{"id":32831,"date":"2019-01-17T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=32831"},"modified":"2019-01-17T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T12:37:06","slug":"2019-week-of-prayer-for-ecumenical-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/01\/17\/2019-week-of-prayer-for-ecumenical-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR ECUMENICAL UNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2019 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR ECUMENICAL UNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which takes place annually from 18-25 January is here again. This year\u2019s celebration will be held in Malta on Friday, 25th\u00a0January, in the Parish Church of St. Paul\u2019s Shipwreck, Valletta at 6.30pm.\u00a0\u00a0An Ecumenical Service will be led by H.E. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna with a Biblical reflection by Canon Simon Godfrey of St. Paul Anglican Pro-Cathedral, Valletta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission and Ecclesiastical Assistant of Aid to the Church in Need, Mgr Prof. Hector Scerri explained that this is an annual event where more than other times during the year, we pray to overcome the divisions among Christian churches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He disclosed that the theme chosen for this year by the Pontifical Council for Unity among Christians and the World Council for Churches is \u201cFollow justice and justice alone\u201d \u00a0(Deut. 16, 20)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mgr Hector added that Christian groups from different churches within Indonesia prepared the materials for the Week of Prayer this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe material for next year\u2019s Week of Prayer for Unity among Christians was prepared by members of different Churches and finalized in Malta when an international group came to Malta last September. Currently the material is being translated to the main languages. Later this year, this will be sent to all countries and used for the next week of Christian Unity next year\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everyone is invited to attend this Ecumenical Service which lasts about an hour. It would be a nice moment together to pray for unity among Christians. The group\u00a0Joy Gospel Singers\u00a0will animate the Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR ECUMENICAL UNITY The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which takes place annually from 18-25 January is here again. This year\u2019s celebration will be held in Malta on Friday, 25th\u00a0January, in the Parish Church of St. Paul\u2019s Shipwreck, Valletta at 6.30pm.\u00a0\u00a0An Ecumenical Service will be led by H.E. 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