Mariavieten Old Catholics

From 6 to 8 December 2010 was the third time the Dialogue Commission of the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavieten meeting. This meeting took place in the Old Catholic parish of the Czech town Warnsdorf and the celebrations were held in the Co-Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord. After fruitful discussions the following communiqué was adopted:
While the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavieten long time no longer a member of the International Bishops Conference of the Union of Utrecht, the commission shall adopt:

1. the churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavieten are always somehow related to each other remained
2. the churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavieten have at this time independently developed;
3. the churches of the Union of Utrecht development resulted in the Statute of the International Bishops' Conference of 2000. This Statute is the Ortskirchenekklesiologie (the doctrine of the church when the local church - the diocese - is based) is central. Based on their own development deviates the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavieten on this.
4. The Committee is aware of the problems arising out of here. However, it sees good opportunities to overcome these problems and proposes dialogue in this sense to continue.

Participants dialogue committee from Old Catholics - Msgr. Dr DJ Schoon, Bishop of Haarlem (co-voorz. behalf of the IBC), Can. Dr WB van der Velde (NL), Georg Pastor Blase (Dld.) and may priest. Roland Solloch (CZ) on the part of Mariavieten - mgr. W. Jaworski, Bishop of Lodz (co-voorz. behalf of the Mariavieten) and A. Pastor Wójtowjcz.