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The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance designated by the United States Congress and held on the first Thursday of May, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation". The president is required by law (36 U.S.C. § 119) to sign a proclamation each year, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day.
In February 2025, at a meeting of Catholic business executives associated with Legatus, a 2029 Congress was announced by Jason Shanks, the president of the NEC. [ 45 ] Plans were also announced for a eucharistic pilgrimage to begin in Indianapolis in the spring of 2025, with its conclusion in Los Angeles on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body ...
[10] Aseem Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation stated, "In 2005, the Hindu American Foundation was repulsed by Shirley Dobson's National Day of Prayer Task Force, when it sought to join celebrations throughout the country. This same task force joined the likes of Focus on Family and others, that enjoyed official status and the ...
The 2008 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was celebrated as the centennial. For 2012, 1 Corinthians 15:51 was chosen with the theme "We will all be changed". [9] The 2016 Week was provided by the Churches of Latvia, [10] and the theme was that all Christians are 'Called to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord' (indirectly referring to 1 Peter ...
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The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church originated in the 20th century to raise awareness of the increasing violence, torture, death, "worship restrictions, public humiliation, and social isolation" that some Christians face in atheist states, such as in North Korea, as well as in South Asia and the Middle East; [3] [11] the ...
Two years later, two Baptists called together a Day of Prayer for the World Mission. The Day of Prayer initiated by these two women expanded to Canada in 1922, then to the British Isles in the 1930s. The movement's focus on ecumenism and reconciliation led to growth after World War II. Since 1927 the day of prayer in the month of March has been ...
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