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5th National Interfaith Forum - 10 March 2008

The 5th National Interfaith Forum was organised by the Wellington Interfaith Council. The Forum was held in the Legislative Chambers of Parliament on Monday 10 March 2008. More than 60 people from around the country participated, Auckland, Hamilton, Masterton, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin.

To view and download hi-res (2816x2112 with a size of around 2Mb) copies of the pictures click here http://www.interfaith.org.nz/National%20Interfaith%20Forum%202008%20%20hires/

To view and download lo-res (640x480 with a size of no more than 70kb) copies of the pictures click here http://www.interfaith.org.nz/National%20Interfaith%20Forum%202008/

For information on the Youth Forum: http://www.interfaith.org.nz/Webpages/NYF08.aspx and the Women's Forum: http://www.interfaith.org.nz/Webpages/NWF08.aspx

For more information about the Wellington Interfaith Council, please email info@interfaith.org.nz 

 Documents and Reports
Auckland City Interfaith Project.pdfAuckland City Interfaith Project348 KB
Auckland Inter-faith Council Report 2008.pdfAuckland Inter-faith Council Report 2008404 KB
Christchurch Inter-Faith Council Report 2008.pdfChristchurch Inter-Faith Council Report 2008111 KB
Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group Report 2008.pdfDunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group Report 2008214 KB
Dunedin YALCA Report 2008.pdfDunedin YALCA Report 2008205 KB
Governor-General's Speech.pdfGovernor-General's Speech112 KB
Letter from John Dew Catholic Archbishop of Wellington.pdfLetter from John Dew Catholic Archbishop of Wellington22 KB
National Centre for Interfaith Dialogue and Education.pdfNational Centre for Interfaith Dialogue and Education195 KB
Programme for National Interfaith Forum 2008.pdfProgramme for National Interfaith Forum 2008282 KB
Uni – Diversity - Challenges of Change.pdfUni – Diversity - Challenges of Change194 KB
Waikato Inter Faith Council Report 2008.pdfWaikato Inter Faith Council Report 200866 KB
Wellington Interfaith Council Report 2008.pdfWellington Interfaith Council Report 2008224 KB
Workshop notes - Using Education as a Tool to Bridge the Gap.pdfWorkshop notes - Using Education as a Tool to Bridge the Gap238 KB

