Faithful Endeavours: How public agencies and faith communities can work better together
Source: Faith in Community Scotland – Transformation Team, www.transformationteam.org, www.faithincommunityscotland.org
The Transformation Team is delighted to let you know that the Faithful Endeavours resource is now available on the Scottish Government website for you to download, view and to use.
The Faithful Endeavours resource demonstrates some of the very good work which is already going on to nurture a growing understanding between public agencies and faith communities as well as identifying key ways to deepen those relationships. It was compiled for use by both faith communities and public agencies as together they seek ways to support communities across Scotland.
The resource was developed as part of the Scottish Government’s Better Community Engagement programme by the Scottish Community Development Centre and Faith in Community Scotland and the hope is that it will contribute towards our shared goal of a fairer Scotland for all.
To find out more about the Faithful Endeavours resource please contact Pauline or Shakeel at the Transformation Team on Tel: 0141 221 4576 Shakeel@transformationteam.org
Resource: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/regeneration/engage/better/resources/tools
Scottish Inter Faith Week 2011: 27th November – 4th December.
Source: Scottish Inter Faith Council
Please click here for a programme of events taking place across Scotland.
Please click here for a flyer / poster about the week.
If you are planning an inter faith event during Scottish Inter Faith Week please contact Frances Hume so that these can be included in our 2011 programme.
Forthcoming Inter Faith Events in Glasgow
Friday 18 November. 19.00 : St Aloysius’ Church, Rose Street
Meeting with Rabbi Nava Hefetz
Rabbis for Human Rights, Jerusalem
Rabbi Nava Hefetz has responsibility for the “Sisters for Peace” Project organised by Rabbis for Human Rights at Sappir College, Sderot, Israel at the north-east corner of the Gaza Strip.
Refreshments available from 1830 hours
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Tuesday 22nd November. 7:30 pm : Newlands South, Church of Scotland, 37 Riverside Road, (just off Langside Drive)
Meeting of Council of Christians and Jews
“Jewish Genealogy”, presented by Michael Tobias, Vice President of Jewish Gen
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Wednesday 23rd – Saturday 26th November, 10am – 5pm, at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Construction of AMITAYUS Mandala by Tashi Lunpho Monks
Friday 25th November 19.30 : Woodside Halls, Glenfarg St.
The Power of Compassion’ – Masked Dance and Sacred Chant performance
Tickets £10 on the door or reserve by e-mail through mungobookings@csglasgow.org
Saturday 26th November 19.30 : The Ogilvie Centre, Rose St. (next to St Aloysius Church)
An opportunity to meet the Tashi Lunpho Monks
Sunday 27th November 11.00-13.00 : St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Sand mandala destruction ceremony
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Sunday 27th November 13.30 : St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Launch of Scottish Inter Faith Week
Friday 2nd December 10am – 3pm: Archdiocesan Offices, Clyde St.
Inter Faith Seminar with Prof. Werner Jeanrond and Prof. Mona Siddiqi
For further details contact Sister Isabel Smyth
Friday 2nd December: 19.00 : Mosque, Carrington Street
Christian/Muslim Conversation with Dr Bhutta, Rev David Black and Rev. Cedric Blakely
For further details contact Sister Isabel Smyth
Saturday 3 December 10.30 – 15.00 Inter Faith Pilgrimage
visit to places of worship, beginning at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Gt Western Rd.
For further details contact Sister Isabel Smyth
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Jewish Genealogy
The Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Council of Christians and Jews
Public Meeting: Tuesday 22nd November at 7:30 pm, Newlands South, Church of Scotland, 37 Riverside Road, just off Langside Drive
“Jewish Genealogy”
presented by Michael Tobias, Vice President of Jewish Gen
The speaker was recently selected for a lifetime achievement award by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. He has played a leading role in jewishgen.org since 1995. It is the undisputed leading website for Jewish genealogy.
ALL WELCOME!
Runnymede Response To EHRC Consultation On Religious Discrimination
Runnymede Response To EHRC Consultation On Religious Discrimination (pdf – 34kb) (September)
Faith Groups Unite To Call For Same Sex Marriage
Source: Equality Network
At a press conference yesterday in Edinburgh, faith groups united to call on the Scottish Government to introduce same sex marriage, and to allow those religious bodies that want to, to solemnise same sex marriages. The Unitarians, Liberal Jewish Community, Quakers, Metropolitan Community Church, Pagan Federation, and Buddhist Community of Interbeing all wish to conduct same sex marriages, and joined together in the conference, which was chaired by Bishop Richard Holloway, former leader of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The news was widely reported, including the following: BBC radio and TV, e.g. Reporting Scotland (starts 9 mins 32 seconds into the programme) and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15082413 The Herald: http://digbig.com/5betka The Scotsman: http://digbig.com/5betkb and many others including the Record, Times, Metro and local papers.
Third stage of the programme of exchange among interreligious, social and political leaders from Barcelona, New York and Glasgow
Source: Catalan Unescocat (16/09/2011)
Catalan Unescocat discuss the Sister Cities programme:
The programme is aimed to share good practices and difficulties in the management of religious diversity and to promote dialogue.
Starting tomorrow September 17 and until day 25, a multi-religious delegation, accompanied by selected Catalan Unescocat visit Scotland to participate in the third phase of the exchange between religious and civic leaders from Barcelona, New York and Glasgow. (more…)
Sister Cities: Interfaith Centre of New York
The Interfaith Centre of New York reports from its Sister Cities visit to Glasgow:
International Program Trip to Glasgow PHOTOS!
ICNY’s International Program is in progress, and blogging from across the pond
Sister Cities International Exchange Visit to Glasgow : September 2011
Source: Scottish Interfaith Council
From 17th – 26th September, SIFC will host 16 delegates from the Interfaith centre of New York (ICNY) and the UNESCO Centre of Catelonia’s Department for Interreligious Dialogue in Barcelona. The delegates will visit a number of voluntary and statutory agencies and places of worship across Scotland.
The ambitious three year ‘Sister Cities’ exchange programme was launched by the Interfaith Centre of New York in 2009. Glasgow was chosen from a number of European cities to participate in this programme in recognition of the extensive inter faith work being undertaken there. Glasgow delegates attended a programme in New York in 2009 and in Barcelona in 2010 and look forward to hosting delegates in September 2011. To read more about the Barcelona leg of the exchange please click here.
Glasgow: Mutually Exclusive?
[Glasgow] 19th October, 9.30 – 5pm.
Where the rights of the faith communities meet the rights of the LGBT communities … does there always have to be a conflict?
Press coverage in Britain often points to a claimed tension between religious belief and equality for LGBT people.
This conference is an opportunity to explore a number of issues relating to intersectionality and religious-based homophobia and transphobia. For more info and to book your place, please visit: http://www.mutuallyexclusive.co.uk
