On the way to Samaria, the Christian inspiration from LGBT solidarity
Press release of the Samaria Association, 30 July 2014
On June 15, 2014, the first ordinary assembly of the members of the Fondo Samaria Association was held. A new Board of Directors of seven people was elected. The new president is Mauro Vaiani.
The secretary fabio regis and The Treasurer vinicio biscotti were Confirmed. The Mandate of this second administration of samaria Will end on June 14, 2016.
Samaria is a solidarity fund constituted to support, with humility and seriousness, with transparent self-financing processes from below, spiritual, cultural and social initiatives of Christian homosexual people in Italy, for overcoming discrimination in society and churches. With Samaria we follow Jesus, on the example of the Samaritan and the Samaritan of the Gospels.
Gay and lesbian People participated In the foundation Of samaria on 11 november 2012, who had met and met in the friendship and sharing network of the gionata Project (https://www.gionata.org) and the Italian forum of LGBT people (http://www.forumcristianilgbt.it/). The fund, although placing itself at the service of all the associative and community realities of the world of believing queer people, remains independent of them, limiting itself to being a structure of organization of Christian inspiration LGBT charity.
The delicate constituent phase was led by emeritus president gianni Geraci. The New council, as the first act, expressed its gratitude to the first president and the outgoing councilors. those Who served in the first board will be invited, in accordance with the statute, to supervise the activities of the fund, as members of a next establishment guarantee body.
This summer 2014 The funds and forces of Samaria are all invested in the success of two important and now next initiatives:
- "The roads of Love" - International conference for a pastoral care with homosexual and transsexuals - Rome, 3 october 2014 - http://waysoflove.wordpress.com/
-III Forum of Italian Christians LGBT-Rome, 4-5 October 2014- http://www.forumcristianilgbt.it/
We all invite to participate in the Conference and the Forum, but also to directly support Samaria. For renewals and new members, visit the "Adhere or renew the registration" section on our website http://www.fondosamaria.org.
In a time of suffering and crisis, but also of hope and change, the Samaria Fund aims to create concrete signs of solidarity, in Italy, in the territories and situations close to us, in compliance with the delicate - and unfortunately not simple - Italian legislation on the third sector.
We await the contribution, the criticisms, the suggestions of Tutt*, to: info@fondosamaria.org.
Florence - Milan, 30 july 2014
