Ecumenical
& Interreligious
Fr. James Hagel, Director
Phone: (403) 218-5521 Fax: (403) 264-0526
- Purpose
- Anniversaries
- Interfaith
(CCCB Response to Islamic Scholars’ Letter A Common Word Between Us)
- Calendar
- Classes / Workshops
- Newsletter - Encounters in Ecumenism
- Taizé
- Eucharistic Hospitality
- Covenant '96 (Ecumenical Covenant)
- Covenant 96 Survey Results
- Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
- History of Ecumenism in the Church and in our Diocese
- Mary:
Grace and Hope in Christ
- An
Introduction to the Mary Document, by the Reverend Canon Donald Bolen,
Roman Catholic Co-Secretary of ARCIC - Week
of Prayer for Christian Unity, Order of Service and background
information
- The
Orthodox Family of Churches
- The
Catholic Family of Churches
- Other Links
Purpose
To work toward Christian unity and to promote understanding and harmony with people of other faiths because together we are one family of God.
Important Anniversaries
| November 21, 1964: | UNITATIS
REDINTEGRATIO The Decree on Ecumenism Vatican II document |
| October 28, 1965: | NOSTRA
AETATE Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions Vatican II document |
| May 25, 1995: | UT
UNUM SINT That They May Be One Encyclical of Pope John Paul II |
| October 31, 1999: | JOINT
DECLARATION ON THE
DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION Lutheran and Roman Catholic Article: How will we ever get there from here? (MS-Word) |
RC
Office of Ecumenical &
Interreligious Affairs
Fare Thee Well, Rabbi Saks
(from Carillon May 2007) Current Events
Calendar of Events
Classes and Workshops
Regularly Scheduled Meetings
Diocesan Commission for Ecumenism
Location: Catholic Pastoral Centre
Time: 12:50 - 3:30 p.m. — Sep 12, Dec 5, Feb 13, May 14
2nd Tuesday of each month
An evening of prayer in
the style of Taizé
Hosted by L’Arche Calgary
Location: FCJ Christian Life Centre chapel
Time: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m
2nd Thursday of each month
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
Location: Alberta Region Jewish Community Centre
90th
Avenue SW
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
4th
Tuesday of each month
Calgary
Council of Churches
Time and location varies
Last Saturday of each month
Calgary Association of Interchurch Families
Location: Northminster United Church, 3311 Centre Street N., Calgary
Time: 10:00 a.m. - noon (babysitting provided)
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information.
Newsletter
— Encounters in Ecumenism
Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Mission
Statement:
(to be updated)
Objectives:
- To grow in knowledge and understanding of our own faith tradition.
- To mutually acknowledge the history of our past failings and work toward reconciliation.
- To celebrate the achievements of our Covenant and work toward expanding these with brothers and sisters of other traditions.
- To establish a network of parish ecumenical representatives.
- To encourage and support opportunities for ecumenical education.
- To dialogue with Christians and people of other faiths.
- To encourage all to share Christ's vision of unity.
Calgary Council of Churches
Canadian Council of Christian and Jews
Evangelical
Ministerial Association
Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers
(CADEIO)
Association of Inter-Church Families
Theology Alive
Western Diocesan and Eparchial Coordinators
for Ecumenism
Commission Members:
Leslie Padula – Chair
Fr. Avinash Colaco - Vice Chair
Maureen Condon Horon
Fr. James Hagel - Director
Joel Christie
Deacon Gary Haney
Mike Heimbecker
Harry Ziel
History of Ecumenism in the Church and in our Diocese
1962
- 1964 Second Vatican Council
1964
Unitatis Redintegratio: The Decree on Ecumenism
1965 Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the
Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
1963
- 1984 Leadership: Fr. Pat O'Byrne Dialogue with Jewish Faith
Friendship with Rabbi Lewis Ginsberg
Friendship with all
Christian denominations
Sandstone Valley Ecumenical Centre
- RC/Lutheran Joint Venture
Prayer for Christian Unity
Annual Services
Liaise with Centres for Ecumenism: Montreal and
Saskatoon
Liaise with Evangelical Ministerial Association
1967 First joint RC/Anglican prayer service. This
service marked the opening of international Anglican/Roman Catholic
dialogue.
1970's Joint effort by Anglicans, United and Roman
Catholics to establish an ecumenical centre.
1984
- 1986 Preparation and hosting Canadian Christian Festival
1986 - 1999 Reorganize Diocesan Ecumenical Commission
Educate interested lay representatives
Solicit core
Ecumenists in Calgary Diocese
Host WDECE (Western Diocesan
Eparchial Conferences for Ecumenism)
Host National Summer
Ecumenical Institute
Host Ecumenical Study Days Organize
Commission Representation on numerous local initiatives
Develop friendships in Christian denominations and other faiths
Organize Annual Prayer for Christian Unity services January each year
Initiate "The Fire in the Rose", Ecumenical project against violence
Support Bishop's Council - Anglican, Lutheran, RC
Manage
the Covenant process - Anglican, Lutheran, RC
Provide
Ecumenical input to the Synod process
Liaise with Centres
for Ecumenism: Montreal and Saskatoon
Liaise with Evangelical
Ministerial Association
Liaise with Calgary Council of
Churches
Liaise with Franklin Graham Crusade
Analyze Ecumenical initiatives
Organize public prayer
services concerning natural disasters
Advise priests'
council on ecumenical issues
1995
Encyclical of Pope John Paul II Ut Unum Sint That They May Be One
1996 Signing of the Anglican/Lutheran/Roman Catholic
Covenant
1991 & 1996 Canadian
Ecumenical Leadership Award awarded for leadership in promoting
Christian unity Presented by the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism to
Everett Koeller and Anna Tremblay, respectively.
1999
Lutheran-Roman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of
Justification
2000 January 2: RC Diocese office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs opens
2004 Mary:
Grace and Hope in Christ, Anglican-Roman Catholic International
Commission (ARCIC)
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