Reminder: April 30th Deadline for Registering for the July 2024 JPIC Conference

The General Commission for Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creaction wishes to remind interested members about the JPIC Congress to be held in Fatima, Portuga in July 2024. The deadline for registration is April 30, 2024.

The theme of the Congress is The Carmelite Journey Towards Individual and Collective Ecological Conversion: Social and Environmental Challenges and Responses Today. It is an opportunity to study recent pronouncements in Catholic Social Teaching which calls each person to both individual and collective integral ecological conversion. As Christians and Carmelites we are invited to contribute to the search for an understanding of the world around us and to seek ways of journeying in solidarity with the suffering of the poor.

There are three main objectives for holding this JPIC Congress for the Carmelite Family:

• to come together, listen to one another, discern and learn from Scripture, the Carmelite Spirituality, Catholic Social Teaching and one another on the social and environmental issues;
• to engage with the Carmelite JPIC Handbook in responding to the social and environmental challenges;
• to build JPIC network in the Carmelite Family

The International Congress is scheduled to be held at Casa São Nuno in Fatima, Portugal July 18 (day of arrival) through July 25 (day of departure), 2024. The Congress is open to members of the Order and the members of the affiliated Congregations and Institutes.

The cost of the event is €827. Payment can be made via IBAN to the Carmelite Curia in Rome. (Information for sending payment is below.) Participants are responsible for their travel. Those who need a visa to enter the EU should contact Fr. Ricard dos Reis Raiho at Casa São Nuno (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Conrad Mutizamhepo, O. Carm., is the praeses of the General JPIC Commission. Other members are: Christian Buenafe (Phil), Eduardo Agosta Scarel (ACV), Franciscus X. Hariawan Adji (Indo), José Luis Gutierrez Berrendero (Laico-Baet).

To pay for the Congress: