Day 5: Annunciation Prayer: God, spring of the Living water, help us to understand that the more we join together the pieces of our ropes, the more deeply our buckets reach into your divine waters! Awaken us to the truth that the gifts of the other are an expression of your unfathomable mystery. And make us […]
Day 4: Renunciation Prayer : Loving God, help us to learn from Jesus and the Samaritan that the encounter with the other opens for us new horizons of grace. Help us to break through our limits and embrace new challenges. Help us to go beyond fear in following the call of your Son. In the name of […]
Day 3: Denunciation II Prayer (Attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus): O you who are beyond all things, how could we call you by any other name? What song could be sung for you? No word can express you. What Spirit can perceive you? No intelligence can comprehend you. You alone are inexpressible; all that is […]
Day 2: Denunciation I Prayer: Gracious God, often your Church is led to choose the logic of competition. Forgive our sin of presumption. We are weary from this need to be first. Allow us to rest at the well. Refresh us with the water of unity drawn from our common prayer. May your Spirit who hovered […]
Turkey/Istanbul “This is the true face of the Universal Church that we see here – one of different languages and peoples.” By Sébastien de Courtois, ACN International – Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada A crowd of Catholics has been waiting for fifteen hours for Pope Francis on the square in front of the […]
Even though Turkey´s Christian population is barely 0,3%, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has supported 100 projects in Turkey in the last twenty years ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin A significant amount of ACN´s help has gone towards Iraqi and Syrian refugees in the Eastern part of the country. Since 2010 […]
“God brought me to Turkey to be on His Team!” By Maria Lozano, ACN International “I used to play football in a club in Nigeria. My manager told me that I was good and he gave me hope to find a team in Europe. He charged me $4000 for the process of playing in a […]
By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) The population of Turkey is regarded as a majority Sunni Muslim one, of almost 65%, but with a strong minority of Alevis – a branch of Shia Islam – estimates of which vary between 25% and 35% of the total population. The Alevis of Turkey are somewhat on the […]
Turkey An ecumenical visit above all By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal/Turkey, Thursday November 27, 2014 – Pope Francis will be in Turkey from November 28 to 30. First, he is destined for the capital, Ankara, then to Istanbul to meet Patriarch Bartholomew. This last meeting is […]
Nigeria WITH THE FALL OF MUBI… By ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Boko Haram emerged as a terrorist group in 2009. In the last few months we have seen the aggressive devastation of the Boko Haram activities. Many of our people are forced out of their ancestral homes. Right now, […]
