This runs 18th-25th January.

These dates were chosen because the former was formerly the Feast of the Chair of St Peter at Rome and the latter is still that of the Conversion of St Paul (when not displaced by the Sunday).

This year it is not possible to join together in public acts of common prayer but we can still pray for each other.

As Easter Sunday reminds us the Lord can easily come through closed doors and it is that shared presence of the one Lord that binds us together whatever areas of disagreement there may be.

You can download prayer resources from: https://ctbi.org.uk/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2021/ The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2021 has been prepared by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland.

The theme that was chosen, “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit”, is based on John 15:1-17 and expresses Grandchamp Community’s vocation to prayer, reconciliation and unity in the Church and the human family.

Today the community has fifty sisters, all women from different generations, Church traditions, countries and continents.

In their diversity the sisters are a living parable of communion.

They remain faithful to a life of prayer, life in community and the welcoming of guests.

The sisters share the grace of their monastic life with visitors and volunteers who go to Grandchamp for a time of retreat, silence, healing or in search of meaning.

For 2021, the sisters are inviting churches across the world to enter into their tradition of prayer and silence that is rooted in the ancient traditions of the Church catholic.