The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated from January 18 (traditional feast of St. Peter) through January 25 (feast of St. Paul) of each year. During the Pauline Year, the Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs encourages all Christians to pray for Christian Unity and has the following resources available for all parishes and schools to assist you in this. Please visit the links below to learn about the theme for the 2009 Week of Prayer, "That they may become one in your hand" (Ezekiel 37:17). The theme is rooted in the experience of the churches in Korea.
Click here for resource materials and here to order printed resource materials for the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Click here for worship resources for the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which has a link to a 40-page PDF booklet. These resources were jointly prepared and published by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.
