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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 Students Interfaith Group Dunedin Abrahamic  Students  Interfaith  Group
  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.
  http://www.optimalunity.org Optimal Unity is a call for humanity to look beyond history, beyond the righteousness of the past and see into the future a move towards unity in the commonality of all faiths.
  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 ...
  Interfaith Youth Core Our interfaith leaders are building a movement of young people from all faiths and traditions who are working together to change the world
  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...
  Interfaithnet Asia Pacific Interfaithnet is a group of Interfaith Ministers who graduated from interfaith seminaries in the USA, UK and Canada and who are practising as congregational ministers, chaplains, celebrants, spiritual counsellors and healers, pastoral carers, social ...
  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.
  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.
  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
  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
  Regional Interfaith Network (RIN) The Regional Interfaith Network (RIN) website was established in Melbourne, Australia in December 2010 following a unanimous recommendation made at the 5th Regional Interfaith Dialogue held in Perth, 2009
  Religions for Peace Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions dedicated to promoting peace
  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 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 ...
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 Multifaith Calendar
Date
Title
21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
22 May
International Day for Biological Diversity (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
23 May
Declaration of the BábUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Bahá'í Faith - Declaration of the Báb commemorates the day in 1844 on which he announced his identity as the Báb, or Gate, the herald of the new age.
25 May
WesakUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Buddhism - Wesak is the most important day of the year for Buddhists. Coming on the full moon, it marks the triple celebration of the Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Final Demise.
26 May
Trinity Sunday (Westerm)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Trinity Sunday (Western) is a celebration of the Christian understanding of God in Three Persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). It comes one week after Pentecost
29 May
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláhUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Bahá'í Faith - Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh marks the anniversary of the death of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'ís suspend work on this day.
29 May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
31 May
World No Tobacco Day (WHO)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
4 Jun
International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
5 Jun
Mi'rāj al-Nabiy (begins in the evening)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - Mi'rāj al-Nabiy commemorates the ascension (al-Mi'rāj) of the Prophet to heaven. Muslims interpret the event literally and symbolically. The festival begins in the evening.
5 Jun
Núr (Light)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Bahá'í Faith - Núr (Light), the 5th month of the Bahá'í year.
5 Jun
World Environment Day (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
8 Jun
World Oceans Day (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
13 Jun
Ascension (Eastern)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Christianity (Eastern) - Ascension is the anniversary of Jesus' ascension into heaven and enthronement as universal sovereign. It comes forty days after Easter.
16 Jun
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev JiUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Sikhism - Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563-1606). Arjan was the first Sikh Martyr and the fifth Guru. He built the Harimandir (Temple of God) in which Sikhs could meet for worship, in the town of Amritsar (Pool of Nectar). To emphasise that the Sikh way was open to all, regardless of caste, he constructed the temple with doors facing all four directions. Sikhs remember Arjan for contributing to and compiling the Sikh Scriptures.
17 Jun
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
20 Jun
Alban Arthan / Winter Solstice / Te Maruroa o te TakuruaUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Wicca - The Winter Solstice ceremony of the Druid tradition is known as Alban Arthuan - "The Light of Arthur. Here Arthur is equated with the Sun-God who dies and is reborn at the Winter Solstice.
  
 For the ancient Maori the new year began on the first new moon after the rising of Matariki (the Pleiades) in the eastern sky at dawn. The saying Matariki kainga kore (homeless Matariki) refers to the constant travel of this constellation which disappears from the sky to rest only once a year, on the waning moon of May. Matariki reappears in the tail of the Milky Way during the waning moon of June, which brings the start of the new year close to Winter Solstice.
  
 Ra was said to have two wives, both daughters of Tangaroa. He spent half the year with Hine-Takarua, the Winter Woman in the south far out on the ocean. At the Maruaroa of winter, he was said to begin his return to his other wife, Hine-raumati, the Summer Woman who dwells on land.
20 Jun
World Refugee Day (UN)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
23 Jun
Nisf Sha'ban (begins in the evening)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Islam - Nisf Sha'ban, the 15th day or middle (Nisf) of the eight month (Sha'ban), is the Night of Repentance in preparation for Ramadan. It begins in the evening.
23 Jun
Pentecost (Eastern)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Christianity (Eastern) - Pentecost is the commemoration of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus following his ascension (Acts 2:1-11). It comes fifty days after Easter.
23 Jun
PosonUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Buddhism - Poson celebrates the anniversary of the arrival of the Arahant Mahinda, son of King Asoka, who first brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka. Poson is characterised by day-long processions and ceremonies at Mihintale which is now the site of a great Buddhist temple at Ambasthale Dagoba.
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