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Alpha for the Catholic Context
Prayer Points
- Let us pray for the coming year, that God will equip all the Alpha courses that are running for the first time and those that are running again. We especially pray for the courses being run in the UK, for individuals to be excited about running Alpha in their parish and to be able to attend any training events coming up in the New Year.
- Let us pray for the Northern Ireland Vision Day, which is taking place on Saturday 23rd January 2010. That many Catholic contacts in Northern Ireland will be able to attend and enjoy the day.
- Let us pray for the Youth Alpha conference, which will be held on 18th- 19th February 2010. That it will be a great time of building relationships and sharing ideas about how to run Youth Alpha in the Catholic Church.
Praise Points
- Let us praise God for the first Latin America Alpha Conference, which took place in Bogotá, Colombia in October, co-hosted by ITEPAL (Catholic Theological Institute for the Latin American Episcopal Council). 30 Archbishops and Bishops from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, together with 154 priests, 31 nuns and 159 lay members from across Latin America and the Caribbean attended.
- Let us praise God for all the training events that have happened this year, including the GAT event, attended by over 130 delegates at the Catholic Evangelisation Centre in Kaunas, Lithuania and the Alpha Training event hosted by the parish of Bovolone, Verona in Italy in September this year.
- Let us praise God for the six new Alpha courses run in six locations as part of the Year of Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland.
We also give thanks for all the other courses run in Catholic churches across the world this year.