Colleagues,<\/p>\n
We had a highly participative and well attended meeting last Tuesday 27th<\/sup>\u00a0January to plan our activities for the first half of the year. These are our conclusions:<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Meetings with Apostolic Nuncio and Bishop Scicluna<\/strong>. We will be asking for an appointment for our annual meeting with these dignitaries. Dates\u00a0<\/span>will be announced as soon as we get confirmation. The more of you who will attend the better.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOne Hour of Reflection\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 two such meetings will be held between now and June. The dates being: 16th<\/sup>\u00a0April and the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0June. More details later. However I suggest that you pencil these dates and time ( 6pm till 7pm) on your diaries.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Seminar on the publication of CAPPF of statement on \u201cA Reformed Market Economy: Entrepreneurship for Human Development\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0More details will be provided as soon as this statement is published in February 2015.<\/p>\n Besides this we remind all members of our Group of the seminar on\u00a0\u201cSpirituality and Business\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0programme being attached, to be held on the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0and 21st<\/sup>\u00a0March for CAPPF members with spouses ONLY and their friends.\u00a0This will be our spiritual exercises event for Lent this year. We need your confirmation of attendance as soon as possible,\u00a0by the 9th<\/sup>\u00a0February.<\/strong><\/p>\n The International Conference this year is being held in Rome between the 25 and 27th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2015. All CAPPF members would have received the programme. This year the theme is \u201cRethinking Key Features of Economic and Social Life\u201d<\/strong>. I suggest that you will make your reservations as soon as you are officially informed by CAPPF Vatican.<\/p>\n In preparation for this Conference, the Malta Group has been invited to submit a presentation on the topic \u201c\u00a0The Future of Employment and the Informal Economy\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0Sue Vella has been invited to give some initial thought about this and we will then organise a two hour workshop amongst members to discuss and decide on the main points in our paper presentation. Dates will be provided later.<\/p>\n At this point, the more urgent feedback I need from you relates to the \u201cSpirituality and Business\u201d seminar. Your \u00a0confirmation please by the\u00a09th<\/sup>\u00a0February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I thank all of you who contributed to the preparation of this programme and I look forward to another eventual year.<\/p>\n Joseph F.X. Zahra<\/p>\n