2013 WUCWO DAY OF PRAYER
13 MAY 2013
Based upon our 2013 WUCWO Priority:  Peace in Action:
Reduce Poverty, Violence and Trafficking, Support Migrants
 
2013 WUCWO DAY OF PRAYER THEME:  “You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself”
OPENING HYMN:  The Servant’s Song (Richard Gillard)

WUCWO DAY OF PRAYER

ASIA PACIFIC REGION

13th May 2012

THEME: “GO NOW YOU ARE SENT FORTH”

OPENING HYMN: HOLY SPIRIT COME

Holy Spirit come, make my ears to hear,

Make my eyes to see, make my mouth to speak,

Make my heart to seek and my hands to each out

and touch the world with your love.

READING: Matthew 13: Verses 16 – 21

May the united prayer for peace of more than 8 million women be heard this October! 

Given the recent events in the Middle East, the war that continues in Ukraine and the armed confrontations throughout the world, let us join the plea of Pope Francis who, with great pain, tells us: “Please stop the attacks and the weapons! Let it be understood that terrorism and war do not lead to any solution. Every war is a defeat…”

Pope Francis. General Audience 07.06.2023:

«Tomorrow, at 1 p.m., Catholic Action International suggests that believers of various denominations and religions gather in prayer, dedicating ‘One Minute for Peace.’ Let us accept this invitation, praying for an end to the wars in the world and especially for the dear and tormented Ukraine.»

Dear friends,

On June 8th at 1 pm, we invite everyone: Catholics, Christians of different denominations, believers of the many religions, men and women of goodwill, to get together to pray and work for peace all over the world, especially in Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians and in Myanmar.

For the month of February, the Pope has decided to pray for women who are victims of violence. Luckily this monthly intention is in line with our 3rd resolution "LET US ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN", which we have adopted for this year's prayer intention and WUCWO Day.

For June 8, 2020 it’s up to us, even in this time of the Pandemic!

Once again, we share with FIAC the One Minute for Peace campaign.

It’s about:

• Motivating and suggesting to all those who care about peace, believers and non-believers alike, a minute of prayer or silence.
•  An invitation to pray by oneself or with other people, in safety, in our homes or in our places of work or study.
•  To plan a celebration at home, in a place of prayer or a meeting in an open space

In the difficult situation we are living because of the pandemic, what does it mean to pray, to stop for a minute for peace? What does it mean to nurture hope?

• Peace is a great and precious value, the object of our hope and the aspiration of the entire human family. As a human attitude, our hope for peace is marked by an existential tension that makes it possible for the present, with all its difficulties, to be “lived and accepted if it leads towards a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify the effort of the journey”.  Hope is thus the virtue that inspires us and keeps us moving forward, even when obstacles seem insurmountable.

(from the message on the 1^st January 2020 World Day of Peace)

Dear friends,

at this very special time, the WUCWO Executive Committee and I would like to propose a ROSARY to be prayed ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH, which will keep us particularly united in prayer as WUCWO women during this pandemic.