World Conference for Prison Chaplains opened in Stockholm
The international conference Forgotten People opened Friday night at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. Arranging the Conference is IPCA, the International Prison Chaplains´International.
The conference, with its approximately 300 participants, received greetings from the Director General of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service Lars Nylén, the Lutheran Archbishop and also President of the Christian Council of Sweden Anders Wejryd and the Lutheran Bishop of Stockholm Eva Brunne.
The opening ceremony, also containing folk dancers and a presentation of the participants per continent, was led by Birgitta Winberg, (Swedish) President of IPCA since 2005.
The conference continues until Wednesday the 25th of August. Saturday´s conference day contains keynote speeches from professor Andrew Coyle and baroness Vivien Stern and a number of workshops.