Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches

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The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents details of the Congratulatory Visit to the Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenian Catholics His Beatitude Raphaël Minassian, held by a delegation from the MECC General Secretariat headed by Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs. As for the weekly message of Dr. Abs, it was entitled “So that identity does not become a tool of devastation”.

It also Includes the news and pictures of the spiritual retreat organized by the MECC General Secretariat team hosted by H.E Bishop Paul Rouhana at the Saint Paul Monastery, Lebanon.

In addition to a report about the lecture on the Synod of the Catholic Bishops, delivered by Rouhana during the retreat, entitled “The Start of the Preparatory Phase for the Synod of Catholic Bishops in Rome, H.E Bishop Paul Rouhana: ‘The Lord invited us to be a Church’, ‘Love is a spiritual battle we fight to free ourselves from ego and anger. Without it, our journey together would fail’”.

You can also find a news about the annual meeting of the ACT Alliance Lebanon Forum which was hosted by MECC in Beirut.

The issue also presents the MECC Departments’ news, the Ecumenical calendar for November 2021, the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” 2022 booklet in Arabic, various Ecumenical reports, videos related to the Council, the weekly Prayer, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches. 

Moreover, the issue includes a socio-economic overview of the Middle East and Coronavirus in the region updates.