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
Friday, July 9, 2004 INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Philharmonic and was named "Distinguished President of the Kiwanis Club of Columbus, Indiana
efforts for peace in the Middle East, to experience and strengthen the peace-building capacities in their own lives, communities, and countries. It will begin with peace prayers from the four religions represented (Judaism, Muslim, Druze, and Christian), followed by exercises in which people of different faiths will share stories, practice compassionate listening skills and create bonds of understanding and commitment. Each person will leave with a personal peacebuilding plan. The workshop will be conducted in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Dr. Lyudmyla Filipovych is Senior Researcher in the Department of Religious Studies, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. She is also the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Center for Religious Information and Freedom.
Rev. Teegen-Case is the Executive Director of the Arts & Spirituality Center, and is a founding Member of the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia. She was formerly an interfaith chaplain, and holds a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Elana Rozenman is a co-founder of the Women's Interfaith Encounter, o program of the Interfaith Encounter Association. She is also the co-director of WIMENA (Women's Interfaith of the Middle East and North Africa), and a participant in the Women's Partnership for Peace.
H.H. Sri Sri Sri Saidas Babaji was born in the jungles of Shirdi in the State of Maharashtra in India. Leading the life of a Bhikshuk or a Fakir he came to be known as 'Saidas Baba.' He attributes all that he is now to the Grace of Shirdi Sai Baba, The Avatar Purusha of Shirdi. Today he is the International Chairman of the Soi Foundation Organization Worldwide with its international headquarters at Ujjain, India, known as 'Prashanti Dham'.
Ibtisam Mahameed is a Member of the Women's Partnership for Peace
Randa Zarik Sabag is a journalist, program director, and a group facilitator. She is a Christian, Palastenian, Israeli, Arab woman and a mother for three daughters, and member of the Women's Partnership for Peace.
Walking Together to God, from His Diverse Names Ana Royo Aznar Mohammed Iqbal Mercè Pons Ariel Edery
Siham Halabi is a member of the Interfaith Encounter Association, and its Druze Coordinator, she also particpates in the the Women's Partnership for Peace
Room 123, Spanish Panel Discussion
Partnership: A key to Building the International Interreligious Movement Paul Eppinger Tom Hinshaw Lyudmyla Filipovych Rev. Susan Teegen-Case Rev. Saidas Babaji
Panel Discussion on the interreligious group of Raval's experience. This group is formed by different religious traditions (Catholic, Pentecostal, Muslim, Jewish) and different cultural backgrounds (Pakistan, North Africa, Sub-Sahara, Philippine, South America, Catalonia, etc).
Room 122, English Partner Cities
Ana Royo Aznar works in a parish of the multiethnic neighbourhood of Raval; she is actively implied in projects of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
Mohammed Iqbal is Secretary of the Islamic Center "Camí de la Pau"
This program is part of the Goldin Institute sponsored series highlighting the work of the Partner Cities around the world. Representatives from the Partner Cities Network will share their experiences of forging creative partnerships at the Goldin Institute for International Partnership and Peace. Through presentations and discussion, panelists will provide insight into the key elements that make up successful multi-city partnerships between and among interreligious groups and the ways in which strategic partnerships enhance local effectiveness and build international networks.
Mercè Pons works at the Carme parish in Barcelona and is an active member of the interreligious group of the neighbourghood of Ravol.
Ariel Edery os Rabbi of Judia Atid, a Liberal (Reform) congregation in Barcelona
Dr. Paul Eppinger, an American Baptist minister, has served as Statewide Director of the campaign to establish a Martin Luther King holiday for Arizona, the Executive Director of the Arizona Ecumenical Council and is now the Executive Director of the Arizona Interfaith Movement.
The "Three Religions" Chair of the University of Valencia Juan Bosch Navarro
124, Spanish Lecture
Tom serves as the Board Chair of the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation and is an Elder at the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Columbus, Indiana
Presentation of the chair of the three religions" at the university of Valencia, which was founded thanks to the
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