Richard Tutin looks back at the history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a focus on the life and contribution to ecumenism of Abbe Paul Couturier.

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2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. Richard Tutin muses on its influence and legacy.

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In this special episode of Ecumenical Musings Richard Tutin reflects on the contribution of the late Pope Francis to the modern ecumenical movement.

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In 2025 Easter will be celebrated on the same date by both Orthodox and Western style churches. Richard Tutin muses about current discussions to make this more permanent. 

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In this episode Richard Tutin questions the need for the World Council of Churches to produce a resource that can assist churches to take legal action against financial institutions that invest in and support the production of fossil fuels.

He asks if it is better to increase the role of advocacy to further the aim of reducing fossil fuel production and investment. 

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World events and local economic conditions are changing rapidly. People are suffering because they are finding it difficult to put food on the table and keeping a roof over their heads. Active ecumenism has a role to play alongside governments and community organisations to help alleviate this suffering. In this episode Richard Tutin reminds us that ecumenism is needed now more than ever before by through advocacy and providing practical action. 

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Richard Tutin muses on how an understanding of God's Grace can assist in building relationships at the congregation, ecumenical and personal levels of our lives. The Ecumenical movement's ability to say and hear things with Grace allows it to be a better advocate for the voiceless and forgotten in our societies.

The principles behind the Grace God gives us are as applicable at the personal level as they are within the church and wider ecumenical spheres.

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One Christmas should be enough. But how do we cope with two? Richard Tutin muses on the ecumenical implications of different traditions of the Christian Church celebrating this important festival on two different dates. How we embrace this may be helpful in fostering ecumenical relations and understanding. 

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In this episode Richard Tutin muses on ecumenical dialogues. Though they are seen as an important part of the ecumenical movement he raises the question about their effectiveness. This includes how the agreements and statements that arise from dialogues are received by churches. Does the dialogue process need some revision or should we acknowledge its effectiveness and give it more credit than we do at present?

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In this episode of Ecumenical Musings Richard Tutin explores the importance of Church. As well as discussing the origins of the English word Church he also discusses the ways in which the ecumenical movement has used Church as the model of participation and membership of councils.

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