29/10/2025
Ndugu wapendwa,
Kwa niaba ya Jumuiya ya Mtakatifu Bakhita, ningependa kuwafahamisha kuwa tumealikwa kwa mkao wa ENCUENTRO 2025.
Kwa maelezo zaidi unaombwa kusoma mwaliko huu hapa chini. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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AHSANTENI.
SOMA ... 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Dear members of the Swahili-speaking community,
please forward this initiative to other members of the Swahili speaking community!
We would be delighted to invite you to our event ENCUENTRO 2025 one, which will take place on November 15th at the Cardinal König House in Vienna .
ENCUENTRO ENCUENTRO is the platform for the global Church and development cooperation in the Archdiocese of Vienna, taking place every two years. At ENCUENTRO, experiences from the Global South are linked with those from Austria . This year, the platform features voices and experiences from grassroots peace work in Ecuador, Kenya, the Philippines, and Austria.
November 15, 2025 | 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM | Cardinal König House, 1130 Vienna
Registration - please register by November 4th.
With impulses from:
Dr. Simone Lindorfer (theologian and liberation psychologist, trauma work in war and crisis areas, Salzburg)
and our guests from the partner dioceses :
José Andrés Vinueza Muñoz (Priest, Peace Education School Project “Culture of Peace”, Ecuador).
Sr. Christine Jemutai Cheboswony (religious sister and social worker, psychosocial healing work with women and children affected by violence, Kenya).
Conrado Vargas (environmental and human rights activist, resistance movement “Stop Kaliwa Dam”, Philippines).
In the afternoon, there will be four parallel workshops. about peace education, violence prevention and trauma work, non-violent environmental movements and transformative conflict work.
We hope that these topics and the unique opportunity for interaction – especially with our guest from Kenya – appeal to you.
Please register by November 4th at the latest using the registration link.
https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/pages/inst/14428415/_calendar/calendar/5792209.html&ts=1761724631439
Kind regards
Christian Zettl and Elisabeth Palugyay