Diocesan News
Faith leaders unite today for Interfaith Prayer Service in Dublin
Today, Thursday May 14, people of all faiths around the world will respond to Pope Francis’ invitation to prayer to help humanity overcome the coronavirus. As part of the global initiative, Dublin City Interfaith Forum will be livestreaming an Interfaith Prayer Service at 12 midday on their Facebook page.
All seven faiths involved in DCIF – Bahá’í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikihism – will be involved including both the Church of Ireland and the Catholic Archbishops of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson and Dr Diarmuid Martin.
Speaking in advance of the prayer service, Archbishop Jackson urged people to join in at home.
“The global pandemic which has been named coronavirus Covid–19 remains with us. It retains its devastating capacity to destroy individual lives and therefore to shatter families and communities. It respects no distinctions of race, gender or Faith,” he commented.
He continued: “The initiative of the Dublin Inter Faith Forum at noon on Thursday May 14th takes up an invitation extended by Pope Francis to people of faith everywhere to offer a reading and a prayer each from within her/his tradition in this time of human crisis. The hope is that peaceful offering will build shared solidarity based on common humanity.
“Those of us who have been invited to participate in this initiative in Dublin are honoured to be asked to do so. In our participation, we ask people across Ireland to set aside divisions and prejudices and to pray for one another and for people everywhere offering hope in the midst of fear
“Please pray and please stay at home and please remain safe.”
Find DCIF on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/dublincityinterfaithforum
For further information please contact:
Diocesan Communications Officer, Dublin & Glendalough
087 235 6472
Mrs Lynn Glanville
dcodublin@gmail.com