Welcome to Tampere in June 2008!

We cordially invite all of you who offer spiritual and pastoral care in university communities, colleges, universities of applied sciences/polytechnics, institutes of vocational education and other related educational environments to the 3rd Global Conference of University and College chaplains, Campus Ministers and Religious Professionals at Tampere, Finland on 30 June – 4 July 2008.

We warmly welcome all religious professionals, religious advisers, directors and co-ordinators of religious life, campus ministers and university chaplains to the conference. It will be held in Finland, the country of tens of thousands of lakes, in Tampere, a city surrounded by two lakes.

Light is very precious to us in our country. We live in deprivation of light during several months of the year. However, in the summer when our conference takes place, we have light in the abundance, in the Northern parts of the country 24 hours a day. From this contrast we have drawn the theme of our conference:

Reflecting Light
Reflecting on Faith: celebrating diversity
Reflecting on Justice: sharing our stories
Reflecting on the Profession: searching for common ground

Together with you we will be reflecting on the theme and the different aspects of it.

Welcome to the conference!