Praying at an Interreligious Prayer Gathering - Faith McDonnell
Praying at an Interreligious Prayer Gathering
by Faith J. H. McDonnell
http://juicyecumenism.com/
June 29, 2013
St. Thomas More Cathedral, Arlington, Virginia (Photo Credit: Fairfax Choral Society)
Earlier this week I participated in an interreligious prayer gathering for religious freedom at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and Bishop Paul S. Loverde. My bishop, the Rt. Rev. John Guernsey, Bishop of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, Anglican Church in North America, asked me to represent the Diocese and our commitment to religious freedom.
I was not sure what to expect, but Father Rooney, who was organizing the event for Bishop Loverde, gave me my choice of reading a scripture or offering a prayer. His guidelines for the gathering assured that "out of respect for the difference of one another's faith . . . we do not pray together, but we gather to pray in one another's presence, as respectful observers of one another's spiritual heritage."
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by Faith J. H. McDonnell
http://juicyecumenism.com/
June 29, 2013
St. Thomas More Cathedral, Arlington, Virginia (Photo Credit: Fairfax Choral Society)Earlier this week I participated in an interreligious prayer gathering for religious freedom at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and Bishop Paul S. Loverde. My bishop, the Rt. Rev. John Guernsey, Bishop of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, Anglican Church in North America, asked me to represent the Diocese and our commitment to religious freedom.
I was not sure what to expect, but Father Rooney, who was organizing the event for Bishop Loverde, gave me my choice of reading a scripture or offering a prayer. His guidelines for the gathering assured that "out of respect for the difference of one another's faith . . . we do not pray together, but we gather to pray in one another's presence, as respectful observers of one another's spiritual heritage."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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