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(Eph 4:1-6) I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called: With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
POPE LEO XIV: “I therefore invite all Catholic communities to intensify their prayer during these days for the full, visible unity of all Christians.”
CATHOLIC STANDARD: For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative
VATICAN.VA: CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH DECLARATION "DOMINUS IESUS" ON THE UNICITY AND SALVIFIC UNIVERSALITY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS: Background: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026
REVIEW: Chair of Unity Octave- Jan.18-25
Every year, from January 18 through 25 the Church observes a special period of prayer for the return of our separated brethren to full communion with the Catholic Church. Called the Chair of Unity of Octave or the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, it extends from the traditional Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome (January 18) until the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25).
It began on October 3, 1899, the eve of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, when the Rev. Lewis Thomas Wattson, an Episcopal clergyman, later known as the Very Rev. Paul James Francis, S.S., arrived at Graymoor New York to establish a community of Episcopal Franciscans called the Friars of the Atonement. The previous year, Miss Lurana White, a devout young woman, had founded a community of Episcopal nuns known as the Sisters of the Atonement in the same place. For ten years, the two communities were jointly known as the Society of the Atonement and lived the monastic life as members of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Looking about him on a largely irreligious world, Father Paul grieved most because Christians seemed divided into warring sects and factions. Because he began to preach corporate reunion of the Episcopal Church with the Roman Catholic Church, he was banned from the pulpits of the Episcopal Church, so in his brown robe and sandals, he took his message to the streets and parks of New York.
Father Paul James Francis was determined to carry on a vigorous apostolate for the return of all separated Christians to communion with the Holy See. To further this aim, he inaugurated the Chair of Unity Octave in 1908. One year later, the members of the Society themselves received the grace of conversion and on October 30, 1909 they entered the Catholic Church in a body. It astonished no one when he took his own advice and brought his community with him into the Catholic Church. With the blessing of Pope St. Pius X, they were permitted to continue as a religious society in the Catholic Church and were commissioned to carry on the apostolate of Christian unity as their community aim.
In an Apostolic Brief in the year 1916, Pope Benedict XV also approved the Chair of Unity Octave as a Catholic devotion and in 1921, at their annual meeting in Washington, the Catholic hierarchy of the United States unanimously adopted the Octave for all the dioceses in the country. Under the patronage of St. Peter, the first Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, and St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, the Chair of Unity Octave has flourished and grown. It is now observed in many parts of the world.
LINK: Resources for THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY and throughout the year 2026
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January 21, 2026(Eph 4:1-6) I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called: With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
POPE LEO XIV: “I therefore invite all Catholic communities to intensify their prayer during these days for the full, visible unity of all Christians.”
CATHOLIC STANDARD: For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative
VATICAN.VA: CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH DECLARATION "DOMINUS IESUS" ON THE UNICITY AND SALVIFIC UNIVERSALITY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS: Background: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026
REVIEW: Chair of Unity Octave- Jan.18-25
Every year, from January 18 through 25 the Church observes a special period of prayer for the return of our separated brethren to full communion with the Catholic Church. Called the Chair of Unity of Octave or the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, it extends from the traditional Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome (January 18) until the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25).
It began on October 3, 1899, the eve of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, when the Rev. Lewis Thomas Wattson, an Episcopal clergyman, later known as the Very Rev. Paul James Francis, S.S., arrived at Graymoor New York to establish a community of Episcopal Franciscans called the Friars of the Atonement. The previous year, Miss Lurana White, a devout young woman, had founded a community of Episcopal nuns known as the Sisters of the Atonement in the same place. For ten years, the two communities were jointly known as the Society of the Atonement and lived the monastic life as members of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Looking about him on a largely irreligious world, Father Paul grieved most because Christians seemed divided into warring sects and factions. Because he began to preach corporate reunion of the Episcopal Church with the Roman Catholic Church, he was banned from the pulpits of the Episcopal Church, so in his brown robe and sandals, he took his message to the streets and parks of New York.
Father Paul James Francis was determined to carry on a vigorous apostolate for the return of all separated Christians to communion with the Holy See. To further this aim, he inaugurated the Chair of Unity Octave in 1908. One year later, the members of the Society themselves received the grace of conversion and on October 30, 1909 they entered the Catholic Church in a body. It astonished no one when he took his own advice and brought his community with him into the Catholic Church. With the blessing of Pope St. Pius X, they were permitted to continue as a religious society in the Catholic Church and were commissioned to carry on the apostolate of Christian unity as their community aim.
In an Apostolic Brief in the year 1916, Pope Benedict XV also approved the Chair of Unity Octave as a Catholic devotion and in 1921, at their annual meeting in Washington, the Catholic hierarchy of the United States unanimously adopted the Octave for all the dioceses in the country. Under the patronage of St. Peter, the first Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, and St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, the Chair of Unity Octave has flourished and grown. It is now observed in many parts of the world.
LINK: Resources for THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY and throughout the year 2026
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