"JOINT COMMISSION BETWEEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE WORLD METHODIST COUNCIL"

SPONSORS:

World Methodist Council / Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity formerly Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
« www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni »

1. October 15-19, 1967 - Ariccia, Italy
   "Mutual Presentations; Sanctification; Practical Cooperation"
2. August 31 - September 4, 1968 - London, England
   "Eucharist; Authority"
3. September 15-19, 1969 - Rabat, Malta
   "Ministry; The Church in the Contemporary World"
4. August 24-28, 1970 - Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
   "Christian Home and Family" - DENVER REPORT (1971)
   

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Bishop Odd Hagen
Stockholm, Sweden (1967-69) (M)

Bishop William R. Cannon, Raleigh
North Carolina, USA (1970) ( M)

Most Rev. John Murphy
Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Lee F. Tuttle
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Canon William A. Purdy
Vatican (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. December 10-14, 1972 - Rome, Italy
   "Reorganizing and Planning"
2. October 1-5, 1973 - Reuti-Hasliberg, Switzerland
   "Common Witness and Salvation Today, with Special Reference to the Bangkok Conference"
3. September 30 - October 3, 1974 - Venice, Italy
   "Evangelization, with Special Reference to the RC Episcopal Synod in Rome; Prevenient Grace, Conversion, Salvation Today; Spirituality; Eucharist; Mixed Marriages; Methodist Involvement in Church Union Plans"
4. September 8-12 1975 - Bristol, England
   "Common witness and salvation: Eucharist, ministry and spirituality" - DUBLIN REPORT (1976): "GROWTH IN UNDERSTANDING"

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Bishop William R. Cannon
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)

Rt. Rev. Michael Bowen
Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Lee F. Tuttle
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Canon William A. Purdy
Vatican (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. October 3-6, 1977 - Bad Soden, West Germany
   "Reorganizing and Planning"
2. January 28 - February 1, 1979 - Rome, Italy
   "Doctrine and Person of the Holy Spirit"
3. November 26-30, 1979 - St. Simon's Island, Georgia, USA
   "Holy Spirit"
4. December 2-7, 1980 Rome, Italy
   "Authority, Moral Decisions, Marriage" - HONOLULU REPORT (1981)

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Bishop William R. Cannon
Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)

Rt. Rev. J. Francis Stafford
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Joe Hale
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Canon William A. Purdy
Vatican (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. October 17-22, 1982 - Reuti-Hasliberg, Switzerland
   "Reorganization and Planning. Sign and Sacrament; Church and Sacrament; The Word and the Church; The Local Church"
2. October 28- November 4, 1983 - Milan, Italy
   "The Nature and Structures of the Church"
3. October 26 - November 2, 1984 - Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
   "Leadership in the Church; Quest for Christian Unity"
4. October 25 - November 1, 1985 - Venice, Italy
   "Role of Leadership in the Church " -
   NAIROBI REPORT (1986): "TOWARDS A STATEMENT ON THE CHURCH"

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Bishop William R. Cannon
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)

Rt. Rev. J. Francis Stafford
Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Joe Hale
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Msgr. Richard Stewart
Vatican (1982-84) (RC)

Rev. Kevin McDonald
Vatican (1985-1986) (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. February 15-20, 1988 - Lisbon, Portugal
   "Apostolic Teaching, Transmission and Reception"
2. February 6-11, 1989 - Venice, Italy
   "Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the Apostolic Tradition"
3. February 7-13, 1990 - Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
   "Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the Apostolic Tradition"
4. April 10-16, 1991 - Paris, France
   "Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the Apostolic Tradition" -
   PARIS (SINGAPORE) REPORT (1991): "THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION"

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright
Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)

Most Rev. James W. Malone
Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Joe Hale
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Msgr. Kevin McDonald
Vatican (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. October 25-31, 1992 - Vienna, Austria
   "Reorganization and Planning"
2. October 16-23, 1993 - Venice, Italy
   "Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life"
3. November 5-12, 1994 - Savannah, Georgia, USA
   "Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life"
4. October 20-27, 1995 - Baar, Switzerland
   "Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life" -
   RIO DE JANEIRO REPORT (1996): "THE WORD OF LIFE. A STATEMENT ON REVELATION AND FAITH"

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright
Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)

Most Rev. James W. Malone
Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Joe Hale
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Msgr. Kevin McDonald
Vatican (1992-93) (RC)

Rev. Timothy Galligan
Vatican (1993-96) (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. November 9-15, 1997 - Venice, Italy
   "Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church"
2. October 23-30, 1998 - Paris, France
   "Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church"
3. October 22-29, 1999 - Jerusalem, Israel
   "Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church"
4. October 20-27, 2000 - St Simon's Island, Georgia, USA
   Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church. Completion of Report for presentation at 2001 World Methodist Conference" -
   BRIGHTON REPORT (2001) - "SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE: TEACHING AUTHORITY AMONG CATHOLICS AND METHODISTS"

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright
Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)

Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney
Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. Joe Hale
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Msgr Timothy Galligan
Vatican (RC)

MEETINGS:

1. October 25 - November 1, 2002 - Klingenthal, France
   "How Catholics and Methodists see and interpret each other ecclesially"
2. October 24-31, 2003 - York, England
   "How Catholics and Methodists see and interpret each other ecclesially"
3. October 22-29, 2004 - Krakow, Poland
   “To what extent can Methodists and Catholics have a common understanding of the Church; How can each recognize in the other the Church of Jesus Christ; Signaling areas where each sees the other as lacking and potentially gaining from an ‘exchange of gifts’”
4. October 21-28, 2005 - Klosterneuburg (Vienna), Austria
   “Work on report on the Nature of the Church” -
   
   SEOUL REPORT (2006): THE GRACE GIVEN YOU IN CHRIST: CATHOLICS AND METHODISTS REFLECT FURTHER ON THE CHURCH
   

CO-CHAIRMEN:

Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright
Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)

Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney
Bishop of Townsville, Australia (RC)

CO-SECRETARIES:

Rev. Dr. George Freeman
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)

Msgr. Mark Langham
Vatican (RC)

 
 
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