The Week of Prayer for 
      Christian Unity
      January 18-25, 2008
      (May be used throughout the year)

      Chau Thien Phan, web minister
      (This is a work in progress, started on Sunday, July 30, 2006.  Updated December 6, 2007)
         
    Request by Chau T. Phan for your help. If you have come to this page, you are probably more proficient than I am on subjects listed below. I appeal to you, in the name of Christian charity, to e-mail me additional URLs for materials you would like to see listed below. All suggestions are appreciated and will be duely acknowledged. Thank you.
       

      Ecumenical Dialogue

      The Roman Curia: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

    • Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (on this site can be found all the pertinent Vatican documents concerning ecumenical matters)
    • Pontifical Council For Promoting Christian Unity: Resources For The Week Of Prayer For Christian Unity, And Throughout The Year 2008
    • Pope Benedict XVI On Ecumenism in 2006: "Moments of Great Significance in This Slow Ascent to Unity", Vatican City, Jan. 24, 2007
    • Road to Christian unity long, difficult, pope says, Catholic News Service, 1/24/2007
    • John Paul II: UT UNUM SINT (That they may be one) -- On Commitment To Ecumenism (May 25, 1995) - Encyclical (Vatican website on brown background)
    • John Paul II: UT UNUM SINT (That they may be one) -- On Commitment To Ecumenism (May 25, 1995) - Encyclical, IntraText Edition, 2004 (the same as the Vatican edition, but on white background, easier to read)
    • Ut Unum Sint: A Resumé [A Summary], With a short introduction, by Robert Hamilton, C.J., 13.6.99, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England
    • Benedict XVI's Message on Assembly of World Council of Churches: "We Look Forward to Continuing This Journey of Hope", February 14, 2006
    • Benedict XVI's Address at Ecumenical Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, May 25, 2006
    • Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Constantinople [Orthodox] Patriarch On Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Vatican City, June 30, 2006
    • Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Names of Member Bishops, secretariat, address


      • World Council of Churches

    • Resources For The Week Of Prayer For Christian Unity, And Throughout The Year 2008(in PDF)
    • Towards Sharing the One Faith (explaining the common faith expressed in the Nicene Creed)
    • Reflections on the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (1965-2005)
    • From reflection to reception: Challenges facing the Roman Catholic Church-WCC collaboration, 18 November 2005
    • A tried and true expression of partnership and collaboration, the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC set to tackle new challenges, 22 November 2005


    United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
    Official Dialogues (including:

          * The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation
          * The Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops
          * The Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation
          * The Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue
          * The Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation USA
          * The Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue
          * Roman Catholic-Reformed Consultation
          * The United Methodist-Catholic Dialogue
          * Southern Baptist Convention-Catholic Dialogue
          * The Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue
          * Faith and Order Commission, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA


    National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA: Faith and Order Commission

       
    • 2008-2011 Study Groups: Unity in Mission; Justification and Justice: Beyond the Dichotomies; The Nature and Mission of the Church
    • 2004-2007 Study Groups: Authority of the Church in the World; Full Communion; Justification and Justice: Beyond the Dichotomies
    • Meanings of Full Communion: The Essence of Life in the Body, by O. C. Edwards, Jr., Speaking of Unity, Volume 1, Number 1/2/3 (2005)
    • The unity we seek: setting the agenda for ecumenism, by George Lindbeck, The Christian Century, August 9, 2005
    • "Ut Unum Sint": a response from Faith and Order - Board of Faith and Order, response to encyclical, The Ecumenical Review, April 1998


      • Orthodox Christian-Roman Catholic Dialogue

      Active Roman Catholic Dialogues with the Churches and Ecclesial Communities of the West


       
      Lutherans--Roman Catholic Dialogue
      Anglican--Roman Catholic Dialogue
      World Methodist Council-Roman Catholic Dialogue
      Baptist--Roman Catholic Dialogue

      Mennonite--Roman Catholic Dialogue


    From other Christian perspectives

    • A Pentecostal Responds to Ut Unum Sint, by Glen W. Menzies, Viterbo University, May 25, 2005 or in PDF format (The source of this resource suddenly disappears. Please e-mail me if you know of an alternative source.)
    General Information about Christianity, Christian Denominations
    • List of Christian denominations, From Wikipedia
    To index page of The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity