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VOLUNTEER PUBLISHING TEAM:
Rev.
Leslie Gabriel Mezei Publisher 416-226-2869 Rev.
Terry Weller Editor, Layout, Webmaster 416-801-5597
Additional volunteers are
welcome to
do some research, reorganize &
expand the Resources Section,
start a
Directory of
Interfaith Organizations, help
maintain the
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A NEW VISION FOR INTERFAITH UNITY - Welcome - Interfaith Unity to Date
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Welcome to a new publishing path for Interfaith Unity. We have created this new approach from the history books of our Canadian ancestors.
PLOUGHSHARES AND PRINTING PRESSES In
the Eighteenth Century small communities all along the eastern seaboard of
North America were carved out of the primal wilderness. Settlers obtained
parcels of land for farming, cleared it and made small homes. The
plough made their lives possible. Without it they could not have tilled
the land and made it open for crops. These crops fed their families and
supplied them with surplus to trade or sell in the local area. These
properties were isolated, sometimes miles from neighbours or businesses.
They had to travel a distance over rough terrain to town, to church and
school, to saw mills and granary mills, blacksmiths, retail and services. It
was critical for each of them to be connected with the wider community.
The community itself was bigger than the small geographical space occupied
by the town. For miles in either direction of the town there were homes
and businesses. Like small islands in a sea of green they were connected
in two ways: Trail like roads; The
community newspaper was the essential connection. Published every week it
connected Elections,
town meetings, barn raisings, and celebrations were announced and written
about afterwards. Upcoming church activities were also included such as
services, women’s group meetings, weddings, and other life passages. Announcements
of auctions, new stock arrivals at the general store, sales of land,
materials and tools and farm implements; school information; men’s group
meetings; etc. The
community newspaper was about the life of the community. It
was the medium of Unity among the members. Without the ploughshare and the local printing press
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A Community EVENTS Publication For Toronto and Region’s Interfaith Communities
Interfaith Unity To Date: Connecting
a community spread For
the past six years we have networked across the city and The
primary goal has been to: PROMOTE INTERFAITH AND As
well we have created a WEB BASED RESOURCE CENTRE THE PURPOSE OF
INTERFAITH UNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BE: The INVITATION TO
TAKE PART This is the theme of Interfaith Unity: “Come out, take part, get active, join in, be with...” UNITY!
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the widespread businesses and residences together. It contained
important information concerning community events.