Ecumenical Bible Week 2016

12 Apr, 2016 | News

‘In the beginning God created…’ (Gen 1:1)
The Gospel and Care of our Common Home

Ecumenical Bible Week (EBW) will take place this year from Pentecost Sunday to Trinity Sunday – Sunday 15 May until Sunday 22 May. This initiative is now in its third year and it includes parish-based events around Dublin and surrounding areas.

The theme for 2016 is Christian attitudes to the crisis of the environment and global warming.  There’ll be debate, talks, music and lots of participation. EBW 2016 will feature 45 events, across 13 locations in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow, with over 40 presenters.

A special launch event for all the family to attend will take place on Sunday 15 May in Dundrum Methodist Church from 3.00pm-5.30pm. It is a totally free event and all are welcome, however, the numbers have to be limited to 200 so you must register online at www.bibleweek.ie.

For more information see www.bibleweek.ie

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Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, and Archbishop John McDowell, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh reflect together on the theme for this year's Week of Prayer of Christian Unity - 'Do you believe this?'
As we embark on this Jubilee year, Pope Francis reminds us of an urgent need: the right to education for all children and youth.

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Pope Francis -
“Today we’re experiencing an “educational catastrophe.” This is no exaggeration. Due to wars, migration, and poverty, some 250 million boys and girls lack education.

All children and youth have the right to go to school, regardless of their immigration status.

Education is a hope for everyone – it can save migrants and refugees from discrimination, criminal networks, and exploitation…. So many minors are exploited! It can help them integrate into the communities who host them.
Education opens the doors to a better future. In this way, migrants and refugees can contribute to society, either in their new country or in their country of origin, should they decide to return.

And let’s never forget that whoever welcomes the foreigner, welcomes Jesus Christ.

Let us pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a more human world, might always be respected.”

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By the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostolate of Prayer and the Eucharistic Youth Movement): https://www.popesprayer.va/ The Pope Video: https://thepopevideo.org/ 

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