It is an invitation to place our trust in God in times of suffering. Like Martha and Mary in Sunday’s gospel we inevitably stand at the graves of those we love. We experience our shared humanity. As conditions warrant, these suspensions may be modified in the coming days and/or extended beyond the end of March. ", As an example of efforts by sisters to take cautionary steps, the Michigan-based Adrian Dominican Sisters said in a March 13 statement that it had suspended all congregation-related travel "as well as meetings, conferences, and gatherings involving travel by its 533 sisters, 206 associates and nearly 300 co-workers.". More locations will be added throughout the month as information becomes available. Pope Francis has chosen the theme “Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion“. At this point, it is too soon to make any decision. September 8-9, 2021, marks the 28th annual World Day of Prayer. First Reading Genesis 40:1-23 WDP Office Tel: 01892 541411 Email: office@wwdp.org.uk. “To be made well” is a choice. Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. How does the awakening Earth affect you? Let us Build on a Strong Foundation, “Let the Peace of Christ rule in your hearts...(Col 3:15)” As the WDP committee members meet for their A.G.M. ", "The great majority of women religious today are in their later years, so most leaders are very concerned about getting everything in place in their motherhouses and healthcare facilities to keep their sisters and employees as safe as possible. We see how essential are our health workers, grocery clerks, and truckers are. Use them as you wish. Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would offer a special blessing in the battle and invited the world to join in prayer to entreat God to make the coronavirus go away. We have only our experience of God in our lives and in our holy history to go on. The materials for the 2022 service – our service – have been distributed to National Committees throughout the world. In our uncertain spring the virus sweeping the globe unites to protect us all and flatten the curve of those who die. Kafka, who is Polish, is the superior general of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Claretian Missionaries. ... See MoreSee Less. © 2020 The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, Mass of Dedication of St. Francis Xavier Church, Ministry in cases of Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Prisons served by the Archdiocese of Edmonton, St. Joseph Priests' Foundation of Edmonton, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, CCCB - Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity, Religious Relations with the Jews, and Interfaith Dialogue, Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action. Also suspended were any personal travel by sisters "to areas where the virus has been reported and participation anywhere in social or other events involving larger groupings of people," as well as workshops and programs sponsored or hosted by the congregation's retreat and conference center. ", In a letter to community members announcing what it called "prudential preventative action," congregational administrators said the measures were "for the common good of our own community and the larger communities in which we live and serve. World Day of Prayer 2020 invites each of us to reflect on Jesus’ question for our own lives. Existing store customers will need to establish a new account. Like what you're reading? Archbishop Linda Nicholls has also called all Canadian Anglicans to a day of prayer on March 29. One lets go, trusting the other will catch him or her. Launched in 1846 to unite evangelicals around the world, WEAcontinues to be a dynamic movement with 9 regional and 134 national evangelical alliances and over 150 member organizations. As people of faith, we are called to act in love, confident in God who offers personal and social transformation. The World Day of Prayer Celebration is a worldwide movement of Christian women that began in the U.S. and Canada in the 19th Century and became worldwide in 1927. Graphs project the effects of our distancing in the news. At the same time, in its April newsletter, LCWR said its annual assembly, scheduled for Aug. 11-14, was still on, but that given "the global health crisis and its potential impact on the 2020 LCWR assembly," the organization "will monitor the situation carefully to determine whether to hold the assembly. Through World Day of Prayer, women affirm that prayer and action are inseparable and have immeasurable influence in the world. Resources. And until we meet again, … that next year’s Day of Prayer will happen. Leave a Reply. Dismiss. Good Ground Press Sign up for our newsletter. The movement begins now and will continue through the entire year of 2020 leading up to 10 Days of Prayer, Fasting, and Repentance – Starting with the Biblical Feast of Trumpets and ending with the Day of Atonement (September 18-September 28).