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ANNEX Ic
I would like to give you a report about the finances of the ECLDF and also about my
activity as a member of the ECLDF.
Copies will be available and at the end of my talk you will have an opportunity
to put forward questions.
HISTORY
I was elected to the ECLDF during the Fognano European Assembly in 2001.
As you know, ECLDF members elect their officers themselves. I became formation
officer during my first term and I was also responsible for our website. I kept our
website regularly updated and I tried using the internet as a tool for formation. I
published reports, talks and photos there.
You may review it at: http://laici.op.org/europa
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For the sake of clarity, Nikolett Murányi’s activity report was split from her financial report (see Annex Ib).
• Our history
• Our Statutes
• The Acts of the last two European Assemblies
• Letters written by the ECLDF
• Reports about ECLDF’s activities
• A collection of links to other Lay Dominican pages
I was re-elected in Walberberg in 2004. From 2004 to 2005 my task was only
to keep our website updated. Then in the autumn of 2005 we re-elected our officers
within ECLDF and I became treasurer as well. After Robert Kopfmüller-Knabe
resigned and we invited Gabriel Silva to join the ECLDF, there was a 3rd election of
offices. I remained in my offices.
In Ukraine there are some Hungarian Lay Dominicans living next to the
Hungarian border who asked for my help (in 2006) via the Hungarian Dominican
sisters who are there on mission. Some of my fraternity members visited them and
one of them from Ukraine visited us also. I helped them by sending Dominican
readings in Hungarian and we have had discussions. We keep in touch.
In 2003 I had to visit the friars in Chieri, in the northern part of Italy, on behalf
of the Hungarian Vicar since an Italian friar – whom I met on the occasion of an
ECLDF meeting in Brussels – invited us to visit the convent where a Hungarian
Dominican friar lived during the communist times and died in 1985. This was the 1st
visit of the Hungarian Vicariate there. I also met there a Lay Dominican, Ruth
Henderson, who was a great help to me as a translator.
I did not miss any of the 11 ECLDF meetings that we held during the 7 years
of my service. I hosted 2 of these meetings in Hungary. Thanks be to God we never
had any serious troubles with each other within the ECLDF. We helped each other.
We experienced much. We were able to work together to prepare the assemblies.
When sending out e-mails regarding ECLDF webpage updates and when
trying to collect yearly contributions from the provinces, I was in touch with many of
you. Thank you for your prayers and for the financial support you provided. Until you
find someone else, I offer my support to the new Council as a person who can keep
the website regularly updated.
My term is over, and I would like to tell you that I have really enjoyed it.
Sometimes it was difficult to find the time to do the work late in the evenings, but I
loved it.
I would like to express how grateful I am to God who invited me to fulfil this
task. It has been very interesting during these years to get to know a lot of Dominican
people and several Dominican places. I have learnt much from the people I met and
we keep praying for each other. This is very valuable.
Thank you Fr. Jerry and Fr. David, our promoters general, who have always
supported our work.
Thank you to every member of the ECLDF for working together:
Robert Kopfmüller-Knabe,
Gabriel Silva,
Chantal Soligny,
Tomas Machula,
And double thanks to Eva Kameniarova, together with whom I spent a
double term!
And thank you to Patricia Kelly, ICLDF.
FUTURE
I consider it to be of great importance that the next ECLDF does not need to
work out the working structure of the treasury but can continue the way that has been
built up. It is well-established. It does not make any sense to change banks
depending on where the treasurer lives. It happens very rarely that you need
something that cannot be done via fax or e-mail. This account is free of maintenance
fee at Pax Bank and moreover it produces some interest. Correspondence is
available in German and English.
I wish all the best for the work of the new ECLDF!