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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Unity Octave (Ecumenism)

Every year the Church invites us to pray for the unity of Christians. As the Church prayed intensely for this unity this January, the Jesuit community at Mount St Joseph joined the millions in prayer and supplication for the unity of Christ’s followers. The community came together every evening for the eight days of prayer during the Unity Octave. Through the prayers we were able to look more closely, not at the chasms and gulfs that divide us, but at the bridges that unite Christians. The Novices prepared for the Unity Octave with the help of Ecumenism classes taken by Fr Sunil Cletus Fernandes, the Assistant Novice Director. Our personal experiences have moulded us to broaden our vision and to be hopeful that one day we would all stand as one flock before the One Shepherd.
“Good nature and good sense must ever join; to err is human, to forgive divine” Alexander Pope

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