Questions to consider:

• Reconciliation with family

1. Is there a need to reconcile my relationships with people close to me? (This may need to be considered privately.)
2. How could I begin to do this?
3. What personal characteristics or beliefs help in this process of reconciliation?
   What hinders this process of reconciliation?
4. What experiences have I had where there has been an absence of reconciliation?

• Reconciliation with community

1. Can I see a need for reconciliation within my local community?
2. How could I begin such a process?

• Reconciliation with country

1. In my country, are there groups or issues which need to be reconciled?
2. How could this be done?

• Reconciliation at an international level

1. At an international level, where is reconciliation most needed?
2. Is there any way I can contribute to this?

• Women and Reconciliation

1. How do I see the experience of women in relation to reconciliation?
2. What are women already doing within families, communities, organisations and countries to assist the reconciliation process?
3. What special role can/do women play in this process?
4. How do I see women's role in the Church?
5. What are the main concerns for women in parts of the world which are not my own?
6. Are these different or the same as my own?
7. What does the Bible say about reconciliation?

SUGGESTED READING

Ephesians 4 1-6 (A call to unity)
Thessalonians 5 14-18 (Some demands made by life in community)
John 4 7-20 (Love and Faith)
Provers 3 13-35 (The joys of wisdom)

If time permits and participants are willing, it may be useful to deepen knowledge on a specific topic which interest them: for example, poverty, violence, the environment, migration, health, work, science and technology, economics, cultures, traditions, religions, politics, indigenous cultures.

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