Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Diocese of Honolulu will not host its usual prayer service marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity this year. The ecumenical observance has been celebrated on Oahu in January for the past seven straight years at the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. Besides […]
Photo: Unified by the cross
Participants in the 2020 Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa, pray around the Taize cross Jan. 24. The annual event, hosted by the Diocese of Honolulu, brings together Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Eastern Rite and other Christians in supplication for unity. The Taize prayer service, which includes hymns, Scripture readings, and […]
Newman continues to host yearly prayer service for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva is inviting the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
People pray around the Taize cross during the 2019 Prayer for Christian Unity Taize Service at the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The ecumenical event has been held since 2008 and is now sponsored by the Diocese of Honolulu and the Hawaii Council of Churches. This year’s prayer service […]
Newman to host annual prayer for Christian unity
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has invited the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 18, at the Newman Center at […]
