Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations
I pray not only for these, but also for those who through their word will believe in me. May they all be one as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they be one in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
—Gospel of John (17:20-21)
St. Brendan Church believes it is important to maintain excellent relations and work together with other Christians and members of other faith traditions in our community. Ecumenism is the movement of working and praying together and entering into dialogue with other Christians in anticipation of the day when we will all gather around one Table together. Interfaith activities are those initiatives we undertake with non-Christians so that we may better understand what we share in common and work together with respect and in peace. Primacy of place is given in interfaith relations to those of the Jewish faith, with whom God made a covenant he has never revoked.
We are an active member of the Wilshire Center Interfaith Council , particularly through our participation in Hope-Net, which is sponsored by the Association. The Wilshire Center Interfaith Council is an interfaith organization formed in 1934 by the religious congregations of Wilshire Center to address the problems of hunger and homelessness in the Wilshire Center area of Los Angeles.
Through regular monthly meetings and interfaith worship services during the year, St. Brendan Church is an active partner of other Christian churches and congregations of other faiths in service to the community. We are blessed to be invited to share worship with others and are pleased to invite others to share worship with us.
For more information about our ecumenical/interfaith activities, contact our parish liaison to the Wilshire Center Interfaith Council, Deacon Eric .
