Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

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

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Program Descriptions
Thursday, July 8, 2004 MORNING OBSERVANCES 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
activist who has led numerous Dhammayietra peace walks in Cambodia. He is the winner of the Alternative Peace Prize and the Niwano Peace Prize.
Zoroastrian Havan Gah Observance - One of the Five Watches of the Day Dr. Homi Dhalla
Breathing Peace, Breathing Joy: A Morning Meditation Swami Shuddhananda Brahmachari
M.O. 1, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Room 131, English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Zoroastrians divide the day into five gahs/watches/periods: sunrise to noon, noon to midafternoon, midafternoon to sunset, sunset to midnight and midnight to sunrise. The Havan Gah is the first watch of the day. The Havan Gah prayer will be recited followed by a brief explanation of other Zoroastrian principle ceremonies.
Swami Shuddhanandaa Brahmachari will lead a gentle, universal morning meditation to inspire and awaken participants to the beauty that is within and all around them. The meditation will set the tone for the day, greeting the morning with gratitude, joy and a deepening inner peace. It will invoke the blessings of the Divine on all the relationships and work of the Parliament. All those seeking a nondenominational Morning Observance, as well as those who wish to share a time in the union of prayer with others, are invited to attend.
Dr. Dhallo is the founder and President of the World Zarathushti Cultural Foundation, and is an advisor to the Parliament, providing interfaith leadership in India.
Swami Shuddhanandao Brahmachari, o Hindu monk, founded Lokenath Divine Life Mission in 1985 and continues to direct its sustainable development programs. He is the author of pragmatic books on spiritual life, teaches meditation and offers lectures worldwide
Labyrinth Walking as Spiritual Practice Barbara Ducharme Tricia Kibbe Rev. Kathy Musser Beth Burnham Mace M.O. 4, English/Spanish Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Interactive Sufism for Peace Abdel Sabate Areste
Labyrinths are used in churches, hospitals and many other settings as an embodied walking meditation practice and pathway for healing. Walking the labyrinth in community has the potential for personal transformation, fostering inner peace, insight and developing compassion, crossing religions and cultures. This morning observance is facilitated by members of the Labyrinth Guild of New England.
Room 132, Spanish/English Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
A combination of a workshop and an artistic performance, that will present Sufism in an interactive way and will be divided in three parts: 1) a talk combined with a projection of images; 2) a concert made by three groups of Sufi music; 3) the projection of the documentary "Sufism for peace" (o.v. Spanish/Catalan, subtitled in English)
Barbara Ducharme has hosted and facilitated open walks in northeastern USA since 1999, co-founded the Labyrinth Guild of New England, and constructed numerous temporary and permanent labyrinths for individuals and organizations. With Rev. Eileen Epperson, she co-led an interfaith dialogue workshop at the 1999 Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.
Abdel Sabate.Areste is founder of the Sufi Center of Barcelona; he has been a member of the group "Muslim converts" of the UNESCO Center of Catalonia since 2001.
Tricia Kibbe, president of the Labyrinth Guild of New England, is a labyrinth facilitator trained by Veriditas at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. In 2000, Tricia was chosen to coordinate the month-long "Let Us Walk With Mary" retreat sponsored by Veriditas, the World-Wide Labyrinth Project, at Chartres Cathedral in France.
Praying with Theresa of Jesus: the wisdom of listening Amparo Navarro Sierra
Kathy Musser, treasurer for the Labyrinth Guild of New England, is associate pastor at the Wellesley Congregational Church in Massachusetts. She has facilitated a labyrinth ministry there for 5 years, including monthly open walks, and various workshops and courses for all ages using the labyrinth as a spiritual tool.
Room 134 Morning Observances, Religious or Spiritual Observance
Observance about creating a space of prayer from the characteristics defined by Theresa of Jesus and her texts.
Beth Burnham Mace, secretary for the Labyrinth Guild of New England, is a certified labyrinth facilitator with the San Francisco Grace Cathedral Veriditas Program. In August 2003, she and other members of the Guild led a week long pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral. She leads labyrinth workshops in Boston hospitals and church groups
Amparo Navarro Sierra is a member of the Theresian Institution
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