Lenten series looks at Reformation anniversary

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation has no better commemoration than to build bridges of understanding between the two original parties: Catholics and Lutherans.

This laity-led Lenten series of conversations, facilitated by members of St. James Catholic Church and Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, will touch on the history of the Reformation; encourage participants to share their experience; look at four central points of church teaching that were at the heart of the conflict, but around which Lutherans and Catholics can now give a common account; and discuss five imperatives for moving forward together.

The series is coordinated by Pastor Les Weber of Our Saviour's and Pat Farrell at St. James.

The series of conversations will be from 7-8:30 p.m. each evening at alternating locations:

• Session 1: "Historical Sketch and Perspectives in an Ecumenical Age," Monday, March 6, at St. James, 820 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. (Parish office door, north side of building).

• Session 2: "Justification and the Eucharist," Thursday, March 16, at Our Saviour's, 1234 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.

• Session 3: "Ministry, Scripture and Tradition," Monday, March 20, at St. James, 820 N. Arlington Heights Road.

• Session 4: "Ecumenical Imperatives and Baptism," Thursday, April 6, at Our Saviour's, 1234 N. Arlington Heights Road.

To register online, visit www.oursaviours.org; scroll down to Adult Education - Winter 2017 and click on "Lutheran Catholic Conversations at Our Saviour's and St. James."

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