We arrived in Essen Germany on Sunday, settled into a lovely Golfhotel and then joined our hosts for a liturgy at the ZAP Center. ZAP is the Germany acronym for the center for laity. The liturgy set the tone for our week. As I looked around the circle of those gathered, our presider was a German who is now bishop of a diocese in South Africa. Traveling with him was a South African monsignor. There was a priest professor from Brazil, a professor from France, our American group, and of course our German hosts. We had come together to look at lay participation in the global church. What wonderful surprises awaited us!
Join me as I share the information from the wonderful and varied speakers at the conference.
