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2009-08-27 10:46
2009-08-27 10:47
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Communique on 2006 Spring General Assembly of the CBCK
2006 Spring General Assembly of the CBCK Held

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea held its 2006 Spring General Assembly from March 20 to 23 and made the following decisions:

1. The bishops approved the publication of the Catechism for the Aged (including the Catechists' Guide) which was prepared for the aged who have difficulty in receiving regular catechesis.

2. The bishops elected the Most Rev. Boniface Choi Ki-san as the representative of Korea to the 49th International Eucharistic Congress slated for June 15 to 22, 2008 in Quebec, Canada.

3. The bishops approved the revised Statutes of the Catholic Conference of Korea.

4. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the FABC, is to hold a Seminar on Ecumenism for Asian Bishops slated for July 17 to 21, 2006 at Aaron Retreat House in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

5. The bishops accepted the proposal of the CBCK Committee on Education to hold the first Korean Youth Congress in 2007.

6. The bishops instituted the Week for Catholic Education, the second last week in May including the Korean Youth Day (last Sunday in May), in order to enhance the awareness of Catholic education and to set up concrete plans for its improvement.

7. The bishops decided to hold the 12th Korean-Japanese Bishops' Exchange Meeting in the Archdiocese of Daegu from November 14 to 16, 2006 around the theme "Priestly Formation."

8. The bishops decided to celebrate in Korea the 15th World Day for the Sick in 2007 under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care.

9. The bishops appointed the Rev. Peter Pai Young-ho (diocesan priest of Suwon, ordained in 1985) as the Executive Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea and Secretary General of the Catholic Conference of Korea.