Coming Events



Thursday, 20 January at 16:30
On Thursday 20th January at 16.30 the Centro Pro Unione, the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, and the Vincent Palotti Institute will host an afternoon of reflection and prayer at the Centro Pro Unione (Via Santa Maria dell'Anima, 30, 1st floor, just behind Piazza Navona). The speaker will be The Revd. Dr. Olav FYKSE TVEIT, General Secretary, World Council of Churches, Geneva. The title of his lecture is "Renewed Mission of the World Council of Churches in the Search for Christian Unity." An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word will follow. The Revd. Trevor HOGGARD, Methodist Representative to the Holy See and Pastor of the Ponte Sant'Angelo Methodist Church will preside, and Mark Francis will preach, representing the Caravita Pastoral Staff. A reception will follow.

Sunday, 23 January at the 11.00 Eucharist
On Sunday 23rd January, our guest preacher at the 11.00 Eucharist will be The Revd. Dr. Roger A. FERLO, Associate Dean and Director of the Institute for Christian Formation and Leadership, and Professor of Religion and Culture, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Yale University where he also taught for six years. Roger is the former Rector of Saint Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church, New York City -- a church whose worship served as a model for Caravita's own liturgy when the community formed in the year 2000. Roger regularly worshipped with us at Caravita during his Rome sabbatical in the autumn of 2009, and we very much look forward to his being with us again on Sunday 23rd January.

Sunday, 23 January at 17:00
On Sunday 23rd January at 17.00, the Episcopal Church of Saint Paul's "Inside the Walls" will host Solemn Evensong in honour of the Conversion of Saint Paul, its Patronal Feast. Bishop Richard GARRARD, former Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Director of the Anglican Centre (2001-2003), longtime friend of Caravita, and Interim Rector at Saint Paul's, will preside and preach. Immediately after the Evensong there is to be a singing of Thomas Tallis' thrilling anthem "Spem in Alium" rendered by four choirs drawn from churches in Rome, under the direction of Stefano Vasselli, Director of Music at Saint Paul's. All are welcome.

Tuesday, 25 January at 12.45
The Eucharist will be celebrated at the Anglican Centre (Palazzo Doria Pamphili, Piazza Collegio Romano, 2).

Tuesday, 25 January at 17.30
At the Basilica of Saint Paul's "Outside the Walls", the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will conclude with Solemn Vespers.  His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will preside and preach.  Tickets are needed for this liturgy so please inform a member of the Pastoral Staff no later than next Sunday, 16 January, if you wish to attend.

Ash Wednesday, 9 March, 19.00 at Caravita.
A liturgy of the Word with Keith Pecklers, S.J., presiding and Bishop Richard Garrard, Interim Rector at Saint Paul's "Inside the Walls" preaching.