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Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The last minute preparations are being made for the Third American Missionary Congress (CAM 3), scheduled to take place in Quito (Ecuador) August 12-17, 2008. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides by Osvaldo Teran, Executive Secretary of CAM 3, locations have already been prepared for the various activities: the opening Mass will be celebrated August 12 in the Coliseo General Rumiñahui, which holds about 18,000 people. An estimated 10,000-15,000 people are expected to attend. The talks, conferences, and testimonies will all take place in the Ágora de la Casa de la Cultura del Ecuador in the mornings of August 13, 14, and 15. This structure has a capacity of 4,000. The open forums will take place in the Pontifical University of Ecuador and in the Salesian Poly-technological University in the afternoons of August 13, 14, and 15. The closing Mass will be held August 17 in the University Sports Stadium of Quito and is expected to be attended by 25,000 to 30,000 people. During the Mass, there will be a “missionary sending” for the great Continental Mission, according to the spirit of Aparecida.
The confirmed key-note speakers are: Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras),who will speak on August 13 on “Apostleship; the Apostolic Community of Jesus”; Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro of Tunja, President of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, who will speak on August 14 on “Pentecost: a community lead by the Spirit”; and Bishop Edwin Krautler of Xingu (Brazil), who will speak on August 15 on “Evangelization: the missionary community for mankind.”
Throughout the Congress, there will be various testimonies from missionaries, as well as open forums and workshops on the themes of the Gospel, the Mission, and mankind. Each of the forums will be prepared by the various countries participating in CAM 3. The scheduled forums are: The Ad Gentes Mission in Today’s World (missionary congregations); Mission and Family (Puerto Rico); Mission and Globalization (Uruguay); Mission, Exclusion, and Migration (Brazil); Mission and the Laity (Venezuela); Mission and the Youth (El Salvador); Mission, Human Acts and Dignity (Colombia); Mission, Cultures, and Peoples (Bolivia and Ecuador); Mission and Ecology (Chile y Panama); Mission and Mass Media (Bolivia); Mission, Ecumenism, and Interreligious Dialogue (Chile); Mission, Education and the Intellectual World (Mexico); Missionary Spirituality (Argentina); Mission and Religious Fundamentalism (Peru); Mission and Women (Paraguay and the Dominican Republic); Mission, Science, and Technology (United States).
In addition to the celebration of the Third American Missionary Congress, there will also be National Missionary Congresses celebrated in 10 countries: Venezuela (9 - 13 April); Bolivia (16 - 20 April); Ecuador (2 - 3 May); Brazil (1 - 4 May); Uruguay (5 May); El Salvador (16 - 18 May); Mexico (30 - 31 May); Costa Rica (31 May); Paraguay (11 - 13 June) and Dominican Republic (17 - 20 July). (RG) (Agenzia Fides 31/3/2008; righe 39, parole 461)