On 7 February, the Chaplain-President in his capacity as Bishop Robert's adviser for EU affairs was one of the speakers at the annual national ecumenical officers' meeting at the CEC headquarters in Brussels CEC (ceceurope.org), attended by 36 national ecumenical offers from member churches of the CEC across Europe. Discussion was dominated by the war in Ukraine, and the Chaplain-President's contribution centred on Archbishop William Temple's Thoughts in War-time, written in 1940 but still highly relevant today, as Europe struggles to identify and travel down a viable pathway to peace following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the consequent suffering of millions of people. Dr Charles Reed from Lambeth Palace and Dr Ainsley Griffiths from the Church in Wales were the principal Anglican delegates.