Caux

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A World Assembly
Each summer the Caux assembly draws between 1400 and 2000 people of every generation, background and religious outlook.
Those who take part include:

• young people eager to shape the world they will inhabit;
• industrialists and trade unionists concerned that economic leaders act responsibly and ethically;
• Africans, Asians and Europeans determined to root out corruption;
• intellectuals from Eastern Europe in search of values for democracy;
• opposing leaders in divided countries who are working for peace;
• community leaders from different ethnic backgrounds seeking justice in multiracial societies.

Many citizens, attracted by the breadth of the Caux conferences, come seeking a solution to a particular problem and to take part in the practical running of the centre.

A Place of reflection
The summer programme consists of a continuous series of sessions dealing with specific subjects.

Caux offers each person who comes the chance to consider their particular calling in the light of world needs and to discover what the philosopher Gabriel Marcel defined as ‘the link between the intimate and the global’.

The Caux sessions concentrate on sharing experience rather than theory: on the spiritual journey of the individual or on initiatives which have contributed to political or social change.

Caux’s beautiful situation above the Lake of Geneva offers an ideal environment for reflection.

Visit the Caux conference website for more information http://www.caux.ch/centre/