10.01.2014
Huge Range of Events on Offer for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014 runs from January 18 to 25 with the inaugural service taking place on Sunday January 19 at 8.00 pm, in St Fintan’s Roman Catholic church, Greenfield Road, Sutton, Dublin 3.
The opening service will be attended by church leaders from many different traditions ad Canon Desmond Sinnamon will preach.
Throughout the week numerous services and events will take place and they are detailed in full below. Alternatively you can download Dublin Council of Churches’ leaflet here.
Archbishop Michael Jackson will preach at a service in St Joseph’s Church, Templerainey, Arklow, on Monday January 20 at 8.00 pm.
This year’s theme, ‘Is Christ Divided?’, was chosen by the French Canadian Churches, based on St Paul’s question in 1 Corinthians. Dublin Council of Churches would like to encourage everyone to support events in their areas.
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Date |
Time |
Place/Organiser |
Event |
Speaker |
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Saturday, 18th January 2014 |
7:00 pm |
St Mary’s (RC) Church, Enniskerry |
“Pulpit sharing” ecumenical service |
Ven. Ricky Rountree (CoI) |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
11:00 am |
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 |
Holy Liturgy to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
11:30 am |
St Patrick’s (CoI) Church, Powerscourt |
“Pulpit sharing” ecumenical service |
Fr John Wall (PP, Enniskerry) |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:00 pm |
Church of the Divine Word (RC), Marley Grange, Dublin 16 (organised by Whitechurch CoI, Ballyboden and Marley Grange RC) |
Ecumenical Service |
Fr Dick Lyng, OSA |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:00 pm |
St Maur’s (RC) Church, Rush, Co. Dublin |
Ecumenical Service |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:00 pm |
Church of the Holy Name, Beechwood Ave, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 |
Ecumenical Service |
Rev Sonia Gyles (CoI) |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:30 pm |
St Ann’s (CoI) Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 |
Ecumenical Healing Service |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:30 pm |
Christ Church (CoI) Taney, Taney Rd, Dundrum, Dublin 14 |
Ecumenical Service |
Fr Canon Kieran O’Mahony, OSA |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
3:30 pm |
St Gabriel’s (RC) Church, St Gabriel’s Rd, Clontarf, Dublin 3 |
Ecumenical Service |
Rev Lesley Robinson (CoI) |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
5:00 pm |
starting at Christ (CoI) Church, Dun Laoghaire, going to the Methodist, St Michael’s (RC) and the Presbyterian Church |
Ecumenical Walk of Light with 4 short prayer services |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
7:00 pm |
St Patrick’s (RC) Church, Wicklow |
Ecumenical Service |
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Sunday, 19th January 2014 |
8:00 pm |
St Fintan’s (RC) Church, Greenfield Road, Sutton, Dublin 3 (organised by the Dublin Council of Churches with the local congregations) |
Official Inaugural Service with Church Leaders from many different Christian denominations |
Rev Canon Desmond Sinnamon (CoI) |
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Monday, 29th January 2014 |
8:00 pm |
St Joseph’s RC Church, Templerainey, Arklow |
Ecumenical Service |
CoI Archbishop Dr Michael Jackson |
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Tuesday, 21st January 2014 |
8:00 pm |
St Fergal’s (RC) Church, Boghall Road, Bray (organised by Bray Churches Together) |
Ecumenical Service |
Rev Clodagh Yambasu (Methodist) |
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Wednesday, 22nd January 2014 |
1:00 pm |
St Michael’s (RC) Church, Dun Laoghaire (organised by Dun Laoghaire Ecumenical Group) |
Ecumenical Prayer Service |
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Wednesday, 22nd January 2014 |
5:00 pm |
CoI Theological Institute, Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14 |
Community Eucharist (with Rev Andrew Dougherty, Methodist, presiding and Rev Barry Forde, QUB, CoI, preaching) |
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Wednesday, 22nd January 2014 |
8:00 pm |
St Sylvester’s RC Church, Main Street, Malahide |
Ecumenical Service |
Very Rev Victor Stacey (CoI) |
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Thursday, 23rd January 2014 |
11:00 am |
St Pappan’s CoI Church, Santry Villas, Dublin 9 |
Ecumenical Service |
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Thursday, 23rd January 2014 |
5:15 pm |
Trinity College Chapel organised by TCD Chaplaincy Team |
Choral Evensong as ecumenical service |
Dr Fáinche Ryan (Prof. at Loyola Institute, TCD) |
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Friday, 24th January 2014 |
1:00 pm |
Christ Church (CoI), Dun Laoghaire (organised by Dun Laoghaire Ecumenical Group) |
Ecumenical Prayer Service (with anointing) |
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Friday, 24th January 2014 |
7:00 pm |
St Patrick’s (CoI) Church, Dalkey |
Ecumenical Service |
Dr Geraldine Smyth, OP (Prof. at ISE) |
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Friday, 24th January 2014 |
7:30 pm |
St Paul’s (RC) Church, Arran Quay, Dublin 7 |
Taizé Prayer around the Cross for the WPCU |
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Friday, 24th January 2014 |
7:30 pm |
St Patrick’s (RC) Parish Centre, Monkstown, organised by MC3 (Quakers, RC & CoI) |
Ecumenical Fellowship Meal with Prayers in all three traditions |
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Friday, 24th January 2014 |
8:00 pm |
Christ Church Cathedral (Co), Christchurch Place, Dublin 8 Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (CoI) & Pobal an Aifrinn (RC) |
Interchurch Service in Irish (reception in the crypt afterwards) |
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Sunday, 26th January 2014 |
3:00 pm |
(RC) Church of the Three Patrons, Rathgar, Dublin 6 (organised by Rathgar/Terenure Fellowship) |
Ecumenical Service |
Rev Mary Hunter (Presb, DCC Chair) |
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Sunday, 26th January 2014 |
3:00 pm |
Inch (CoI) Parish Church, Inch, Co. Wicklow |
Bi–Annual Ecumenical Service |
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Sunday, 26th January 2014 |
7:00 pm |
Methodist Church, Dun Laoghaire (organised by Dun Laoghaire ecumenical group) |
Ecumenical Service to mark the end of WPCU |
Rev Dr Heather Morris, President of Methodist Church |