Eight days are set aside for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-25), but there are great reasons to reflect on the observance’s call of togetherness throughout the year.
That’s the message from Dr. Dianna Wright, Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations in the Office of the General Assembly.
One of the world’s most recent ecumenical entities, the Global Christian Forum (GCF), met in late January with Vatican officials, affirming a desire to continue to journey together in the search for Christian unity.
Meeting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith late last month, Pope Benedict said that integral to helping the Gospel message seem more credible in today’s world is Christian unity ― a theme that members of the congregation discussed during their four-day plenary meeting.
Representatives of the Episcopal Church and the two provinces of the Moravian Church in North America on Feb. 10 formally inaugurated a full-communion relationship with a service that blended elements of the liturgical and musical practices of both traditions.