The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an interdenominational Service in St. Fintan’s Roman Catholic Church, Sutton, Dublin 13 on Sunday, 19th January at 8.00pm. Canon Desmond Sinnamon from the Church of Ireland has accepted the invitation of the Dublin Council of Churches to preach the homily. You are warmly invited to attend the Inaugural Service.
Taize Prayer Around the Cross takes place in St Paul’s, Arran Quay, from 7.30-8.30 p.m. on Friday, January 24th 2014.
The theme this year is ‘Is Christ Divided?’ This year’s theme was chosen by the French Canadian Churches and comes from Saint Paul’s provocative question in 1 Corinthians, “Has Christ been divided?”. Paul begins his letters to the Corinthians with a powerful opening. This passage touches on themes that certainly prepare us for what is to come in these letters and lay a solid but challenging foundation for our reflections as Christians living and working together in churches and society today.
For a list of events during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity please click here