A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18 – 25)

As it approaches, Fr. Richard McBrien despairs of progress:

Over the years, the ecumenical movement has made a marked impact at the upper levels of church life (bishops, theologians, priests, ministers, religious, and certain key lay people), but little among the so-called rank-and-file or grass-roots membership.

A brief history of the effort.