Living Stones: MIDDLE EAST IN CRISIS. WHERE IS CHURCH LEADERSHIP?

THE LIVING STONES

OF THE HOLY LAND TRUST

Registered Charity No. 1081204

'An ecumenical trust seeking to promote contacts between Christian Communities in Britain and those in the Holy Land and neighbouring countries

‘MIDDLE EAST IN CRISIS. WHERE IS CHURCH LEADERSHIP?’

Saturday, 7 May 2011

10.00 a.m. Coffee/Tea

10.30 a.m. Dr Kenneth Cragg - Introduction to the Day

World-renowned commentator on Christian-Muslim relationships and Middle Eastern Christianity.

10.50 a.m. Anthony O’ Mahony

Director of Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, London

‘The Changing role of the Patriarchate’

11.20 a.m. Mariam Tadros

MA Pastoral Theology

‘Role of women and families in the Church Leadership’

11.50 a.m. Rt Revd Dr Vahan Hovhanessian

Primate of the Armenian Church in the UK and Ireland ‘Some realities of church leadership in the Middle East’

12.30-1.30 Lunch Break

Variety of shops, cafés and restaurants close by or bring packed lunch.

2.00 p.m. MICHAEL PRIOR MEMORIAL LECTURE

Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali

Former Bishop of Rochester, President of OXTRAD

‘The present contexts for Leadership in Middle Eastern Christianity’

3.00 p.m. SPEAKER FORUM

4.00 p.m. Departure

Tea and coffee available.

MICHAEL PRIOR LECTURE AND CONFERENCE

2011

VENUE:

Catholic Chaplaincy, Rose Place, Oxford, St. Aldate’s, OX1 1RD

(opposite Christ Church in Aldate’s Street)

ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY

Ticket at door at £10 per person or by post from Alison Driscoll, 48 Strickland Way, ORPINGTON, Kent, BR6 9UE

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Free admission for bona fide students with union card or other identity

For more information please contact: Alison Driscoll" alison.driscoll@talktalk.net

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