Below you will find the prayer used by the VOTF Ulster executive for our meetings.  It is adapted from one found on the main VOTF site.

The best prayers are still to be composed by those who have suffered most.  Please submit these to the webmaster for inclusion here.

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Opening Prayer for VOTF Meetings used by VOTF (U)
 
For all victims of abuse by servants of our church,
We pray always for you.
We mean to be agents of your healing.
 
For all our brothers and sisters in faith,
As we struggle to become the Spirit-filled Church we are called to be,
Move us to accept the challenges of reform that are demanded by today's injustices.
 
For all bishops of the Catholic Church,
That their hearts and minds be opened to the Church's call to
genuine holiness and truth,
A call to inclusion and collaboration with the faithful.
 
Response: We are the Church; we are the Body of Christ.
Hear us, Christ our strength and salvation,
Help us all.

For all who minister in the name of Jesus Christ,
and especially for our Catholic priests.
We pray for your continued faithfulness to the Gospel and to the voice of the faithful.
 
We are the Church; we are the Body of Christ.
Strengthen us, fill us with wisdom,
Lead us to holy action in building up your reign.
Help us to respect our voice and the voices of all the faithful.

Response: We are your Church; we are the Body of Christ.
Hear us, Christ our true life and salvation.

Amen.

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Our Goals

2. To support priests of integrity

3.To shape structural change within the Catholic Church.

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