Holocaust Memorial 2024 - Fragility of freedom
Fragility of Freedom
This year the theme is freedom, which we and others across the world and through the ages find themselves searching for. To read more including links to blogs and other resources about the theme of freedom of religion and freedom of self-identity, freedom of movement, freedom of reproduction, freedom of expression and freedom to live.
And for a full photo album on our Flickr photostream of the Pope's visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
A year of prayer
Pope Francis has designated 2024 as a year of prayer in preparation for our Year of Jubilee which will take place in 2025. Each Friday we'll try to share a prayer or prayer related memory. This week we share a prayer recommended by the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) to help us remember Holocaust Memorial Day.
Loving God, you care for each and every human life.All people are cherished as your beloved children,no matter how ordinary or extraordinary their stories are.Today we come before you to remember the victims of the Holocaust.We lament the loss of the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust,
the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution, and victims of all genocides.May our minds be clear and attentive to their memory,and our hearts be moved to bear witness to their lives.Help us all to turn away from hatred and division,and to build a world where genocide is no more.Strengthen us so that we, in our own ordinary ways,may show extraordinary love in the world today. Amen