Regions
The Roosendaal Group is based on a world wide network, originating from contacts from the International Diaconate Centre (IDC), Diakonia and other diaconal organisations. These (often personal) contacts consist of deacons and diaconal workers from various countries, continents and regions, who are - some more, others less - connected to the aforementioned diaconal organisations.
Below you can find the currently most important regions. Most regions are roman-catholic, albeit some have ecunemism as one of their objectives and develop ecumenical activities.
Besides these regions, the Roosendaal Group also has contacts with deacons from all the other European countries, as well as from several countries in Asia and Oceania.
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- The Netherlands and Belgian Flanders
- Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark
- the Baltic countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
IDC IMBISA - International Diaconate Centre Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa
- South Africa
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
Chairman: Dcn. Greg Garnie (Johannesburg, South Africa)
CIDAL - Centro Internacional del Diaconado de
América Latina,
connected to
CELAM - Consejo Episcopal LatinoAMericano
- Member states: from Mexico, through Central America till the very south of South America.
The Mediterranean Region
- Italy
- Spain
- France
United States of America and Canada
Les Très Riches Heures, ca. 1400
Entrance into Jerusalem (detail)
Ordination of a deacon in Botswana