Ireland Spring Conference
March 4-5, 2011

Numerous friends from Ireland, England, North America, Austria and Germany filled the big hall to the last seat at this event, which was led by Mr. and Mrs. Fortmann and Alicia Fitzgerald, country leader. The attendance for the first time of friends from the Belfast community in Northern Ireland helped to make the conference a poignant get-together.

Many visitors were drawn to the Information Lecture in Jamshedpur

India Conference
January 22-23, 2011

Many Indian friends undertook train trips of up to 28 hours, from as far away as Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Puna, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Rajkot, Bhubaneswar and Jamshedpur to be at this annual meeting in Delhi, which was led by Dieter Häusler, leader of the Circle of Friends, and country mentor Elfi Fuchs-Gärtner. Some Indian friends who had taken part in the hiking week in Austria the previous year enthusiastically told of their experiences, help and healing. On Sunday reports were given on healings from hyperacidity of the stomach, chronic neck problems, food allergies and severe depression originating in childhood. Subsequent to the harmonious and energy-laden conference, information lectures were held on the teaching of Bruno Gröning, which resulted in the founding of new communities.

The helper team for the Information Lectures in Bulgaria

Bulgaria Information Lecture Tour and Conference
March 19-20, 2011

Mr. and Mrs. Hohmann, Bulgaria country mentors, Dr. Blättner, leader of the Medical Scientific Group, and a Bulgarian doctor held six Information lectures in various Bulgarian cities during mid-March, which brought many new members into the Circle of Friends. At the end of their tour a conference was held at which impressive healing reports were presented.

Romania Spring Conference
March 12-13, 2011

Information lectures were held in the cities of Sibiu and Bucharest during the week preceding the conference which attracted large numbers of interested people. As a result, the conference hall in Bucharest was soon so full that many people had to sit on the floor and in the corridor. Two new communities were able to be founded.

Hamburg Region Conference
March 12-13, 2011

A number of interesting reports at this conference provided information on the expansion of the Circle of Friends worldwide. Friends from Denmark described the preparations for the series of information lectures in Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Dr. Kamp told of the conference in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Mr. and Mrs. Ohst, who coordinate the Circle of Friends’ Internet website, told of the site’s great popularity as indicated by the thousands of visitors it attracts. Healing reports on Sunday morning constituted another high point. Especially impressive were those dealing with healing from alcohol dependence, back pain and cases of herpes and dandruff that had lasted for years.

Belgium Spring Conference
March 18-20, 2011

It was a sunny day as the Belgian friends met for this weekend gathering in Leuven. The program, which offered the friends energy, peace, love and harmony, included talks by the various community leaders, musical interludes, a report on a trip to Dakar by J. Niessen, and comments by Ms. Weiss on her experiences with the teaching of Bruno Gröning.

Vietnam Conferences: Hanoi and Ho-Chi-Minh-City
March 18-20, 2011

Led by Mr. Fortmann, both conferences were marked by unusual reports of the Vietnamese friends on the application of the teaching of Bruno Gröning in their daily lives. They told of the many cases of help received that would otherwise have been regarded as unlikely. For example, a friend reported on a change in his life that had occurred since his introduction to the teaching of Bruno Gröning. Instead of arguing with his wife over differences of opinion and then retreating to a tavern to drink beer, he now immediately does einstellen as soon as the friction with his wife begins. In this way peace and harmony arise and the problems are solved without strife.

Youth in Paris introducing themselves

France Spring Conference
April 9-10, 2011

The French friends were very happy to be able to welcome their German mentors as well as Birgit Häusler, wife of Circle of Friends leader Dieter Häusler, to this year’s event in Paris. A large audience filled two halls, and friends from the recently-founded communities in south-western France were among those present. Ms. Forster from Paris told of having completely regained the hearing in her left ear and of being freed from severe attacks of vertigo known medically as Ménière’s syndrome. Ms. Charpentier from Chambéry reported on her healing from very painful menstrual problems that had made her life difficult for over 20 years. The latter healing is particularly impressive since it occurred after she had attended the documentary film “The Phenomenon Bruno Gröning”.

