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
INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Beth Burnham Mace Sandra Comeau
Room 113, Spanish/English/Catalan Interactive Workshop
Participants will learn about the history of the labyrinth and its contemporary use. Following the presentation and discussion, they will have the opportunity to walk the labyrinth together in community, facilitated by the workshop leaders, offering a direct experience of the peaceful and healing power of the labyrinth and its use in ministry or community-building activities. Written materials will be provided.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sandra Comeau has been involved in the Veriditas Labyrinth Movement for over five years, obtaining her facilitator training from Dr. Lauren Artress of Grace Cathedral. She has extensive training in ancient cultures, sacred geometry, spiritual counseling and various other healing traditions, as well as an undergraduate degree in Cross-Cultural Studies.
Interreligious Dialogue in the 21st Century: A Christian perspective
Rev. Susana Woodcock
Dimitri Tsiamparlis
Jaume González Agápito Eliseo Vila
Archibishop Epifanios Perialas
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114, Spanish/English/Catalan Panel Discussion
Panel discussion with representatives of the different Christian traditions who will share their opinion on the current situation and future possibilities of interreligious dialogue.
Susana Woodcock is an Anglican priest of the Reformed Episcopalian Church who has her parish in Sabadell.
Dimitri Tsiamparlis is Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Spain and Portugal.
Jaume González Agápito is Coordinator of interreligious relationships for the Catholic Diocese of Barcelona.
Eliseo Vila is an Economist and newspaper writer. In addition, he holds a Masters Degree in Theology. He has served on numerous evangelical committees in Spain, including the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain (FEREDE).
Epifanios Perialas is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Spain and Portugal of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Theological and Philosophical Aspects of Interreligious Dialogue
Begoña Roman Maestre Josep M. Coll
Francesc Xavier Marín Enric Cortès Minguella Vicente Merlo
Room 115, Spanish/English/Catalan Panel Discussion
Panel discussion presenting academic papers on Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Jewish and Islamic perspectives on dialogue with other religious traditions taking a rigorous interpretation of textual antecedents as the point of departure.
Dr. Maestre is an active participant in interreligious dialogue in Spain.
Josep M. Coll is a Professor of philosophy at the Ramon Llull University of Barcelona.
Francesc Xavier Marín is a Professor of Religion and Phenomenology at the University Ramon Llull and at the Institute of Religious Sciences ("Institut Superior de Ciències Religioses") in Barcelona.
Enric Cortès Minguella is a Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Theology of Catalonia.
Vicente Merlo is a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Valencia and specialist in Hindu philosophy; he is a professor of the Master of History of Religions of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.