YOU ARE INVITED!

The Christian Council of the Capital Area invites you to join us for an in-person gathering to celebrate the visible unity within our Christian communities to be able to pray together, especially with a liturgy prepared by the Christian Council of the Middle East.

Date & Time: January 21, 4 pm

Location: St George and St Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church, 1081 Cadboro Rd, Gloucester, ON K1J 7T8

Parking is available on-site.

Donations will be directed towards youth and young ministry, including outreach social programs supporting street ministry.

Please join us for a light reception after the prayer service for fellowship and conversations.

More information:

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an annual ecumenical celebration. Christians around the world are invited to pray for the unity of all Christians, to reflect on scripture together, to participate in jointly organized ecumenical services, and to share fellowship.

In the northern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally held every year between January 18th (the Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter) and January 25th (the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul). In the southern hemisphere, it is often celebrated during the Pentecost season. Your communities are invited to choose the dates that would be appropriate for your context.

The materials for the 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community (CCN)1. The theme chosen is “You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbour as yourself” (Lk 10:27). Brothers and sisters from the Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Protestant Churches, ecumenical bodies and the CCN in Burkina Faso collaborated generously in drafting the prayers and reflections and experienced their work together as a real path of ecumenical conversion.