Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
– “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” by Charles Wesley (1739)
May the power and hope of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ fill your hearts!
The World Methodist Council announces a new climate-focused, youth-led global campaign to mobilize Methodist churches worldwide on issues of climate justice. The campaigned is called ‘Climate Justice for All’.
What do we mean by ‘Climate Justice for All’?
We Believe – communicates the essential place of faith in our work
Climate Justice – highlights that the climate crisis is an issue of injustice, that Christians are challenging. It also reminds us that the climate crisis intersects with many other justice issues.
For All – recalls John Wesley’s declaration that God’s love is for all. Seeking climate justice does not just involve a small number of individuals, but everyone.
We believe in Climate Justice for All – do you?
Learn more about the campaign on the World Methodist Council website: worldmethodistcouncil.org/cj4a. Follow the campaign on Twitter or Facebook.
The Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission – the official joint commission between the World Methodist Council and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity – concluded its 11th dialogue round on 27 March 2021. The 11th round of dialogue began in October 2017 with a Papal Audience to celebrate the dialogue’s semicentenary.
The 11th dialogue round focused on the theme of reconciliation, exploring God’s reconciling work in Christ, reconciliation with one another through faith in Christ, rites and practices of reconciliation, and the church’s ministry of reconciliation in the world.
The commission’s final report – “God in Christ Reconciling” – will be published later this year with a launch event in Rome in late autumn.
The Commission’s members are:
Catholic:
Bishop John Sherrington (Co-Chair), England
Reverend Anthony Currer (Co-Secretary), Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Dr Catherine E. Clifford, Canada
Reverend Dr James Denis Edwards, Australia (2017-2019)
Reverend Dr Gerard Kelly, Australia (2019-2020)
Bishop Shane Mackinlay, Australia (2019-2020)
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, India (2017-2018)
Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu, Ghana
Reverend Dr Jorge Scampini O.P., Argentina
Dr Clare Watkins, England
Methodist:
Reverend Dr David M. Chapman (Co-Chair), Great Britain
Reverend Dr Karen B. Westerfield Tucker (Co-Secretary), USA
Reverend Dr Edgardo Colón-Emeric, USA
Reverend Dr Trevor Hoggard, Great Britain
Bishop Chikwendu Igwe, Nigeria
Reverend Dr Priscilla Pope-Levison, USA
Reverend Dr Hermen Shastri, Malaysia
Dr Lilian Cheelo Siwila, South Africa
In a virtual encounter this morning, the Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, the director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Methodist representative to the Holy See, met Sr. Patricia Murray IBVM, the executive secretary of the Unione Internazionale delle Superiore Generali (UISG), along with UISG formation programme officer Claudia Giampietro. During their one hour meeting, they discussed several topics including the work of MEOR and UISG, the Methodist-Catholic dialogue, role of women in the church, and peacebuilding. MEOR and UISG are neighbors, being located across the street from each other.
The Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, the director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office and the Methodist representative to the Holy See, met the Most Reverend Fr. Michael Brehl CsSR, superior general of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, in a virtual encounter today. The congregation is also known as the Redemptorists. They discussed several topics including the work of their institutions, Catholic religious life, Methodist worldwide presence, and similarities between Methodist founder John Wesley and Redemptorist founder St. Alphonsus Liguori.
Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 