Today 5th February, the Chaplain-President, accompanied by the Secretary, chaired a whole-day meeting of Emouna Belgique, the new interfaith leaders' training course set up by the Recognised Religions in Belgium. This took place at the Vicariat catholique de Bruxelles. After a warm welcome by Mgr Jean Kockerols, the Catholic bishop for the Brussels Region, the morning was devoted to the theme of "La révélation et la raison" with a paper by Bernard Pottier SJ and with focus-groups discussing contemporary conflicts between reason and revealed religion. Lunch was followed by an afternoon on "La place de la femme dans les religions", with papers by Martine Henao (Catholic), Lydia Lehmann (Evangelical) and Lama Rinchen Palmo (Buddhist). The day was searching, frank and enjoyable. The next Emouna day will take place at Holy Trinity Brussels on 19 February on the theme of "Arts et religion".
