This week is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Every year, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) provide resources to help us pray together. For 2024, materials were prepared by an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community (CCN). The chosen theme is ‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself’ (Lk 10:27). We pray in a particular way this week for the whole country and the church communities of Burkina Faso, as well as our own Bernardine community there, the Monastery of Our Lady of Bafor.
Closer to home, we had the joy, once again, to meet with our brothers and sisters of Mucknell, an Anglican Benedictine community of monks and nuns based in Worcestershire. Last Sunday, 4 members of the Mucknell community braved the elements and came to Brownshill for tea and Vespers.
