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Women brought together in World Day of Prayer

On March 4, women of different nationalities, backgrounds and cultures came together.
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Women's World Day of Prayer was held on March 4 at Our Lady of the Snows Roman Catholic Church in Fort St. James.

Barbara Latkowski

Caledonia Courier

On March 4, women of different nationalities, backgrounds and cultures came together.

They gathered together to celebrate women, a day dedicated to women and in honour women.

Women’s World Day of Prayer was celebrated at Our Lady of the Snows Roman Catholic Church in Fort St. James.

All denominations were welcome.

World Day of Prayer was begun by women in Canada and the United States in 1922. It is now celebrated and observed in over 170 countries throughout the world.

Those who participated in this year’s World Day of Prayer service joined in worship with Christians around the world in almost 2,000 communities.

The World Day of Prayer is facilitated by the World Day of Prayer International Committee which meets every five years to discuss upcoming themes and countries for upcoming services.

The theme this year was Cuba: its culture, history, the economic and political struggles and the struggles of various girls and women within the country.

The service highlighted these girls and women: how they coped, their feelings, their prayers, their love of their country, and what they hoped for the future.

This World Day of Prayer recognized the plight of these women and many women around the world.

According to the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada, the hope is that the many prayers of the world and for the Cuban people can be a rising light of support and love for them.

The council began in Canada in 1918 when women representing the Anglican, Congregationalist, Methodist and Presbyterian women’s missionary societies met to discuss “united prayer and a stronger voice in national questions.”

This meeting led to the first National Day of Prayer in Canada in 1920 and then became the World Day of Prayer in 1922.

As an independent organization of Canadian Christian women, WICC is dedicated to ecumenism, women’s spiritual growth, women’s issues and social justice.

The council coordinates the Canadian celebration of the World Day of Prayer.

It was an evening full of joy, hope, solemnity, prayer and thankfulness, for all women of the world.