Pope
concluding Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Pope Francis will bring the curtain down on the annual Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity with a Vespers service, Sunday evening, in Rome’s
Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity, formerly known as the Octave of Christian Unity, is traditionally
celebrated over eight days, from Jan 18th to
25th, around a common theme, and involves Christian
communities and Churches across the world, including the Catholic Church. The Week ends with the Jan. 25
feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Representatives
of Orthodox and Anglican Churches will be present at Sunday's Vespers service
at St. Paul Outside the Walls.
Since 1968, the resource material for reflection, prayer and
celebration on a chosen theme for the Week of
Prayer for Christain Unity is jointly issued by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches
(WCC). This year the theme was: “Jesus said to her: "Give me to
drink", taken from the episode of the Samaritan woman
at the well, in John’s Gospel.
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