January

Wednesday 1

Archdeaconry of Gibraltar: Archdeacon: David Waller.  

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar: (Also serves Gibraltar (Port)) Dean: Ian Tarrant. Port Chaplains: Chris Rushton, Hugh Ellis, Readers: Pam Baker & Sally Barton. Pray for us as we work towards the construction of an accessible toilet, for the benefit of our congregation and many visitors to the cathedral.

Thursday 2

Archdeaconry of North-West Europe: Archdeacon Sam Van Leer 

Antwerp: Chaplain: Stephen Graham, Assistant: June Mark Yañez, Reader: Egbert van Groesen. We pray that the chaplaincy will flourish under our new chaplain. 

Antwerp Mission to Seafarers: Port Chaplain: June Mark Yanez. Pray for June Yañez and his ministry in the parish and with MtS in the port of Antwerpen

Friday 3

Archdeaconry of Italy and Malta: Archdeacon: David Waller. 

Assisi: We want to thank God for our Churchwarden as together we seek the way ahead for the small but enthusiastic congregation at St Leonard’s and the important work it does in welcoming English-speaking pilgrims to Assisi.   

Bordighera: We pray for a resolution to the tasks of maintenance and management of the cemetery there.

Saturday 4

Berlin: (also serves Dresden) Chaplain:  Christopher Jäge-Bowler, Assistant: Joachim Reich, Please pray for our Church Heating Appeal, as we seek to replace the gas boiler with an ecological alternative and for the new Gospel Choir, as well as the Church Choir, for the new partnerships we are developing eg with Tear Fund and our well building programme and for our ministry to children and youth, young adults, the Women’s Group and Senior Citizens.
Dresden: Ricky Yates (PTO). Lord God, you sent your Son to save the world, and your Spirit to guide the church; we pray for this chaplaincy and their own sense of being sent into their world. We pray for their homes and streets, their places of work and leisure, and ask that each might shine as a light set upon a hill, for the glory of Jesus Christ. 

Bonn with Cologne: Chaplain: Richard Gardiner, Reader: Jenny Knudsen. Speaking God, you have told us that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. We thank you for those in our own chaplaincy who have shown this fruit in their lives, and we pray that all those marked in baptism may show forth the same fruit in their generation.

Sunday 5

Give thanks for our relationship with the Lutheran Churches of the Porvoo Agreement.  Pray for the Porvoo Contact Group and the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.  Pray for our partnership with USPG.

Monday 6

Prague: (Includes Brno) Chaplain: Nathanial Nathanial, Assistant in Brno: Lea Williams. To decide on our goals for the entire year, the Church Council will meet for the first time in 2025. Your prayers for God's direction, discernment, and wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

Tuesday 7

Archdeaconry of France: Archdeacon: Peter Hooper. Pray for the work to have the Church of England officially recognised at a national level in France

Beaulieu-sur-Mer: We ask for prayers for all those who will support our congregation during the vacancy.

Biarritz: Pray for the continuing reflections as to how the Chaplaincy can be best supported by a priestly presence

Wednesday 8

Casablanca: (includes Rabat) Chaplain: Titus Oluwalusi Please pray for our new Chaplain, his wife Patience, and their three children. Pray for the churches in Morocco, of all denominations, as they also try to assist the most vulnerable. With competing demands on our time and our small numbers, please pray for God's guidance in giving us the time and energy to start in earnest our search for a chaplain for Rabat. Pray also for wisdom in determining the best formula to continue to exist in a Moslem country. May the Almighty open doors where some seem firmly closed. We constantly see people choosing other worship options because we have no children's ministry - pray for the right people to come our way to fill this gap. 

Tangier: Please pray for St Andrew’s Tangier as we live through a vacancy and for all those working to appoint a new chaplain.

Thursday 9

Brugge, Knokke, Ostend: Chaplain:  Augustine Nwaekwe.  Our church's New Year's Resolution for 2025 is to grow deeper and greater in our commitment to Christ. Please pray that our church will hold fast to this resolution. Pray also that as we make endeavours to rebuild relationships with inconsistent members that our efforts will be rewarded and that we will see good fruit in our church. Pray for church members who have lost loved ones in the previous season. Finally, pray for the leaders of our church as they guide us this new year, especially for our Chaplain Augustine.

