CG2018

Today we spent extended time with all the submissions to the Gathering – the ‘distilled wisdom’ from Contemplative Dialogue 4, as well as proposals and recommendations from communities, groups and individuals. Our facilitators are ensuring that nothing is lost … they inspire confidence in the process, and that all will be well.

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An unexpected change took place today: all of us delegates were asked to arrange ourselves around the room according to age –and it caused quite a stir! Then we were invited to a focused conversation in peer groups. We had an interesting time.

We found that perspectives can be remarkably the same and remarkably different across generations as well as cultures. We were reminded to pay attention to recurring themes, but also to listen to the minority and solitary voices.

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The delegates to the Congregational Gathering 2018 gathered in the Emmaus Centre, Swords, near Dublin, following the events in Cork celebrating the three-hundreth anniversary of the birth of Venerable Nano Nagle.

The Opening Ceremony in Emmaus began with a procession of delegates into the conference room where the CG2018 sessions will take place. The facilitators Anne Lane and Judith King welcomed the delegates as a new phase which will involve discernment and decision-making begins.

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