The 21st conference of EuFRES discussed topics of resilience and concepts of Christian hope with regards to catholic religious education in public schools. These topics were covered through talks by several invited scholars as well through presentations of all participating members (from nine different European countries).Our life is shadowed by different kinds of crises. Since […]

Final document of the XX EuFRES Forum             The promotion of the dialogue of cultures in Europe is necessitated by the different historical, geopolitical, religious, socio-cultural and educational experiences of the individual countries. Given the aims of religious education in school, the dialogue of cultures, if properly understood and implemented, is a concrete contribution to […]

EuFRES organised the online conference on 9.04.2021 in virtual form according to the prevailing pandemic situation. The participation of more than 30 people responsible for RE from 7 European countries exceeded the expectations of the organisers and showed the importance of the topic “Religious Education in the time of the pandemic”. The situation of RE […]

Discovering and supporting spiritual intelligence:Richness of spirit for the individual, blessing for the community Final communiqué The educational crisis of the last decades in Europe has made educators and teachers aware of the fact that school cannot only concentrate on the curriculum, but has to rediscover the dimension of holistic education. Society in Europe sends […]

XVII.  Conference of the European Forum for Religious Education in Schools Religious education in schools as  accompanying on the road to EmausEuropean society between fast changes and Christian identity.Katowice (Polonia), March 30th –April 3rd 2016 Nowadays, the religious condition of young people and their predisposition to interiority and spirituality are widely different with regard to […]

XVI Forum EuFRES – Praga, 23-27 aprile 2014Comunicato finale La Chiesa cattolica con il Concilio Vaticano II ha modificato il proprio rapporto con le persone non cattoliche, passando da un paradigma di ecclesiocentrismo esclusivista ad un cristocentrismo inclusivo. Cristo è il centro, e tutti gli uomini sono diversamente uniti o almeno ordinati a Lui. Allargare […]

EuFRES – XV. European Forum for Religious Education in SchoolsThe Teaching of Religion and Social Cohesion in EuropeProposals for the Training of TeachersFinal Communiqué 11-15th of April 2012 at the residence Fray Luis de León-House di Guadarrama of the Archdiocese of Madrid took place the 15th European Forum for Religious Education in Schools for theologians […]

Education towards a ‘Culture of Love’ From the 7th to the 11th of April 2010 in a sunny Rom, the eternal city, EUFRES held his biennial conference. The conference of this CoGREE organization was bilingual (Italian and German) and there were around 35 participants from all over Europe. As CoGREE secretary I had the opportunity […]

XIII Europäisches Forum zum Schulischen Religionsunterricht «Lernen und leben in Frieden – Christentum und Laizität, eine interkulturelle Herausforderung »: so der anspruchsvolle Themenkreis, der auf dem XIII. Europäischen Forum zum schulischen Religionsunterricht erörtert wurde. Das EuFRES (European Forum for Religious Education in Schools – www.eufres.org) ist ein aus Religionslehrern und Verantwortlichen für den Religionsunterricht aus […]

EUROPÄISCHES FORUM FÜR DEN SCHULISCHEN RELIGIONSUNTERRICHTXI. Tagung – Palermo/Carini, 14. – 18. April 2004 Schlusskommunique „Die christlichen Konfessionen müssen lernen, die demokratischen Regeln zu respektieren, die in der europäischen Zivilgesellschaft in Geltung sind.“ –  „Angesichts eines sich einigenden Europas ist es paradox und skandalös festzustellen, dass die christlichen Kirchen sich weder über ihre Ziele noch […]