Friday 10

Florence: (Also serves Bologna) Chaplain: Chris Williams.  We thank God for our 'new' organ (actually 125 years old!) which is about to be completed and our application for the tax allowance from the state which has been successful. We ask for prayers for a new Director of Music to oversee the choir and play our new organ and for the success of our monthly cultural events which are an opportunity to get to know the local residents and traders

Genova: We pray for official approval for our new church constitution: the first revision since 1899, for swift progress towards the appointment of a resident chaplain and for the locum chaplains who will be filling the gap meanwhile. 

Saturday 11 

Brittany: Chaplain: David McLeod (Includes: Huelgoat, Ploërmel, Rostrenen) Readers: Alan Mason, Guy Barnard. Please pray for our new chaplain and for his family as he begins his new work in North West France and especially as he leads the four congregations. Also please pray for the plans to extend further our mission into this part of France by contacting those who wish to worship Our Father in the Anglican family of churches.  Pray for our churchwardens and deputies and for all of us that we will be outward looking and determined to welcome those who approach us and “Know Christ and make Him known’’.

Cannes: Chaplain: Andy Brewerton, Readers: David Sinclair, Sylvia Epifanic, Claire Venon. 

Please give thanks for our Christmas season of events and services, for many guests and visitors coming to join us. Please pray for our Christianity Explored groups starting in January, and for our plans for a Lent course looking at whole-life discipleship for the Church Family. Please uphold our Chaplain Andy and all the ministry team here in their work and ministry together.

Sunday 12

Pray for the Lusitanian Church, Bishop Jorge Pina Cabral. Pray for the Church of Denmark and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia.

Diocesan Office in London: Pray for the Operations and Finance departments: Diocesan Secretary (COO): Andrew Caspari; Office Manager: Bron Panter; Finance: Susan Stelfox, Nick Wraight; Board of Finance Chair: Mike Fegan.  Pray for the financial needs of the Diocese, and give thanks for God’s provision.

Monday 13

Copenhagen: (Also serves Aarhus) Chaplain: Tuomas Mäkipää, Readers: Graeme Lloyd-Roberts, Julian Simpson.  Christ bursts into our lives breathing peace.  We rejoice in the life burst of resurrection at a time when many fear change and would rather weep or run away.  Please pray for the Ministry Team and Council as we strive for renewal and growth in faith and number and see the green blade rising in our midst. We pray for Tuomas in his role as Area Dean.

Tallinn: Chaplain: Gustav Piir. Lord Jesus, child of an earthly home, we pray for our chaplaincy our children and all who care for them. May they know you as their holy Lord, calling out fresh forms of service; and may they know you as a precious Saviour, sheltering in safety all who come to you.  

Tuesday 14

Chantilly: Chaplain: Ben Evans. Pray for the development of our mission and ministry, especially for our (relatively) new chaplain, churchwarden, and church council as together they work on our strategy.

Dinard: Chaplain: Richard Malone. Pray for the work to rationalise the current complicated legal structures and for healing across the community.

Wednesday 15

Barcelona: (Also serves Andorra) Chaplain: John Chapman, Assistant: Deborah Chapman. Our great celebration in Barcelona is the arrival of the ‘Three Kings’. Pray that it may draw people’s attention to the King of Kings.

Nerja and Almuñécar: Please pray for the chaplaincy, wardens and Council as we work through a vacancy and for God’s guidance in appointing a new chaplain.

Thursday 16

Brussels: Associate Chaplains: John Wilkinson, Jack McDonald; Asst Chaplains: Jean-Bosco Turahirwa, Annie Bolger; Readers: Ozichi Baron, Arttu Makipaa, , Heather Roy, Eric Sibomana, Grace West, Jacob Quick. Pray for the new senior chaplain designate, the Revd Arani Sen, as he prepares to start his ministry in Brussels.

