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SUFISM FOR THE POST-MODERN HUMAN BEING

An Introduction to Gurdjieff 4th Way practices for 3 centred development

Become a 3 centred Being at: King Summit Estate On Sunday July 20, 2008 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

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NEWS: TORONTO

AN INTERFAITH DAY FOR YOUTH

By: Terry Weller, Interfaith Unity

Saturday September 14 was truly an active day of peace at the Multi-faith centre in the University of Toronto . Children of the Earth, World Spirit Youth Council, Sacred Fire of the Great Peace and the Interfaith Department of Scarboro Missions came together to invite the youth of Toronto to “Become the Change You Want the World to See!”

This day focused on the World Spirit Youth Council who had representatives from Japan, Afghanistan, Thailand, Nepal, Africa, Europe, Latin America, USA & Canada. A total of 22 young council members were in attendance. Over 100 individuals, many of them youths, were gathered in the audience.

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REPORT: SAN FRANCISCO

NAINConnect 2008 GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO

By: Paul Chaffee, Chair 2008 Host Committee; Director Presidio Interfaith Chapel, San Francisco

A glistening San Francisco cast off its summer fog for the first three days of NAINConnect 2008 – Embracing Our Interfaith Future, held July 24-28. When the fog returned on Sunday, old friends and new and a cacophony of happy conversation kept us from noticing.

This 20th anniversary Connect drew about 150 registrants One-day passes, along with presenters who could only attend their own workshops, raised the number of participants to about 250. Eighty presenters informed three dozen workshops, four assemblies, and early morning/late evening meditation sessions. (Workshop descriptions, many with blogs attached, are still accessible at www.nain.org/2008.)

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REPORT: TORONTO

A SPECIAL DAY OF LOVING-KINDNESS

Spring Rain Sangha’s 1-Day Metta Meditation Event:

By: Lisa Gorecki, Interfaith Unity Correspondent

At the front of the room, in a large white alcove, sits a 16-foot-high Buddha statue. Its eyes are gently closed, its expression serene. The vases of colourful flowers that surround it make its cool shade of ivory even more soothing to the eye. Across the street, on Kingston Avenue, the cars are whizzing by. They are driving so fast, without any signs of slowing down, that I wonder if they have all read the sign in the middle of the nearby car-dealership parking lot that reads “Dodge.” Dodge: “to avoid, by moving suddenly.” But what are they all avoiding? What you might experience if you slow down? ...

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NEWS: AURORA, ONTARIO

NEW OFFICE FOR INTERFAITH UNITY

By: Terry Weller, Interfaith Unity Editor

Trinity Anglican Church has been putting the finishing touches on its restored Rectory. Built in 1862 at a cost of $3,000 the rectory spent many of its years as home to succeeding Anglican rectors and their families.

Thanks to a generous donation from a parishioner, the rectory has been renovated and updated to accommodate various ministry programs.

These groups are: the A.B.L.E. Network, the Clothes Closet, Welcoming Arms, the Interfaith Unity and the Interchurch Health Network.

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NEWS: INTERNATIONAL

RABBI IS FIRST JEW TO ADDRESS SYNOD

A Jewish cleric has addressed a worldwide gathering of Roman Catholic Bishops for the first time.

Editor's Note: This historic event holds two major viewpoints. We invite the reader to read the published articles from two respected news sources;

BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

THE JERUSALEM POST

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COLUMNISTS

Dr. Kamran Mofid of " Globalisation for the Common Good" says:

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE CAPITALISM AND GLOBALIZATION FOR GOOD

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Raheel Raza states:

"OFFICIATING A MARRIAGE IS ALL RIGHT AND A WOMAN’S RIGHT"