The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will take place between 18th–25th January – the octave of St Peter and St Paul. This year’s theme – Crossing Barriers – is based on 2 Corinthians 5:14–20 and originated in Germany, drawing on its experience of reconciliation and integration.
The Prayer Diary is a list of Porvoo Communion Dioceses or Churches covering each Sunday of the year. Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for the Porvoo Churches.
The Fifth Theological Conference of the Porvoo Communion of Churches took place in Riga, Latvia from October 19 to 22, 2016. The Church of Ireland is one of 15 Anglican and Lutheran churches in Europe who make up the Porvoo Communion of Churches.
Mass migration prompted by global conflict and ecological crises has stirred up unresolved fears in European societies. Understanding and responding to this was the central theme of a dialogue seminar that took place on 24 October between churches and the European Commission.
Religious leaders, human rights advocates, and representatives from governments, youth and international organisations gathered in Zagreb on 21 and 22 October for a conference on religious minorities as part of culturally diverse societies.
The Rt Revd John McDowell, Bishop of Clogher and Chair of the Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, outlines the theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017: Crossing Barriers.
The second meeting of the International Reformed–Anglican Dialogue has taken place. The Ven Helene T Steed, Archdeacon of Clogher, attended from the Church of Ireland.
The Rt Revd Michael Burrows, Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, recently co–chaired the Anglican–Old Catholic International Co–ordinating Council (AOCICC) in Ghent, Belgium. The meeting was hosted by the Anglican Communion.
On Friday 22nd July 2016, representatives of the Irish Council of Churches (ICC) and the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference were delighted to welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan of the Archdiocese of the British Isles and Wales of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, on the occasion of his first pastoral visit to the Antiochian Orthodox community in Belfast.
