Wednesday, November 20, 2024, will be commemorated as Red Wednesday, an annual day of solidarity with and for persecuted Christians worldwide. This event, organized nationally and internationally by Aid to the Church in Need (a Pontifical Foundation of the Catholic Church), invites Christians to pray and fast, learn and raise awareness of Christian persecution worldwide. Participants are encouraged to wear the colour red, which recalls the blood of the martyrs. In many cities across Canada and other countries, church buildings are illuminated in red to shine a light on Christian persecution.
His Grace, Archbishop Richard Smith, invites you to join him for an ecumenical prayer vigil:
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
7:00 PM
St. Joseph’s Cathedral-Basilica, 10044 – 113 Street NW, Edmonton, AB,
Instead of getting better, the situation is getting worst year after year. Among persecutors we find governments who fear the influence of the Church and try by all means to reduce Christians to silence. This is frequent in communist or totalitarian countries. We also find other religious groups who wish to eliminate Christians in order to become the only religious group of a region.
The persecuted find strength in our prayers which accompany them and that way they don’t feel abandoned from the rest of the world. Visit: https://acn-canada.org/rw/