26.02.2018
Prayers on the Move Throughout Dublin’s Transport Network
If you are out and about in Dublin over the next four weeks keep an eye out for prayers which have been placed on public transport networks throughout the city. The ecumenical Prayers on the Move initiative was officially launched in St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday, Sunday February 25, and is aimed at encouraging commuters and those using public transport to give prayer a go.
Prayers on the Move is a joint initiative between SPCK and its Irish counterpart APCK. Advertising panels, featuring different prayers, have been placed in 144 DART carriages, 150 buses and in 20 train stations for the coming month. The campaign also includes a booklet with 31 simple prayers and an app containing the prayers in audio form as well as prayer alerts which remind users to pray and help form a habit of regular prayer. Both of these can be downloaded from the Prayers on the Move website.
Primavera Quantrill of SPCK said that the project was pioneered in London, Newcastle and Birmingham and aims to reach out to people of all faiths and none and help them to develop a prayer habit. Giving the example of commuters crammed on the London Underground, she said there was often nothing they could do other than look at the advertising posters.
Commending the campaign, the Dean of Limerick and National Coordinator of APCK, the Very Revd Niall Sloane, said Prayers on the Move had been supported by a number of parishes, APCK, the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, the Carmelite Order, the Society of Jesus and St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Very Revd William Morton, thanked Primavera and Niall for their work in developing the worthwhile and effective initiative and said he was sure it would be used throughout the city.
You can follow Prayers on the Move on Twitter @PrayersOTM and if you spot a prayer around Dublin Tweet it using the hashtag #prayersonthemove