2009 Joint Declaration Celebration Chicago - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) joined Catholics and Methodists in Chicago Oct. 1 in a 10th anniversary celebration of a historic agreement, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ).
News release.

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elca > Cardinal Francis George, left, president, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, right, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and president, the Lutheran World Federation, hosted the Oct. 1 JDDJ service in Chicago.

elca > Musicians and cantors Heidi Jo Stirling, left, and Brian Streem, right, helped lead the Oct. 1 JDDJ celbration in Chicago.

elca > Bishop Wayne Miller, ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod, left, and Bishop Allan Bjornberg, ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod, prepare to process at the start of the JDDJ celebration.

elca > Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, left, president of the Council of Bishops, the United Methodist Church, participated in the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration in Chicago. Next to him is the Rev. Ishamel Noko general secretary, the Lutheran World Federation' the Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary, National Council of Churches USA; abnd Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, Chicago Episcopal Area of United Methodist Church.

elca > The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, right, ELCA presiding bishop and president, the Lutheran World Federation, offers "Psalm prayers" during the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration in Chicago. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Archdiocese of Atlanta, second from left and Cardinal Francis George, president U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, join in the prayers.

elca > Old St. Patrick's Church, Chicago, was the site of the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration.

elca > Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, left, president of the Council of Bishops, United Methodist Church, offered prayers during the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration service in Chicago. Next to him are the Rev. Ishmael Noko, general secretary, the Lutheran World Federation and the Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary, National Council of Churches USA.

elca > The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America participated in the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration in Chicago.

elca > More than 300 people attended the Oct. 1 JDDJ celebration at Old St. Patrick Church, Chicago.

Cardinal Francis George, left, president, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, right, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and president, the Lutheran World Federation, hosted the Oct. 1 JDDJ service in Chicago.