Date: Saturday 21st October 2017

Location: The Notre Dame Centre

Address: 1 Suffolk Street, London, SW1 4HG (Just off Trafalgar Square)

Agenda

10.00am Coffee

10.30 am: Key note address by Peter Shambrook from the Balfour Project on the historical context and implementation of the Balfour Declaration A Fateful Enterprise: the “Balfour” letter and its consequences

11.20am: Key note address by Sir Vincent Fean on the challenges and political implications of the Balfour Declaration Today

12.00pm: Responses and questions to the two speakers

12.45pm: Lunch (coffee provided, bring your own lunch)

1.45pm: Key note address by Clare Amos on “The Theology of the Land with a focus on Reconciliation”

2.30pm: Responses and questions to all three speakers

3.30pm: A silent vigil

3.45pm: Depart

Costs

Charge for the day £20 (cheques made payable to The British Trust for Tantur and forwarded to The Right Revd John Went, The Rectory, Latimer, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1UA) Reduced charge of £10 for Tantur Alumni and theological and other students.

Reduced charge of £10 for Tantur Alumni and theological and other students.

Jointly convened by the British Trust for Tantur and the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, University of London.

Saturday 28th February 2015 at University of Notre Dame London – Centre 1 Suffok Street, London SW1Y 4HG (off Trafalgar Square).

Agenda

• 10.30 arrivals and coffee and registration
• 11.00: Bishop Antoine Audo SJ Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo, Syria:
  • Christianity in the Middle East: Present Challenges and Future Possibilities read through the Experience of Syria
  • Response by Dr Suha Rassam
• 11.45:  Dr Mariz Tadros University of Sussex:  Coptic Christianity in Egypt Today
• 1.00-1.45  Lunch break  (bring your own packed lunch, hot drinks provided)
• 1.45:  Revd Dr Vrej Nersessian (Former Curator of Eastern Christian Collection The British Library):
  • The Armenian Christian Tradition: history, theology and ecclesiology
• 2.45:  Dr Anthony O’Mahony (Heythrop College, University of London):
  • Christian Ecumenism in the Middle East past, present and future challenges to the Global Church
• 3.30  Any questions panel with the speakers
• 4.15     Depart

All are welcome.

For practical planning we need people to fill in an application form and return with £5 cheque made out to The British Trust for Tantur and sent to the Right Revd John Went, The Rectory, Latimer, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1UA.

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The British Trust for Tantur is funding an ecumenical educational tour of the Holy Land with a focus on reconciliation from 20-30 April 2015. The Trust exists to support the work of the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem and to foster ecumenical relationships and ecumenical study. The tour will be organised by the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem and funded by the British Trust.

Some of the Trustees of the British Trust will accompany the group. People are invited to apply for a place on the tour. Preference will be given to those who can show a strong ecumenical commitment, those who might not otherwise be in a position to visit the Holy Land and those who are involved in some kind of leadership in their church, whether ordained or lay. The group will represent a cross-section of denominations.

Closing date for applications: 31 July 2014.

A small group of Trustees of the British Trust for Tantur and a representative of Churches Together in England will select suitable candidates. Successful applicants will be asked to forward a cheque for £200 to the British Trust as a guarantee that they will not pull out late in the day from the tour. It will be possible for this amount to be refunded at the end of the tour if necessary, but it would also be possible to gift aid it to the British Trust increasing its value.

Applications

• Must be e-mailed and a signed copy sent by post to arrive by 3.30 pm on Thursday 31 July 2014.
• Must be made in black ink on the correct application form. Handwritten, typed or word-processed applications are all acceptable, as long as a Word or pdf version is sent electronically. Other documentation will not be accepted.
• Late applications cannot be considered, even if the e-mailed version has been sent in advance. An application is not valid until the signed hard copy has been received.
• Will be acknowledged by e-mail within five working days.
• Should be posted to: Lorraine Shannon (Tantur), Churches Together in England, 27 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HH.
• And should be e-mailed to lorraine.shannon@cte.org.uk with the subject line of: Tantur tour application.

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The British Trust for Tantur is funding an ecumenical educational tour of the Holy Land with a focus on Reconciliation from 20-30 April 2015.  The Trust exists to support the work of the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem and to foster ecumenical relationships and ecumenical study.  The tour will be organised by the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem and funded by the British Trust.

Some of the Trustees of the British Trust will accompany the group.  People are invited to apply for a place on the tour.  Preference will be given to those who can show a strong ecumenical commitment, those who might not otherwise be in a position to visit the Holy Land and those who are involved in some kind of leadership in their church, whether ordained or lay.  The group will represent a cross-section of denominations.

Those interested will need to fill in an application form giving reasons why they would wish to be considered to be part of the group. Application forms can be down-loaded from a dedicated Tantur web-site.  Applications need to be received by 31st  July 2014. Applications are to be forwarded electronically to lorraine.shannon@cte.org.uk but also a hard copy should be posted to Churches Together in England, 27 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HH.

A CTE representative and a small group of Trustees for the British Trust will select suitable candidates.   Successful applicants will be asked to forward a cheque for £200 to the British Trust as a guarantee that they will not pull out late in the day from the tour.  It will be possible for this amount to be refunded at the end of the tour if the person needs it to be, but it would also be possible to gift aid it to the British Trust increasing its value.

Further information about Tantur in Jerusalem can be obtained from their web-site: www.tantur.org

Further details about the proposed tour can be obtained from the British Trust web-site: www.tanturbritishtrust.org.uk

For further information or discussion please contact John Went, Chair of the British Trust on 01494-765586.