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at the Unity Prayer meeting held by the 2. Participation in the Activities of the Focolare
Catholic Church on January 19. Ms. Alice Movement
Yuk, 2nd Vice-Chairperson, was invited to
The Focolare Movement was initiated by the
preach during the meeting. It was a very
Catholic Church fifty-one years ago. A
meaningful event in promoting the concept
variety of events were sponsored to
of unity.
revitalize the movement during this year.
The Council, due to limited man-power,
4. Issuance of a Joint Statement could only participate in some of the events.
Mrs. Louisa Li attended the unity camp of
A Joint Statem ent with the theme
Mariapolis '95 during July 27-30.
“Communion in God and With One Another”
was issued by the Committee and the Catholic
Church calling all local churches in Hong
Kong to witness to Christ through the unity
of word and deed in our lives. The World Day of Prayer (HK)
Committee
5. Encouragement of Pulpit Exchange on Unity
Every first Friday of March, more than 170 countries
Sunday
and 3.5 million Christians from all over the world
Unity Sunday was celebrated on January 22. participate in the World Day of Prayer - an
The Committee urged ministers of ecumenical prayer movement.
different denominations to exchange pulpits
to deepen our mutual understanding and The 1995 World Day of Prayer Service was held on
elevate the concept of unity. In addition, the March 3 at Cheung Lo Church, CCC. The theme
Committee also encouraged churches to take was “The Earth is a House for All People”. The
up a special donation for Unity Sunday. worship materials this year were prepared by women
in Ghana and revised by the working group assigned
by the Committee to fit the local context. The
B. Relationship with the Catholic Church Committee invited Rev. Lee Ching-chee to deliver
1. A joint meeting with the Ecumenical the message during the Service. The music was
Committee of the Catholic Church provided by a 60-person joint women’s choir from
13 different churches, conducted by Ms. Marion
The Committee maintained its close
Lee. Approximately 300 participants of different
relationship with the Catholic Church. A
nationalities enjoyed the Service in which
joint meeting took place on June 10 at
participants were reminded of their responsibility
St. Andrew's Christian Centre with the theme
to protect and to love all creatures from God, to co­
liThe Work of the Church in the Post-
operate with one another and to reveal the glory of
transitional Period". Discussions were
God.
conducted following presentations by Rev.
Lo Lung-kwong and Sister Goretti Lau on
Ms. Elizabeth Lee Li-kyun, as a delegate of HKCC,
“Theological Training”, Rev. Lam Hoi-shing
joined the ICWDP meeting which is held every
and Rev. Chan Tat-ming on “Discipleship”，
four years. This year the meeting was held in
and Rev. Luk Fai and Rev. Dominic Chan on
Melbourne, Australia from February 1-10, 1995.
“Rural Mission”. Approximately 150 people
Over one hundred and eighty delegates coming
attended the meeting and actively
from 80 countries/districts attended the meeting.
participated. It is anticipated that a similar
gathering will be held again.
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