Brazil Conference
April 9-10, 2011

This year’s conference in São Paulo was also attended by friends from Fortaleza and Porto Alegre and led by Dr. and Mrs. Kamp, who had just arrived after an information lecture tour in Columbia, Mexico and Venezuela. They were assisted by Ms. Nickel Maia, who had also just come from a very successful lecture tour including stops in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Brasilia. Dr. Kamp gave an interesting report on the worldwide lectures of the Circle of Friends held by doctors of the Medical Scientific Group. On Sunday healed people gave moving reports which were commented upon by Dr. Kamp.

The Finnish Friends introduce themselves

Scandinavia Conference
April 30 - May 1, 2011

The Scandinavian friends were glad to have Dieter Häusler, leader of the Circle of Friends, lead this year’s conference in Copenhagen, which attracted friends from all over Scandinavia. Reports were given on the worldwide activities of the Circle, and many friends had an opportunity to meet and exchange experiences with friends from the various countries represented. Healed people gave reports which were commented upon by doctors.

Italy Conference
May 7-8, 2011

More friends than ever before attended this energy-laden annual event in Rome. Ms. Weiss led the gathering, speaking on her considerable experience with the teaching of Bruno Gröning. Country leader Renzo Mondaini reported on a number of new communities that had been founded on Sardinia and Sicily. Ms. Sarno and her friends—with excellent help from German friends--energetically told of preparations for the first hiking week in the Dolomites, and a moving report was presented on the healing from color-blindness of a three-year-old girl from the children’s community.

Thailand Information lectures
May 3-9, 2011

Dr. Knöringer represented the Medical Scientific Group (MWF) of the Circle of Friends at this international conference of Southeast Asia Pain Associations in Pattaya, outlining the tasks of the MWF. A good deal of interest was shown in the MWF’s scientific orientation, and good contacts were made with members of the medical profession from Southeast Asia. Additional information lectures were held in Bangkok and Pattaya, at which attending doctors were very open to the teaching of Bruno Gröning and were able to perceive the healing force in their own bodies.

Smiling faces in a last photo

Russia Conference
May 11-12, 2011

St. Petersburg was the venue for this event, which was led by Dieter Häusler, leader of the Circle of Friends, and Mr. and Mrs. Busse, and also attended by mentors from Germany and Austria. Powerful lectures were given, and healed people told movingly of their healing from alcohol and tobacco misuse. The reports were commented on by two doctors and a psychologist. Since there had been a number of information lectures and documentary film showings during the early months of 2011, a large number of people seeking help were taken on by the communities.

Friends from Southeast Asia introducing themselves along with their German helpers

Geseke Spring Conference
May 21-22, 2011

This annual spring event in Geseke was also attended by friends from many countries, who told of information lectures and the consequent growth of their communities. The powerful, moving conference was led by Dieter Häusler, leader of the Circle of Friends. Toward the end of the conference two especially lively reports were presented by two community leaders from North and South America, who told of how they had found the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends and of the many healings they had experienced. A children’s spring conference was held simultaneously nearby.

Photo with Friends from 48 countries

International Schooling Week
May 14-21, 2011

The May schooling week was an experience of love. Representatives from 48 countries met at this major schooling event held in the town of Much, North Rhine-Westphalia. Each morning began with a “morning circle,” group singing and a quote of the day read from the words of Bruno Gröning. Although the international friends were seldom able to communicate in their own native languages, a bond of feeling seemed to grow via the “language of the heart”, engendering a kind of international love experience. On Tuesday evening a “youth hour” was held with singing, dancing and success reports. There was a general interest by the attendees in the establishment of youth- and children’s communities in their homelands.

Dancing is fun!

Munich Region Family Conference
May 27-29, 2011

Families from this south-German region were able to get together once again on this weekend in Pottenstein, Bavaria, to enjoy energy-laden community hours followed by dancing, singing, music-making and a lot of laughter. In the afternoons various activities were offered such as hiking, letter-writing, soap-molding with natural materials and candle-decorating.

Choral and Orchestral Weekend
June 18-19, 2011

Around 30 musicians and 60 singers from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland—and from the Netherlands and Denmark as well—met together on this weekend in a hall near Stuttgart to rehearse and record two works by Circle of Friends’ composer Christoph Pesch.