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The DOV invites you to submit entries for the 2008 Annual focus Pacific Stories of Peace Arts Competition. Art work is being collected year round and will end in July. Winners will have their artwork featured in the 2009 DOV calendar.

A l'Arche St Antoine, Isère/France

Une "retraite-formation": une démarche de foi et de formation humaine où Evangile et sciences humaines se complètent pour nous aider à ne plus subir les situations de conflit, mais à repérer "où commence la violence ?" afin de devenir constructeur de paix, en soi et autour de soi.

Matanzas, Cuba

Una espiritualidad ecuménica puede promover paz en contextos de violencia. Este es uno de los presupuestos del encuentro de creación de recursos litúrgicos y musicales que tendrá lugar del 26 al 31 de julio de 2008 en el Seminario Teológico de Matanzas, Cuba. Organizado por el CMI y la RedCrearte, el encuentro reunirá 12 participantes de América Latina que producirán recursos para la Convocatoria Ecuménica Internacional por la Paz, a realizarse en mayo de 2011 en Kingston, Jamaica.

Breklum, Germany

Die Ökumenische Sommeruniversität (ÖSU) 2008 präsentiert und diskutiert Möglichkeiten eines gerechteren und zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaftens in seinen Bezügen zum Frieden.

Berlin, Germany

For several decades, the Dutch Ecumenical Congregation in Berlin has been organizing the "Lotte-Holzer-Camp". The participants in the camp are going deal with the topics of past and present racism, forced labour, war and violence on the one hand, and positive experiences with and examples of equality, human rights and dialogue come true on the other hand.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

In 2008, Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) will host the first World Conference of Women's Shelters. This event will present a new opportunity for family violence workers in Alberta and around the world to learn from international experts and each other.

Cardenas , Matanzas, Cuba

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Bern, Switzerland

The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (SEK-FEPS) will be hosting an international theological consultation organized by World Council of Churches (WCC) within the framework of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) to deal with biblical and theological issues that may play a role in the conflict in Israel/Palestine and may hamper church advocacy for peace.

Blantyre, Malawi

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Geneva, Switzerland

Christians and Christian peoples have been among the first to degrade and destroy the balance in God’s creation. Today’s ecological crisis is the catastrophic consequence of a willful and manipulative abuse of God’s earth for the benefit of some of the world’s peoples. Human “progress” is accompanied by destruction and death. Creation suffers in silence.

Palestine/Israel

For the fifth season, the Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine (JAI) and the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) are organizing the annual Olive Picking Program in Palestine which will take place from the 25th of October to the 3rd of November 2008. This agricultural event is of special significance to the Palestinian economy when all energies and efforts are mobilized.

Monastery of Bose, Italy

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Rome, Italy

The fourth Global Baptist Peace Conference will bring together Baptists who are active in nonviolent struggles for justice and for strengthening the witness of Baptist peacemaking in various global contexts.

Glory to God and Peace on Earth! This is the theme of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) that aims at witnessing to the Peace of God as a gift and responsibility of the oikumene. The IEPC seeks to assess and strengthen the church's position on peace, provide opportunities for networking and deepen our common commitment to processes of reconciliation and peace.