The conference, entitled “Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation: Ecumenism, Theology, Liturgy and Signs of the Times in Dialogue,” was organized jointly by the Laudato Si Centre in Assisi and the Laudato Si Research Institute at Oxford University. This meeting brought together in Assisi nearly 250 participants from various Christian denominations and major ecumenical organizations.
The presence of Fr. Jaazeal Jakosalem at the event highlights the commitment of ARCORES, the international solidarity network of the Augustinian Recollect Family that aims to promote charity, human development and the promotion of justice and the protection of the environment.
Among the participants was Bishop Bedford-Strohm of the World Council of Churches (WCC), who emphasized the importance of ecumenical cooperation in times of climate crisis.
Gerardo Alminaza, Bishop of the Diocese of San Carlos (Negros Occidental, Philippines), who offered an in-depth perspective on the leadership and proactive role of the Philippine Church in promoting ecological and social justice. In fact, he noted that the Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines was the first in the world to endorse and celebrate each year of the Time of Creation. Before his return to the Philippines, Bishop Gerardo Alminaza visited the General Curia of the Order and met with the Prior General and the religious of the community.
About ARCORES
ARCORES is an international solidarity network structured in country nodes. Each country where the Augustinian Recollect Family is present has a national ARCORES, constituted as a juridical entity according to its own legislation. Each national ARCORES is composed of all the branches of the Augustinian Recollect family present in the country, with their respective NGOs, institutions and existing social initiatives.
ARCORES has the responsibility to promote and strengthen the work for social justice and solidarity of the Augustinian Recollect Family in the country. To this end, it organizes itself in the most convenient way according to its reality and defines the priorities, lines of action and projects that it will carry out based on its experience, capacity and the social needs of its specific reality.
More information at: www.arcores.org