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YEAR OF PRAYER RESOURCES

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Subject: Teach us to pray

Teach Us How to Pray – school programme launched

  • Jan 29th, 2023 Taken for ICN Today

Source: CJM Music

After months of writing, film and editing, CJM has rolled out the first part of the first module of Teach us to Pray – a series of video courses on different aspects of prayer and liturgy in the context of a Catholic school.

This accessible and practical resource draws on more than 25 years of experience working with young people to bring the liturgy to life, while staying deeply rooted in the tradition of the Church.

Jo Boyce writes: “We hope it will help give confidence and inspiration to RE Leads and Lay Chaplains especially, but have designed it to be accessible for all staff who want to contribute meaningfully to the prayer and liturgical life of their schools.

“It’s very much a work in progress, of course. But most of module one is available right now and you get instant access to that when you sign-up at: www.cjmmusic.com/teachustopray

If you’re not directly involved in the life of a Catholic school yourself, it is very likely that you know someone who is. So please pass this information on if you can. And please keep this project in your prayers. It’s a BIG vision, which is calling on A LOT of time and resources.

For more information and to see a video about the programme see: https://cjmmusic.mykajabi.com/teachustopray

Church Unity Week 18 -25 January 24

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  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January 2024

Bishops considered the report on the Irish Inter-Church Meeting of 19-20 October.  This marked the 50th anniversary of the Ballymascanlan Talks in 1973, an event that led to the formation of the IICM, the mechanism through which the Irish Episcopal Conference dialogues with other Churches in Ireland.
 

In addition, bishops also received a report from the Council for Ecumenism on the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which will place 18-15 January 2024, on the theme, ‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself’ (Lk 10:27).  Resources for the Week of Prayer have been compiled by the Holy See Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and ecumenical bodies in Burkina Faso.  These resources are being forwarded to dioceses and parishes and they are also available on ctbi.org.uk.  Bishops encourage dioceses and parish communities to participate in this Week of Prayer.

Introduction

The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the best-known passages of Scripture, yet one that never seems to lose its power to challenge indifference to suffering and to inspire solidarity. It is a story about crossing boundaries that calls our attention to the bonds that unite the whole human family.

In choosing this passage of Scripture for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the churches of Burkina Faso have invited us to join them in a process of self-reflection as they consider what it means to love our neighbor amid a security crisis. Communities in the British-Irish context may be less vulnerable to acts of mass violence than in Burkina Faso, but there are still many living with the memory and/or the threat of serious violence, centered on issues of identity and belonging. There are also groups within communities, including people from ethnic minority backgrounds and people seeking asylum, who feel particularly vulnerable to violence or being displaced by the threat of violence.

Download the service below.

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