Rev. Dr Carl-Mario Sultana, Head of the Department of Pastoral Theology, Liturgy, and Canon Law at the University of Malta and Secretary of the Catechesis Section of the Commission for Evangelisation and Culture of the Council of the European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), chaired the biennial meeting of the CCEE National Directors for Catechesis, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 25 to 27 April 2023.
The chosen theme for the meeting was The Parish Community as a Place of the Culture of Encounter and the Encounter with Culture. The participants - who included bishops and national delegates from 20 different European countries, along with the president, the general secretary, and other prominent members of the CCEE - presented country reports that focused on good practices, challenges and opportunities related to dialogue with contemporary culture and the implementation of the ministry of catechist.
Rev. Dr Rene Camilleri, a retired academic from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta, delivered a presentation on The Parish in Our Contemporary Culture. Camilleri emphasized the need for the contemporary parish to adapt to cultural changes in order to become more effective and engage in dialogue with the culture of the modern individual. Following his presentation, a lively and fruitful dialogue among the participants ensued.
Read more about the meeting online.