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For this year, 2025, the prayers and reflections for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the brothers and sisters of the monastic community of Bose in northern Italy. This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the first Christian Ecumenical...

An annual celebration to pray for the unity of all Christians. Christians around the world gather to pray, worship, reflect on scripture and share in fellowship. In the northern hemisphere, the dates for Week of Prayer are held the eight days between the feasts of the...

Changing the World With Loving Kindness! August 6-9, 2024 Registration Details Coming Soon!! We're currently on the hunt for interested congregations and individuals from all denominations who would like to participate! Please see below for ways that you can be...

The Prairie Centre celebrates 40 years! Please join us for a special 40th Anniversary Banquet, Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:30pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1215 McKercher Drive, Saskatoon. We will share memories of the past 40 years and hopes and dreams for...

WPCU Bible Study 2021 A daily Bible study on the theme of the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Monday, January 18 to Monday January 25 from 12:15-1:00pm CST (except Sunday, Jan 24 at 1:00pm CST) Note: 12:15pm CST is 1:15pm EST, 11:15am MST, and 10:15am...

A New Executive Director Mary Nordick, Board Chairperson writes - The Board of the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism is pleased to announce Cathryn Wood’s promotion to Executive Director.  Cathryn’s leadership skills have been demonstrated internally with her work with the...

Abide in My Love: Cross-Canada Online Celebration of the Week of Prayer For Christian Unity For over 100 years, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) has gathered Christians around the world in ecumenical prayer and fellowship. The worldwide WPCU is...

Families are invited to consider signing their kids up for Camp Compassion - a four-day summer camp where kids will explore what it means to have compassion for others, ourselves, and the world. These themes will be explored through music, play, art, and friendship....

Ecumenical Summer Day Camp for Kids August 6-9, 2024, 9am-4pm daily, $75/child; Kindergarten to Grade Six Registration now open! We are excited to offer this ecumenical summer day camp! Families are invited to sign their kids up for Camp Compassion - a four-day summer...

Dr. Jeremy Bergen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo. He has researched and written on church apologies, martyrdom, ecclesiology, ecumenism, the Holy Spirit, and Mennonite...

Now it Springs Forth: Looking for Ecumenical Movement with Fresh Eyes De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity This year's De Margerie lecture (named in honour of Fr. Bernard De Margerie, who helped to establish the Prairie Centre For Ecumenism) is...

In Conversation: Perspectives on Ecumenism, Reconciliation, and Pathways for Renewal De Margerie Lecture series 2022 Tuesday, March 15, 7:00pm, St. Thomas More College Auditorium (Live Stream Option available)  Two bishops - one Anglican, one Roman Catholic, one...

Join us on zoom during advent to prepare our hearts as we journey to the cradle for weekly prayer and reflection. Each we will hear from a different worship leader from a different denomination. Tuesday, November 25-Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 7-8pm Register...

Application deadline is Friday, November 1, 2024. Follow the links to download Terms of Reference and the Bursary application form. Applications to be submitted to admin@pcecumenism.ca.In the spring 2023, the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism was grateful to be the...

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1) It was great to renew this tradition and gather ecumenically during Lent. It was like a family reunion as one participant stated! All were welcomed and encouraged to attend, even the...

Please join us for a series of Ecumenical Lenten services followed by a continental breakfast March 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th, 8:30am at St. Martin’s United Church, 2617 Clarence Avenue South, Saskatoon. Each Wednesday, the service will be hosted by a different...

Ecumenical Log Drivers: Forming Agents of Reconciliation for Church and WorldThe 2023 De Margerie Lectures on Christian Reconciliation and UnityRt. Rev. Bruce Myers, OGS (Anglican Bishop of Quebec)In the past century the ecumenical movement has made extraordinary...

We are excited to announce that a series of Lunch and Learn sessions will be held monthly at St. Martin's United Church throughout the coming year. The purpose of this event is to inform attendees about the various ecumenical ministries and initiatives in our...

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026Each year a different country develops the theme and resources. The Armenian Apostolic Church (one of the oldest Christian congregations) created the 2026 Week of Prayer resources, with cooperation from the Armenian Catholic and...

