Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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1999 PARLIAMENT OF T ILE WORLD'S RELIGIONS CRITICAL ISSUES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
materialism, reestablishing the power of love (for all things and each other). Judy Sole is the Founder and Leader of the Green Party of South Africa Judy is also the developer of the unique 4 star environmental resort Monkey Valley Beach Nature Resort. Also the Founder, and aTrustee, of the Natural Heritage Trust, the Wildlife and Children of Africa Trust Currently working on environmental & socially uplifting projects in Africa throught her acting and film making
4:00 PM-5:30 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.44 Feminism - A New Worldview for Women and Men for the New Millennium Sr. Marie Brady Feminism is a new way of looking at life for men as well as women. Feminism strives to bring about the full integration of masculine and feminine, and is committed to the dignity and full humanity of all human beings. This lecture will explore how feminism brings about changes in relationships. social and church structures. Sr. Marie Brady is a Loveto Sister who is presently involved in Spiritual Direction and Prison Ministry
primarily for and among women through micro-financing of micro-entrepeneurs, of the 22,000 Katalysis and Partners clients 85% are women. The transfer of resources and formation of "human capital occur at all levels of the partnership network, Both business and organizational training of women and men is rooted in creating a community of support for the microentrepeneurs, so that the transfer of economic resources will actually mature and become sustainable. The emphasis is on creating economic and "human capital" within the concept of community. This presentation will review the story, the evolution, and impact of this methodology, with reference to the transformation occurring for southerners and northerners. Marget Diener, O.P., is a Dominican Sister of San Rafael, California, and Director of Administration for Katalysis Partnership, an international nonprofit committed to the economic and sustainable development of its southern partners and their clients. Margaret's efforts are directed to organizational and human resources development within the context of the larger development efforts of Katalysis. She has over 25 years experience in education, administration, and spirituality
4:00 PM–4:45 PM IN PODIUM HALL Remembrance, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation Rev. Marcus C. R. Braybrooke History has too often been marked by religious prejudice and persecution. We may not be responsible for the actions of our forefathers, but we are often imprisoned by the legacy of religious hatred which they have left us. Forgiveness is not forgetting, only when past evil is acknowledged and confessed can we move on. Our religions should inspire us to seek reconciliation and to acknowledge our human unity. If religious people can say "I'm sorry", they can set an example of hope which will free the people of the world to enter the new Millennium without the heavy baggage of the past. Marcus Braybrooke is a Trustee of the International Interfaith Centre and President of the World Congress of Faiths as well as author of several books on interfaith work and co-editor of All in Good Faith, a resource book for multifaith.
4:00 PM–4:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.15 The Interfaith Family Mediation Program: Reconciliation in the Midst of Family Dissolution Rev. Craig B. Mousin; Mieke Holkeboer; Prof. Teree E. Foster Rev. Mousin and his colleagues will present the DePaul University College of Law Center's Church/State Studies' Interfaith Family Mediation Project. This first of its kind project was developed to help courts and interfaith families resolve issues concerning their child's faith development in a non adversarial setting, while seeking to maintain the integrity of each former spouses' faith, Interfaith families facing divorce may work with the Center's mediators and volunteer religious leaders to seek mutually satisfactory solutions to this issue. The Interfaith Family Mediation Project's goal calls for both spouses to find a solution and offer their agreement to the courts for final judicial resolution of their child's faith development. The presenters will discuss the project's history, mediation procedures, and its use of an alternative to judicially imposed orders. Rev. Craig B. Mousin, both an attorney and a minister, has served as the Executive Director of the Center for Church/State Studies, a research and community service institute of DePaul University's College of Law, since 1990. He received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1973, a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1978, and his M. Div. from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1987. He Co-founded and currently directs the Interfaith Family Mediation Project. Mieke Holkeboer is a project coordinator for DePaul University College of Law's Center for Church/State Studies. She currently attends the University of Chicago as Doctoral candidate in Theology with a focus on religious freedom as a human right. Teree E. Foster assumed the position of Dean and Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law in July 1997. Previously, she served as Dean and Professor of Law at West Virginia College of Law. Her fields of research and teaching include Evidence, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Law and Literature.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 Spiritual Foundations of the Twelve Step Recovery Programs
Critical Issues
Mr. Raymond Holmes Spirituality is central to the popular and successful twelve-step programs used for recovery from drug abuse (including alcohol abuse) and other types of destructive behavior. Mr. Ho expert facilitator of twelve step programs, will talk about how the program's spiritual core helps people turn their lives around. He will also present meditation as a shortcut for recovery. Raymond Holmes received his BS in Paralegal Studies from the University of Maryland and currently works as a senior Paralegal Supervisor for the U.S. Department of Justice. During his twelve years of service with the U.S. Army, Mr. Holmes first studied meditation on the inner Light and Sound with Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj. He now studies under the guidance of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, head of Swan Kirpal Ruhani Mission Science of Spirituality. Mr. Holmes also founded Quintessence and The Academy of Inversion Scientist, a spiritual institute located in Baltimore, Maryland.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM IN THEATER 5 Partnership: A Development Methodology for Equity and Community Building North & South Sr. Margaret M. Diener, O.P. Katalysis' Partnership, doing international microcredit development in four Central American countries with seven nationally-based NGOs, has developed and lived the Partnership methodology presented here over the past 15 years. This is the story of development based on partnership values and community building by way of creating equity
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