AT LEAST ONE MINUTE FOR PEACE ON THE WAY TO FRATERNITY.
In prayer with Mary Queen of the Human Family, Queen of Peace, every day of the month and especially on the 8th
IFCA has been promoting since 2014 a simple initiative ONE MINUTE FOR PEACE, recalling the invocation for peace in the Vatican Gardens on 8 June 2014 by Pope Francis together with the then President of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās – Abu Mazen and in the presence of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I.
Ten years have now passed, we need to intensify our prayer. From 8 June 2024 to 8 June 2025 we propose a monthly appointment praying for peoples in conflict in the company of witnesses of peace, encouraged by Pope Francis.
Dates 2024
8 JUNE Saturday
10th anniversary of the iniziative One Minute for Peace
8 JULY Monday
In the company of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, in the centenary year of his death
Invitee to read carefully Pope Francis’ speech of 7 June 2024 on the 10th anniversary
Let us pray for Israel and Palestine
8 AUGUST Thursday
In the company of Blessed Anacleto Flores, the Mexican Gandhi
Let us pray for Mexico and Central America
8 SEPTEMBER Sunday – Nativity of Mary
liturgical feast of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
In the company of Blessed Gabriella of Unity Biography and prayer in different languages
Let us pray for Christian unity
8 OCTOBER Tuesday
In the company of St. Francis of Assisi
In Rome with some Synod Fathers and Mothers
Let us pray for Ukraine and Myanmar
8 NOVEMBER Friday
In company with the Martyrs of the fraternity of the Buta Seminary (Burundi)
Let us pray for the Great Lakes countries, Sudan, South Sudan and countries in conflict in Africa
8 DECEMBER Sunday – Immaculate Conception
In the company of Blessed Armida Barelli
Invitee to read Pope Francis’ Prayer to Mary Immaculate 8.12.2023
Let us pray for women peacemakers
Dates 2025
8 JANUARY
In the company of Saint Paul VI who promoted the World Day of Peace in 1968
Let us pray for peace with the message by Pope Francis on 1 January 2025
8 FEBRUARY
In company of Saint Josephine Bakhita Against human traffcking
Let us pray for the consequences of conflicts: poverty, migration, trafficking, disease
8 MARCH
In company of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Let us pray for families, children, elderly people affected by wars
8 APRIL
In company of Saint Pedro Calungsod Biografy in Italian
Let us pray for peace in Asia, South Korea, North Korea, Afghanistan, Myanmar, …
8 MAY
In company with Mary, Queen of Peace and of the Human Family
Let us pray for the Holy Land and the Middle East
8 JUNE
One Minute for Peace. Pilgrims of Hope. Year of Jubilee