A book review by the Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier, Anglican board representative for the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism on the book - "Formation for Transformation: Ecumenical Reception through Ecumenical Formation" by the Rt. Rev. Bruce Myers from the Anglican Diocese of...

Grassroots EcumenismThe 2024 De Margerie Lectures on Christian Reconciliation and UnityThe Rev. Dr. Karen Petersen Finch Lectures Re-imagining Lay People as Stewards of Doctrine - Wednesday, January 24, 7:00 pm at Campion College, Regina Doctrine as the Fuel of...

Welcome We are thrilled to be sharing with you our first foray into the digital experience of e-newsletters. Our hope is that with regular, valuable sharing of information, we are able to foster a stronger community. Please do share your thoughts and requests for the...

Growing Together was originally a six-week bulletin series for the ecumenical education of Christ's faithful. These bulletin inserts were published and distributed annually to churches in Saskatoon starting in 1985 and served the community until 2005. Growing Together...

2025 de Margerie Lectures on Christian Reconciliation and Unity The de Margerie lectures on Christian Reconciliation and Unity were named after the founding director of the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, Father Bernard de Margerie. The inaugural de Margerie ecumenical...

LAURC Covenant Study   You are invited to join a discussion about the new LAURC Covenant between the Lutheran, Anglican, Ukrainian Catholic, and Roman Catholic churches in Saskatchewan. What is a covenant? Does this mean that we are becoming one church? What will...

An online bible study using the Reflections and Prayers for the Eight Days from the 2025 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity resources was held in May by the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism in partnership with the Archdiocese of Regina. Worship leaders from many...

ᐯᐦᐅᓇᐣ / Pêhonân – A Gathering-Waiting Place: Voices of Indigenous Followers of Jesus in the Ecumenical Movement The 8th Canadian Forum on Inter-Church Dialogues Organized by The Canadian Council of Churches, in partnership with The Prairie Centre for Ecumenism and The...

Pentecost 2021 Streamed live from 3rd Avenue United Church Please join us online to worship and to pray for the unity of the Church and the healing of the world on Pentecost Sunday, May 23rd at 3pm.  In a time of pandemic fatigue and suffering, increased separation...

At our AGM last on March 26, 2025, we were honoured to hear the Rev. Amanda Currie speak to us of the work of the Canadian Council of Churches. We are grateful for the work that they do and our shared ecumenical mission....

The Prairie Centre for Ecumenism board believes that we have much to offer in terms of working to bring about the unity of Christ's church. Please join us for our AGM! Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:30pm St. Martin's United Church 2617 Clarence Avenue South. Please...

Nicholas Jesson writes: Fr. Bernard de Margerie spent his whole life promoting Christian reconciliation and unity. After over 65 years as a priest in the Diocese of Saskatoon, Fr. Bernard died on March 3. He leaves behind a rich legacy of ecumenical relationships and...

Do you love to sing? Do you love church music? Do you love Week of Prayer for Christian Unity? Christian Unity can be celebrated all through out the year. Come see how music connects us ecumenically! Please join us for Singing Into Unity: An Ecumenical Hymn Sing, to...

Sister Anne Bursary 2026 In spring 2023, the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism received a memorial donation in honour of Sister Anne Keffer, who passed away in February 2023. A former PCE director, Sister Anne valued her time with the organization and was deeply committed...

WPCU BIBLE STUDY 2022 “We saw the star in the East and we came to worship him” (Matthew 2:2)   January 18-25, 2022 12:15-1:00 pm daily except Sunday Jan. 23 which will be at 3 pm (Saskatchewan time) Presented by the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism and the Regina...

An annual celebration to pray for the unity of all Christians. Christians around the world gather to pray, worship, reflect on scripture and share in fellowship. In the northern hemisphere, the dates for Week of Prayer are held the eight days between the feasts of the...

Week of Prayer 2023 Events  The Week of Prayer is a time set aside for Christians to recognize that the divisions between our churches cannot be separated from divisions within the wider human family. Praying together for Christian unity allows us to reflect on what...

The World Council of Churches is convening a conference to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the development of the Nicene Creed. This important gathering in the history of the ecumenical movement will be happening near Alexandria, Egypt, from...