St. Francis de Sales

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)

FOCAL POINT:

“As Resurrectionists we will strive to witness to the transforming power of God’s love, not only in our own personal lives, but also in community life.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:

Fr. William Vincent Kloepfer, 1925, Kitchener, Canada

Birthdays:

Fr. Stephen Glab, 1954, USA
Fr. Jan Dziechciar, 1961, Poland

1. For provincial and regional commissions, and for our international commissions.
2. For our benefactors, living and deceased.
3. In thanksgiving for the deep faith and gentle pastoral care which St. Francis de Sales modeled for us.
4. That the transforming power of God’s love may lead to ever greater Christian unity.

FURTHER REFLECTION:

“The Risen One calls us together in community to sit at his feet and be nourished as his disciples, not for our own sake, but so that, like Mary Magdalene, he may send us out to witness to the transforming power of God’s love.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 10)