Dear friends, dear members of SIESC – EFCT,
welcome to the 56th Annual Meeting of SIESC at Oradea!
Place: Oradea, Greco-Catholic Seminar, Greco-Catholic Grammar School
Date: the last ten days of July, 2010.
Motto: My God! How wonderful is life! (Ion Agârbiceanu)
Topic: The book, the song and nature - possible approaches to the world and to God
The topic of the meeting is based on the project of an education, offered by Christian teachers, by means of literature, music, fine arts and nature, inspired by the books by the priest and writer Ion Agârbiceanu, member of the Romanian Academy and founder of AGRU (1929).
Objective: an offer of education in a Christian spirit, with wide ecumenical and inter-religious openness, in order to form the new generation in the spiritual dimension:
- a manifold ecology of the person and interpersonal relations, of the word and inter-human communication, valuing the formative dimensions of reading, arts, and nature, elements which could lead to the essence of Christianity: love of God and charity.
- the rediscovery of the book, the song and the miracle of nature for the age of human and spiritual growth, gifts which can support the formation of human dignity by means of a Christian anthropology, of respect for the creation, God’s work.
Contents:
Three talks centred on the three main themes: the book, the song, nature; they will be given by professors of Cluj University and members of the Romanian Academy.
The language groups will discuss the topics raised by the talks, but also allow practical application (e.g. a workshop on literature for children and translation, presentation of the experiences of the Ecumenical Camp of Tg. Lăpuş, the Camp of Cugir etc.).
Afternoon activities will continue the discussion by ensuing voluntary activities: exposition of books and interactive reading; a glimpse on the history of BRU with comments on the Byzantine liturgy; a trip to the historical centre of the town; excursion to the natural reserve of water lilies at Băile Felix.
The optional excursion will take place in an area which allows entering into the history and the destiny of the wooden churches and into folklore and a unique monument, Peşterea Urşilor (the Bear Cave).
Organizers:
- European Federation of Christian Teachers (EFCT, SIESC), persons of contact: Yves Calais, honorary president of EFCT (SIESC), and Wolfgang Rank, president of SIESC
- Association of Greco-Catholic Professors (APGR), in co-operation with the Greco-Catholic Grammar School at Oradea, person of contact: Andrei Cristea, headmaster of the Greco-Catholic Grammar School at Oradea and vice-president of SIESC
- AGRU, Department for Teaching and Culture, persons of contact: Cornelia Lucia Frişan, member of the Executive Committee of AGRU, responsible for the Department for Teaching and Culture, and Liana Todoran, Department of Cluj
Cornelia Lucia FRIŞAN