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to the love and justice of God.
conferences, participated in the activities of the “Collo-

During this past year, we felt the guidance and quium of Six Religious Leaders” especially at the Cel-
inspiration of God to work for not only disaster relief ebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Reunification
projects but also poverty alleviation and scholarship of Hong Kong to China, giving our blessings and best
ministries. We are also concerned about social issues wishes to Hong Kong and our Motherland. Of course,
such as domestic violence, asylum seekers, racial dis- we have published many newsletters and booklets to
crimination, global warming and environmental con- express our views and concerns. You can find the de-
tails in this Annual Report.
cerns. Even though it not the most ideal situation, we
worked diligently to come up with electors for the Reli-
The highlight of this year was our visitation to the
gious Sector for the Hong Kong Election Committee to
Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate. This visit manifests
express our concern for democracy. In order to review
the “bridge-building” spirit of our Council for more
the 10th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to
tolerant and understanding relationships in order to
Chinese sovereignty, we organized seminars to reflect
promote the ecumenical movement. We express our
on our experience.
deep gratitude to Metropolitan Nikitas for his effort to
arrange such an historical visit for our Council. It has
We have conducted many training activities. We
greatly uplifted the spirit of Unity and Ecumenism and
completed the “Christian Sources of the New Chinese
,
Gazetteer On-line Projecf5 an ecumenical effort with increased our heartfelt desire to be One in the Lord. Let
us continue to break down walls and build bridges so
the Catholic Holy Spirit Seminary College of Theology
that people can experience the peace and blessing from
and Philosophy that has drawn many commendations.
God.
We promoted the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,
organized the Visitation to other Religions and De-
“For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift
nominations and supported the Airport Chaplaincy. We
of God that is within you through the laying on of my
hosted the pastoral seminar on “Evangelism and Church hands, for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice,

Growth of Different Christian traditions in Hong Kong"
but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-
so that church leaders can have an opportunity to share discipline." (II Timothy 1:6-7, NRSV)
on this theme. We sent delegates to attend international

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