Author: John Figel

International Dialogue Meets

During the week of September 20-27, the twelfth Plenary Session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church met in Vienna, Austria. This group officially consists of 2 representatives from each of the 14 autocephalous Orthodox Churches, and 28 representatives from a wide range of jurisdictions within […]

New Books from EC Pubs

Eastern Christian Publications is pleased to announce several new titles that have recently been published: The Ratzinger Formula by Richard Mattiussi, $30.00 The Formula itself was originally articulated in a lecture given by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger at an ecumenical gathering in Graz, Austria in 1976 … In sum, he proposed that the Catholic Church must […]

Introduction at OL EuroEast by Bishop John Michael Botean

I’ve had several requests to post the introductory remarks by Bishop John Michael Botean at the opening session of the Orientale Lumen EuroEast III Conference held in Constantinople on July 5-10, 2010.  In the presence of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, Archbishop Cyril Vasil’ SJ from the Congregation of Oriental […]

Report on OL XIV in Washington

The report below was written by Eric Sammons, an attendee at the OL XIV East Conference in Washington on June 21-24, 2010. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I attended the 14th annual Orientale Lumen conference, held at the John Paul II cultural center in Washington, D.C. This was my third year attending, and it was quite enjoyable and informative […]

The House that Jack Built

Father Justin Rose has written a great reflection on his experiences at the OL Conference in Constantinople.  Rather than write some else, I post his story here: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “The house that Jack built…” was how His Grace, Bishop John Michael Botean described the Orientale Lumen movement at our recent OL Euro –East III opening session. […]

Address of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the OL EuroEast III Conference

We offer glory and thanks to God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity one in essence and undivided – for this blessed opportunity to warmly welcome all of you once again to our historic city of Constantinople. This is the spiritual center of an age and region which served as home to all of […]