Scottish Inter Faith Week 2010
Scottish Inter Faith Week 2010 will take place from 28th November - 5th December on the theme of Faith in Action. Please click here for more details. The launch of the week will take place at the Council Chambers, Highland Council, Genurquhart Road, Inverness on 28th November from 2 - 4.30pm, timing to be confirmed.
Recent Events
NEW! Establishment of Scottish Women of Faith
Network
The
Scottish Inter Faith Council is establishing a new Scottish Women of
Faith Network (working title). The network will bring together women
from across Scotland from all faith traditions to engage in inter faith
dialogue and social action projects. The first meeting took place in
Edinburgh on 21st June 2010. The next meeting has been set for Monday
13th September at 2pm at Inner Space, 227 High Street, Glasgow. Contact Frances Hume if
you are interested in attending.
Annual Networking Seminar for local inter faith groups : May 2010
The Annual Networking Seminar took place on Sunday 16th May 2010 in Kirkcaldy. This year the seminar was hosted in partnership with Fife Inter Faith Group. The theme for this year was "Sustaining Diversity : Working together as people of faith to sustain our Communities and the Environment". Please click here for a full article on the event.
Scottish Inter Faith Week : 22nd - 29th November 2009
The week provides a chance for individuals, local inter faith groups and faith communities across the country to plan events that bring people together to promote dialogue, understanding and cooperation between Scotland’s diverse religious communities.
For list of activities that took place during inter faith week click here.
Celebrations Marking 10 Years of the Scottish Inter Faith Council
A civic
event was held at Edinburgh City Chambers on Sunday 25th October 2009 to
celebrate the 10th Anniversity of the Scottish Inter Faith Council where poems and stories were shared on the theme of Homecoming. A plaque was formally unveiled in January 2010 with a ceremony attended by Council members.
A tree was also planted at St Mungo Museum in November 2009 to mark the 10th Anniversary. The tree acts as a reminder to Scotland's diverse faith communities of the need to be unified in their common goal of living and working for the good of Scotland. It also acts as a reminder of the Scottish Inter Faith Council's commitment to environmental issues.
Annual Women's Seminar : November 2009
Our Annual Women's Seminar took place on Tuesday 3rd November at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art in Glasgow. The theme of the seminar was "Women of Faith in Action : Restoring Dignity". The seminar was attended by 45 women from all the faith communities in Scotland as well as a representatives from a variety of women's organisations.
At the seminar, Jacqueline Ogega from the Religions for Peace European Network of Faith and Ravinder Kaur Nijjar who sits on the Executive Committee of the Scottish Inter Faith Council, proposed the formation of a Scottish Women of Faith Network and outlined the UN campaign to End Violence Against Women.
More information about the seminar is available here.
International Exchange New York Visit 15th - 25th June 2009
In June I had the great pleasure of travelling to New York with a group of eight delegates from diverse faiths in Scotland on the first part of an ambitious three year exchange programme launched by the Interfaith Centre of New York (ICNY), with the Scottish Inter Faith Council and the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia’s Department for Interreligious Dialogue based in Barcelona. Glasgow was chosen from a number of European cities to participate in this programme in recognition of the extensive inter faith work being undertaken here. We look forward to welcoming a delegation from New York and Barcelona to Glasgow when it is our turn to host the exchange in 2011. Magdalen Lambkin
Inter Faith Pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine, July 2008