Featured Blog Posts – April 2010 Archive (6)

Faiths Act: my reflections on PWR, from The Times newspaper

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Added by Sean Rose on April 27, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Test your knowledge on Women in Religion...

...by taking a Project Interfaith Pop Quiz!

Women and Religion

Click here for the answers as well as links to more information!

1. Which of the following religions does not allow the ordination of women?

A. Society of Friends (Quaker)

B. Roman Catholicism

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Added by Project Interfaith on April 27, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

What Tomorrow Might Bring

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength.” – C. Ten Boom

Robert J. Burdette, an early 900s American humorist and clergyman, once said that it isn't the experience of today that drives men mad, but the remorse for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow might bring.

Although the past clings to life in our minds, it is but a ghost of times gone by. It is easy to identify with because of the emotional triggers… Continue

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on April 27, 2010 at 7:21am — No Comments

"Women of Faith and Spirit: Exploratory Conversations about Women, Spirituality and Leadership"

Calling all women of faith and spirit! We, the organizers of Women of Faith and Spirit, attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions in December 2009 and we invite you to join us for a series of four ‘Exploratory Conversations’ hosted as conference calls from April through July 2010. Focusing on a series of questions, this inquiry will allow us to explore together the pattern of women’s spiritual leadership.

April 15 ~ Thursday 5 - 6 p.m. Pacific/ 8 - 9 p.m.…

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Added by The Parliament of Religions on April 26, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Global Action Week for Universal Education

This week is Global Action Week for Universal Education. Did you know that 72 million of the world's children are out of school? Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who serves on the Council's International Advisory Committee says it perfectly: "We can no longer step lightly around this shame. It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education…

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Added by The Parliament of Religions on April 21, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Post-Parliament in Brisbane, Australia

Is there anybody here in Brisbane whom attended the Parliament of World's Religions at December at Melbourne, whom is interested in either organising, or attending a Post-Parliament event, and not yet involved in any event organised by any mainstream religious vehicles?

Added by Rebekah Copas on April 15, 2010 at 11:51pm — No Comments