Friday 17

Malta and Gozo: (Includes: Valletta, also serves: Gozo) Chancellor of the Pro-Cathedral: David Wright, Assistant: Francois Mifsud, Reader: Michael Collins.  

Sliema: Chaplain: Clem Upton.

Pray for the chaplaincy, the people and those who serve it. Grant them a sense of hope where there are challenges give a sense of vision and courage, bind them together in love and let them know laughter and moments of joy.

Saturday 18

Algarve: (Includes: Praia Da Luz, Boliqueime and St Luke's) Chaplain: Rob Kean, Carla Vicencio-Prior, Reader: Chris Wells. Pray for our chaplain Carla who will serve our central and east congregations and pray for the western Algarve congregation that our plans to start a children’s church come to fruition.

Lisbon: (Includes: St Paul Estoril, St George Lisbon) Chaplain: Beth Bendrey. Assistant Iain Bendrey. Curate: Daleen Bakker, Please pray for our initiative 'A Year with Bible', for our new small groups, for work with young adults and for the development of our mission both in terms of the use of our grounds and resources and in how we support people in need. 

Sunday 19

Pray for the Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church, Bishop Carlos López-Lozano.  Pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Diocesan Office in London: Pray for the Safeguarding team: Grace Fagan, Andy Munro, Bridgett Fenton, Craig Norman and Nick Sherratt, pray for our care for children and vulnerable adults in all our chaplaincies.

Monday 20

Helsinki: (Also serves Tallinn, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio, White Nile) Assistant: Amos Manga, Mika Pajunen. Parvez Masih Gill Reader: Keith Battarbee. Please pray for our congregation and for all who walk through our doors, that they may know the limitless love of God.  In particular we pray for those who come to us in need, that they will find support and strength in our community and prayers.   We give thanks for our growing music ministry, the outreach of our All-Age Services, for the children and our Sunday School leaders, and for our church council. We continue to pray for peace in the Baltic region and for the thousands of refugees who have been adapting to a different life in Finland.  Please pray for our work in support of the Vallila Help Center for Ukrainian Refugees and for all their employees and volunteers, many of whom are refugees themselves.  We kindly ask you to pray for our continued mission, and co-operation with different churches, The Porvoo Communion and for our participation with the Ecumenical Council of Finland on tackling racism in Finland.

Tuesday 21

Fontainebleau: Chaplain: Donald MacFadyen.  Pray for wisdom to discern God’s ways as we look deeply into the significance of the church’s logo: a flourishing tree with a deep root system
and for unity as together we seek to flourish in Fontainebleau in this fresh chapter in the life of the church.

Grenoble: PTO: Alan Golton. Reader: Jane Oakes. Pray for our continued search for a chaplain and locums and pray that those carrying the burden in the meantime will be preserved from burnout. We also pray for more people to help with our flourishing Children’s ministry. We thank God for our good relations with our fellow Christians who use St Marc's ecumenical centre and pray for the new Catholic priest and leadership team as we all work within the ongoing, building work.

Wednesday 22

Costa Almeria and Costa Calida: (serves Mojácar, Llanos and Aljambra) Please pray for unity in our church community and for the Spirit to enable the flourishing of all.

Costa Azahar: Although the chaplaincy has closed we pray for the ongoing Prayer Group

Thursday 23

Ghent: Also serves Ghent (Port)) Asst Chaplain: Oluwakayode Adeyemi Sopeju, Readers in Training: Lizzie Brawley and Colin de Pelsmaker, PTO Jo Jan. We give thanks for the successful recruitment of a new chaplain, Myron Penner, and ask for prayer for his ministry with our congregation and the city of Ghent.  

Belgium and Luxembourg Deanery: Area Dean: Stephen Murray

Friday 24

Milan: (Also serves Cadenabbia (Lake Como)) Chaplain: James Hadley, Locum (Lake Como): Roger Williams. We give thanks for the many visitors over the holiday season for whom we were able to be a witness to the love and light of Christ.  We pray that the seeds of the Word of God planted yield fruit.  We pray for the gifts of the Spirit in the year to come that we may grow in discipleship and personal holiness. As we move forward into the future with our new pastor Fr James we pray for insight and wisdom as we consider what it means that our chaplaincy is 'a place to belong', and 'a place to become'.  We pray for an ample participation in our Mission Action Planning process in the coming months as we seek to renew our vision and identify and articulate the practical steps we must take. 

