From now on it is important to help one another to succeed

I think the most important thing is that what we determine during our time here together must be put into practice. This is most important.

Something we really have to consider is that no matter what happens we have to become victors. To achieve this we have to inherit the tradition of God and True Parents, forgive others or endure and serve others. These things are only possible for victors. If you cannot succeed you cannot have the heart to forgive others, so we have to become victorious.

What we are now doing is preparing for the future. Therefore let us do well. Father said, “You are the fruits of my investment. Do not betray my heart and my expectation.” Father’s heart is to want to be proud of us as the fruits of his investment.

From now on it is important to help one another in order to succeed. This is very important. Here in Europe we have many nations which divide Europe into different areas. Since I cannot visit everywhere, in order for Father’s words to be passed on to each of you I decided to make three different groups. I have divided Europe into three regions. Each region has a leader.

Just one year ago Father asked me to come to Europe. He asked me especially to care for and love the members as much as I loved my own children. He explained that this is the way God and True Parents have walked. This is the mainstream ideology and the tradition of the Unification Church family. Actually, I would like to visit each of you, but visiting everybody even one time takes so long. So in order to visit everyone as quickly as possible I need representatives. Therefore I chose three IWs [Itinerary Workers], one in each region.

The main goal of these IWs is to support the relationship between myself and the national leaders, and to support the relationships between the national leaders and the other leaders and members. These European IWs were chosen already three months ago.

According to Father’s instructions we also formed two European Mobile Witnessing Teams, formed of members from different European nations. These two teams will visit your nation to help you in all your activities: PR [Public Relations] work, witnessing, etc.

So far, we sent members who were struggling in the center to join such teams. We sent them to join such teams for their own sake. But we have decided that from now on we should not do this. Then what kind of members are qualified to join a European Mobile Witnessing Team? We decided that those who qualify are the ones you want to train as a leader in your nation. This means they are your successors. They are the candidates for these teams. So, joining a Mobile Witnessing Team is an honor. The leaders of these teams will be chosen from among the best leaders. I want to help Europe by letting these teams visit the nations continually.

We also have the CARP organization. As Mr Abe mentioned in his lecture, CARP members are the future leaders. They are the next generation of leaders. Therefore I want to ask you to have more concern and interest in CARP. We as leaders should really support and educate them well, so they can become good leaders in the future.

Each nation has some CARP activity, but this has to be organized. Therefore Father assigned a leader for European CARP: Mr Sa. He will guide the members according to Father’s instructions for CARP. However, some nations are still in the pioneer stage. They don’t have so many CARP members, therefore I want you to care for these members. They should also receive education from the leaders and national leaders. Your activities will have to be independent, but without support from the church they will not be able to develop so well.

I suppose you already received some instructions. I also want CARP members to attend Sunday Service in the church centers. In the case of countries like Germany, where there are many CARP members, I want CARP to hold their own Sunday Services. I want you to understand this organization well and then help each other.

We also have to consider the CAUSA movement. Each nation surely has some CAUSA activity. The CAUSA activity in Europe also has to be coordinated, or organized. Therefore we now have a central figure for the European CAUSA movement. Mr Henri Blanchard is now the European CAUSA leader.

Although this is not so well organized at the moment, there is also somebody responsible for NEW Era on the European level.

We also have PWPA [Professors World Peace Association]. These activities take place in each nation, but it is good to know that there is a central figure on the European level. So far we have been concentrating on the activities in each nation separately. Consequently these organizations were not so well coordinated. But I feel we have to organize these things better and cooperate. When we have better cooperation and communication we will then be able to accomplish our goal.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce these central figures. I am responsible for Europe, but since I cannot do everything by myself, I have an assistant European leader. I am not saying I cannot manage, but in order to do everything quicker and as efficiently as possible I need somebody to help. This does not mean I want to take it easy. In fact I want to do more. I am prepared to take all the responsibility, but I feel that having an assistant would help.

As I said yesterday, I thought my responsibility was fundraising, but Father’s thinking was different. Father thought missionary work and fundraising combined are our responsibility. Father has to do everything. Not only this, but Father has to raise up members so they too can take responsibility and inherit God’s tradition.

Father is deeply concerned about this point. Could those members I mention please come forward: Mr Abe is my assistant and is also concerned with education on a European level. He is also responsible for the European Mobile Witnessing Teams. Not only this, he is also responsible for the following group of nations: England, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. He is the leader of this group.

Karl Leonhardtsberger is responsible for the central region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland.

Franco Ravaglioli is responsible for the southern group of nations: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Andorra and San Marino.

Henri Blanchard is responsible for CAUSA in Europe. The European CARP leader is Mr Sa. The person responsible for NEW Era is Liselotte Perrottet. The leader of PWPA is Kae Hwan Kim.

I would also like to introduce you to the European IWs. In the British region Mrs. Abe is the European IW. In the German region the IW is Mary Hinterleitner, from Austria. The IW for the southern region is Brunhilde D’Alberti from Spain. We decided that as a principle, the European IWs should be the wife of a national leader. This is the basic rule, but of course there are exceptions. Since they also have to take care of their own nations, I asked them to work as an IW for only three months. I want to change the IWs every three months. In special cases they may continue for another three months. I have already introduced them, and from now on they will also take care of you. So let us welcome them.

I would like to finish my talk now. Seeing each one of you in this workshop really supporting the national leaders and loving God and True Parents and devoting yourself to God’s will, I feel strongly that I must make even greater effort not to betray your expectations of me. Thank you.

Curated by Antonio Ciacciarelli