Office of Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs
Kristoph Franz Dobrowolski - Director
The Office of Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs exists to promote the goals of the Roman Catholic Church in its pursuit of Christian unity and interfaith understanding and cooperation within Calgary through prayer, dialogue and teaching and to represent the Diocese of Calgary in ecumenical and interreligious events.
The Ecumenical Commission assists the Office of Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs in its mandate. Composed of Catholic lay people and clergy, members serve as resource persons for the director and help the director in promoting ecumenism in Calgary. Dialogue takes place by representation in a variety of organizations including the Calgary Council of Churches, The Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, the Muslim-Christian Dialogue.
Teaching is done primarily through various multimedia through which the director of the office explores topics of ecumenical and interfaith interest to the diocese. This service is also accomplished through the promotion of lecturers, via Video and Interviews, who speak on such topics which promote the goals of the office within the diocese. These resources are made available through this web-site.
Prayer for Christian unity and for interfaith cooperation is promoted in a formal way through the promotion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and informally by the encouragement of our people to pray on a regular basis for the unity Christ wills for his church and for greater understanding among various faiths one for another.