Previous Meetings

An asterisk (*) indicates a full congress; all other meetings have been international working meetings, unless indicated otherwise.

1962 Crésuz, Switzerland
1963 Wolfsburg (nr Essen), Germany
1964 Taizé, France
1965 * Fribourg, Switzerland
1966 Lugano, Switzerland (Foundation of UL)
1967 Pamplona, Spain
1968 Neustadt, Germany
1969 * Turin, Italy
1970 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971 * Essen, Germany
1972 Strasbourg, France
1973 Regional meetings: Kassel, Germany; Montserrat, Spain; Verona, Italy; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Wood Hall (Leeds), England
1974 * Strasbourg, France
1975 [Failed joint project with World Council of Churches: Geneva, Switzerland]
1976 Candia Canavese, Italy
1977 Jambes (Gentinnes, nr Namur), Belgium (first proposal for UL Document I)
1978 Luxembourg
1978 * Strawberry Hill, United Kingdom
1979 Candia Canavese, Italy
1980 * Assisi, Italy (UL Document I launched)
1981 St-Maurice, Switzerland
1982 Walbourg (nr Strasbourg), France
1983 Varese, Italy
1984 Paderborn, Germany
1985 La-Baume-lès-Aix (Aix-en-Provence), France
1986 Capiago (Como), Italy [with excursion to Lugano, Switzerland]
1987 Waterloo, Belgium
1988 Montserrat, Spain
1989 Worth, England
1990 Altenberg, Germany
1991 Innsbruck, Austria
1992 Candia Canavese, Italy
1993 Bovendonk, Netherlands (first stirrings of what would become UL Document II)
1994 Rueil-Malmaison (Passy-Buzenval, Paris), France
1995 Bari, Italy (formal proposal for UL Document II)
1996 Stamford, Connecticut, USA
1997 St-Maurice, Switzerland
1998 Oscott (Birmingham), England
1999 Kirchhundem, Germany
2000 Soesterberg, Netherlands
2001 Montréal, Canada
2002 Valpré (Lyon), France (UL Document II agreed)
2003 Gazzada (nr Varese), Italy (UL Document II published)
2004 St Pölten, Austria
2005 Worth, England
2006 Bex (St-Maurice), Switzerland
2007 Modra – Harmónia, Slovakia
2008 Drongen (Ghent), Belgium
2009 Gazzada (nr Varese), Italy
2010 Kirchhundem, Germany
2011 Kamień Śląski, Poland
2012 St Walfroy, France
2013 Worth, England
2014 Loreto, Italy
2015 Traunstein, Germany