 Internet Sites and Resources
  Aotearoa New Zealand Interfaith Network The Aotearoa New Zealand Interfaith Network is part of the New Zealand Diversity Action Programme and is a mailing list that brings together faith communities, interfaith groups, government agencies, academics and individuals interested in interfaith ...
  BBC Multifaith Calendar An excellent multifaith calendar that allows you to look at festivals and holy days by religion or by month, with detailed info given about most dates
  BBC Religion & Ethics The BBC's site on religion and ethics with information areas on Atheism, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Paganism, Rastafari, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Unitarianism, Zoroastrianism
  BeliefNet We are a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your own religious and spiritual needs -- in an interesting, captivating and engaging way ...
  Center for Interreligious Understanding Through educational programs and policy leadership, the CIU brings people of all faiths together to learn about our history, our shared values and why we must live and work together toward a society of justice and peace ...
  Centre for Faith and the Media The Centre for Faith and the Media is an independent, non-profit organization to inform, advise and help media and the general public achieve a stronger understanding of spiritual history, practices and values in Canadian society.
  Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions The mission of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions is to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its other guiding institutions ...
  Council of Christians and Jews The Council of Christians and Jews brings together Christian and Jewish Communities in a common effort to overcome the evils of prejudice, intolerance and discrimination between people of different of religions and ethnicity.
  Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group Our group was formed here in Dunedin in the aftermath of the events of September 11th 2001 out of spontaneous expressions of solidarity and goodwill between leaders of our three faiths, the police and the Dunedin City Council.
  Interfaith Encounter Association The Interfaith Encounter Association is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle East through interfaith dialogue and cross-cultural study ...
  Interfaith resources A list of some of the many organisations throughout the world which are involved in inter-religious activities ...
  Interfaithing Interfaithing is an interfaith social network community with daily interfaith news, videos, positive news, and a large interfaith resource. Our objective is to unite and grow the global interfaith community...
  International Association for Religious Freedom The International Association for Religious Freedom is a registered charity based in the United Kingdom which has the aim of working for freedom of religion and belief at a global level ...
  International Council of Christians and Jews The ICCJ serves as the umbrella organisation of 38 national Jewish-Christian dialogue organisations world-wide.
  International Interfaith Centre, Oxford, England Building interfaith co-operation in the world ...
  Internationally recognised Values Education Program Living Values Education Program (LVEP) is a comprehensive values education program. This innovative global character education program offers a wide variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to educators, facilitators, parents
  Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace The IIFWP (Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace) was founded in the hope of building a world in which peoples, cultures, races, religions, and nationalities could live together in harmony, mutual respect, cooperation ...
  Jews, Christians, and Muslims working together 3faiths.org is a blog dedicated to telling the stories about positive interactions between the three abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
  Multifaith Action Society of B.C. The Multifaith Action Society in Vancouver, Canada, was founded in 1972 as an ecumenical society and has become fully interfaith in nature and purpose ...
  MultiFaithNet MultiFaithNet is a self-access research, learning, information and dialogue tool, providing updated access to global electronic resources and interactions useful for study of world religious traditions and communities and the practice of inter-faith ...
  New Zealand Sikh Society (Wellington) The New Zealand Sikh Society (Wellington) Inc. was Incorporated on 24 June 1991. The main objective of the society is to preach the teachings of Sikhism, to provide religious services and ceremonies, to foster a better understanding among the people of NZ
  Parliament of the World's Religions The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions.
  PBS Religion and Ethics Since its debut in 1997, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY has set itself apart from the mainstream media by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world.
  Peace Next Peace Next is the official social network of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
  REonline Religious Education Online. REonline is a family of websites, with www.reonline.org.uk at its centre. Great resources for education of children of all ages.
  Spiritual "non-secular" Discussion Forum Spiritual / Gnostic / Mystic Discussion Forum for all sincere seekers of Ultimate Truth
  The Council of Christians & Muslims (Inc.) NZ Christians and Muslims in dialogue together. The Council exists to promote dialogue and respectful understanding between the two faith communities, and to work together towards the elimination of racism and religious discrimination in NZ society.
  The Inter Faith Network of UK The Inter Faith Network for the UK works to build good relations between the different religious communities in the UK at both national and local levels ...
  The Interfaith Alliance The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation - the national non-partisan advocacy voice of the interfaith movement. Our 150,000 members are from more than 70 faith traditions and people of good will ...
  The Revealer A daily review of Religion and the Press.
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 Multifaith Calendar
Date
Title
11 Aug - 9 Sep
RamadanUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - The Holy Month of Ramadan begins. Ramadan is the month of fasting during which Muslims who are physically able, do not eat or drink from the first sign of dawn until sunset.
3 Sep
Jum'at al-Wada'Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - 'Farewell Friday' is the last Friday of the month of Ramadan and the Friday immediately preceding Eid al-Fitr. While not a festival, Jum'at al-Wada' is considered a special day by many Muslims.
4 Sep
Laylat al-Qadr (begins in the evening)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Power, commemorates the first revelation of the Qur'an (Islamic scriptures) to Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE, at the age of forty. The festival begins in the evening.
5 Sep
Paryushana-parvaUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Jainism - Paryushana-parva is the holiest period of the year for the ascetic Shvetambara sect. Celebrated for eight days concluding on Samvatsari, it is a time of dedication to Jain ideals through fasting, worship of the Jina, and reading the life-story of Lord Mahavira from the Kalpasutra.
8 Sep
Eve of Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
8 Sep
'Izzat (Might)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Bahá'í Faith - 'Izzat (Might), the 10th month of the Bahá'í year.
9 Sep
Rosh HashanahUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
10 Sep
Eid al-FitrUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - Eid al-Fitr, the Breaking of the Fast, celebrates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
10 Sep
Rosh HashanahUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
11 Sep
Dashalakshani-parvaUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Jainism - The Digambara sect celebrates Dashalakshani-parva for ten days by fasting, worship, meditation, confession, and by dedicating each day to a virtue: forgiveness, humility, honesty, purity, truthfulness, self-restraint, asceticism, study, detachment and celibacy.
11 Sep
Ganesh ChaturthiUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Hinduism - Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the birthday of Ganesh, God of Success. He is invoked at the beginning of new undertakings.
11 Sep
SamvatsariUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Jainism - Samvatsari. The Shvetambara sect observes Samvatsari by introspection, confession and penance.
12 Sep
Ghambar Paitishem beginsUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Zoroastrianism - Ghambar Paitishem celebrates the creation of the earth and harvesting of the summer crop. It lasts for five days until 16 September.
15 Sep
International Day of Democracy (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
16 Sep
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
17 Sep
Eve of Yom Kippur (begins at sundown)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the year's holiest day and a day of fasting. To re-establish oneness with God, Jews ask forgiveness and forgive others. Then can they confess their sins and ask God's forgiveness. Yom Kippur begins at sundown the previous day.
18 Sep
Yom KippurUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the year's holiest day and a day of fasting. To re-establish oneness with God, Jews ask forgiveness and forgive others. Then can they confess their sins and ask God's forgiveness. Yom Kippur begins at sundown the previous day.
19 Sep
Alban Eiler / Spring Equinox / Te KoangaUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Wicca - The Spring Equinox ceremony of the Druid tradition is known as Alban Eiler - "Light of the Earth". Alban Eiler, at the point of balance between Imbolc and Beltane, as it is at the point of balance between day and night, is a time for festivity and celebration for it marks the beginning of a new phase, the beginning of the triumph of light.
  
 In Europe Spring Equinox was the festival of Eostre, the Saxon goddess of the dawn and spring.
  
 In ancient Maori society the rising of the star Aotahi (Canopus) announced the arrival of spring, together with flowering of kowhai, rangiora and kotukutuku the plants of the fourth lunar month spanning September and October. This was also a sign for kumara planting to begin. Puawananga (clematis) now flowering, was regarded as one of the three first-born children of the stars Rehua (Antares) and Puanga (Rigel).
 A key event was the return of pipiwharauroa, the shining cuckoo, from its winter stay in Hawaiki, the legendary Pacific homeland of the Maori.
21 Sep
International Day of Peace (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
22 Sep
Ananta-chaturdasiUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Jainism - Ananta-chaturdasi (Festival of Ten Virtues) is the holiest day of Dashalakshani-parva for the Digambara sect.
22 Sep
Eve of Sukkot (begins at sundown)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Judaism - Sukkot, a pilgrimage feast and a time of thanksgiving, celebrates God's presence in creation and among the Jewish people. The Eighth Day, Shmini Atzeret, is a distinct festival. Sukkot begins at sundown the previous day.
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