In 2015, Pope Francis instituted the World Day of Prayer for the Care fo Creation, to be celebrated annually on September 1. The Pontiff has established this day in response to the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, who had expressed the desire for a common day of prayer. It is therefore also a day of ecumenical prayer. In […]
Read moreO Great Creator, we give praise and thanks to you for our lives and for our families. Your gift to us of human community is one of your greatest blessings. We thank you for our Elders – our grandfathers and grandmothers -whose patience and wisdom guide our lives. We thank you for our fathers and mothers, who […]
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces. Every month Pope Francis invites us to follow him in his prayer requests. For more information, visit the website www.thepopevideo.org. To watch […]
Read moreOn December 18, a small, but important, event occurred in the history of the Marie Rivier House of Prayer in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, the passing of the torch between two religious communities. Created in 1973 by the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, the House of prayer is now under the responsibility of the Monastic Community of Jerusalem (Fraternités […]
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces. Every month Pope Francis invites us to follow him in his prayer requests. For more information, visit the website www.thepopevideo.org. To watch […]
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces. Every month Pope Francis invites us to follow him in his prayer requests. For more information, visit the website www.thepopevideo.org. December 2016 […]
Read moreThe annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated 18 to 25 January 2019 on the theme “Justice and only justice you shall pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:18-20). The theme and biblical texts for this annual Week of Prayer are jointly prepared by the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.
Read morePrayer prepared by Sr Roma De Robertis for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to be held from 18-25 January, 2022. “Praise to You, Gracious God of new beginnings. As one body, we rejoice to meet You in the person of your Son, Jesus. With him, through your life-giving Spirit, help us hear cries of Earth, and of those living in poverty and pain…”
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces.
Read moreToday, in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council released the prayer entitled “Prayer for Tolerance, Forgiveness, Reconciliation.”
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