Saturday 25

Düsseldorf: (Also serves Essen) Chaplain: Stephen Walton. Pray that we will remain faithful to Christ, that we will continue to grow and that God will give us more people to lead Sunday School

Freiburg-im-Breisgau: Chaplain: Vinod Victor. Pray for our elderly congregation, for our regular gatherings of the ‘Wise Ones’ and our engagement with them so we can keep the church as near to them as possible.

Sunday 26 

Pray for The Episcopal Church in Europe (TEC), Bishop Mark Edington.    

Pray for our partnership with ICS, the Intercontinental Church Society.

Monday 27 

Corfu: Chaplain: Jules Wilson, Reader: Jackie Dallos. We give thanks for all the Lord has enabled us to do this past year, for all the faithful servants and for the surprising way he answers our prayers for more labourers. We look forward to this coming year and ask his blessing and guidance on our volunteer to run Logos Cafe daily through the week. Our social side has been overflowing and we pray for The Holy Spirit to touch them to overflow into the chapel. Pray for guidance in ways to support the several people struggling with the care of elderly 

Tuesday 28

La Manche: (Includes Gratot Hommëel, Virey) Chaplain: Retired priest Chris Probert; Readers: Donna Derrick, Mary Jackson, Adrian Grange. Give thanks for nearing the end of a 15 year mortgage, and also a 9 year Chaplain vacancy. We are exploring the implications of our Vision Statement 'Walking together with Christ: companions on the Way' through our online housegroup 'Something More' and our monthly 'Picnics with the Parson'. 
Pray for our plans for a chaplain to deepen discipleship, to restore finances through a new emphasis on Stewardship, and to explore the planting of one or two new worshipping communities in areas currently not served.

Le Gard: Chaplain: Roy Cole, PTO: Roger Smith We give thanks for the completion of the project, led by Archdeacon Peter, to recruit a chaplain for the three chaplaincies of All Saints, Hérault (based at St Pargoire), St George's, Vernet-les-Bains and St Michael's in the Gard. Please pray for his acclimatisation to both the Church of England and the South of France.

Lille: (serves Arras) Reader: Suzanne Bray. We give thanks for our chaplain, Reverend Canon Debbie Flach, for her 17 years of dedicated service at Christ Church, Lille. As she retires from her role as Parish Priest we pray the Lord blesses her with renewed strength and joy in her continued diocesan work, guiding and inspiring her in all her future endeavours. May His peace be with her always.

Wednesday 29

Costa Blanca: (Includes Albir, Calpe, El Campello, Dénia, Jávea, Gandia, La Fustera) Clergy team: David Paul Dean, James Booker, Rodney Middleton; Readers: Ken Cornforth, Stephen Carden. We pray for those women locally who believe they have no option but to work in the sex industry. Help us to support them and their families. 

Thursday 30

Leuven: Chaplain: Sarah Jane King.  Give thanks for the many newcomers who have joined our church community since September: Christians who have moved to Belgium and people who are curious about exploring Christianity and what it really means. Pray that we would shine the light of Christ with warmth and depth, that people from across the globe may find community and grow in faith.

Liège: Chaplain: Guy Diakiese.  Pray for the chaplaincy, the people and those who serve it. Grant them a sense of hope where there are challenges give a sense of vision and courage, bind them together in love and let them know laughter and moments of joy.

Mons International Chapel Centre: Chaplain: Brian Phipps.  Lord God, you sent your Son to save the world, and your Spirit to guide the church; we pray for this chaplaincy and their own sense of being sent into their world. We pray for their homes and streets, their places of work and leisure, and ask that each might shine as a light set upon a hill, for the glory of Jesus Christ. 

Friday 31

Naples: (Also serves Bari) Chaplain: Jules Cave.  Pray for Jules in the role of Area Dean of Italy and Malta.