GRANDCHAMP, Switzerland | 18/1/2021 Grandchamp sisters join hands with visitors to the community before the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: All photos by Grandchamp Community
Ecumenical community in Switzerland prepared prayers and reflections for annual Week of Prayer
(LWI) - Working for Christian unity means being grounded in your own identity and thereby being open to other people’s opinions. That’s not simply a slogan for the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, but rather it’s a way of life for sisters of the ecumenical Grandchamp community in Switzerland who have prepared the prayers and reflections for this annual event.
COVID-19 and ecumenism: Pandemic prompts prayer, action
Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is pictured in a Jan. 29, 2017, photo. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito)
By Cindy Wooden • Catholic News Service • Posted January 14, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions have had an impact on the Catholic Church’s relationships with other Christian churches, but the effects were not all bad.
Around the globe, Christians of different denominations have and continue to practice what Pope Francis has called the “ecumenism of charity,” working together to care for the sick, support the mourning and feed the hungry.