Archbishop Michael Jackson and several other participants from the Church of Ireland recently participated in the Porvoo Communion Theological Conference, ‘A Vision for Communion’, which took place on 8th October with a Meeting of the Porvoo Contact Group on the next day.
The Archbishop of Armagh and Chairman of the Church of Ireland’s Commission on Christian Unity and Dialogue, the Most Revd John McDowell, has endorsed and encouraged the use of resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, in January 2021.
The European Affairs Working Group of the Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue encourages parishes to consider the following advice from EMBRACE on assisting EU nationals in Northern Ireland, who will need to apply for settled status by 30 June next year.
The Porvoo Declaration commits the Churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo Churches and their dioceses.
Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen has been appointed as the new General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC).
Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) for 2020 are now available to buy or download online from the Christians Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) website.
Representatives of the Churches of the Porvoo Communion gathered in Porto, Portugal, between 10 and 12 October 2019 for a consultation entitled ‘The Voice of the Church in the Public Square’.
The concept of receptive ecumenism was explored at a seminar in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on Wednesday October 9.
The Revd Helene T Steed, Rector of St Mark’s, Dundela, was among the Anglican Communion’s representatives at the International Reformed–Anglican Dialogue (IRAD) which met in Hiroshima in August.
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland has issued a request that all its member Churches and associated bodies join together in a time of dedicated prayer for the national political situation in the United Kingdom.
