Saturday, January 02, 2016

Dominicans in NYC to Host Special Events for Week of Christian Unity

The Dominican Friars’ New York City parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena will host a series of special events and liturgies during the 2016 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18–25). The liturgies of Saturday, January 23, will be of particular interest to NLM readers: an Ordinariate Use Solemn Mass and Evensong, with fine music from the Anglican tradition.

Monday, 1/18, 6 pm (Church of St. Vincent Ferrer): Opening Mass for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Tuesday, 1/19, 7 pm (St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Hall): Parish Study “St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Catherine of Siena, and the Great Western Schism,” lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

Wednesday, 1/20, 7:30 pm (Church of St. Vincent Ferrer): Holy Hour for Christian Unity (Meditation on John 17 by Fr. Walter Wagner, O.P.)

Thursday, 1/21, 7 pm (Church of St. Catherine of Siena): Lecture on Christian Unity (TBA)

Friday, 1/22 (both churches, all Masses): Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

Saturday, 1/23: (Church of St. Catherine of Siena): Day of Prayer for Christian Unity
12 pm: Solemn Mass (celebrated according to the Anglican Ordinariate Divine Worship: The Missal)
1 pm: Refreshments
2 pm: “More Than Mere Words: Anglicans and the Journey to Christian Unity” lecture by Fr. James Bradley (Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham)
3 pm: “Unity and Diversity in the Liturgy” lecture by Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.
4 pm: Eucharistic Adoration
4:30 pm Evensong

The Mass and Evensong of this will be celebrated according Divine Worship, a liturgical form authorized by the Holy See that draws on the richness of the Anglican liturgical patrimony. Please RSVP to parish@svsc.info.

Monday, 1/25: 6 pm (Church of St. Vincent Ferrer): Closing Mass for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

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