Parliament of The Worlds Religions
The Parliament of world religions held in 1993 was the centennial celebration of the Parliament held in 1893. All Religions were invited to attend.
The document Toward a Global Ethic that has been on this site for some time now, is a product of this 1993 Parliament. The Source book is available (below)
@http://origin.org/ucs/doc.cfm?e=1&fg=3176
Five years later in 1999 another Parliament was held in South Africa and was attended by a group of Ministry Outreach People. Pat and Kay, Larry and Jerry Hart, Fran and Hester Dornan, Kathy Smyth LaMorte, Ruth Martin, Mari Donaldson Carmen Garcia, Enzo Giustino and Rosa Diaz de Miranda
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Carmen Garcia |
Enzo Giustino |
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Sisters Kay and Pat |
Larry and Jerry Hart |
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Fran Dornan |
Hester Dornan (2006) |
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Kathy Smyth LaMorte |
Ruth Martin |
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Mari Donaldson |
Rosa Diaz de Miranda |
The
Glen Rose Retreat in April 2000 was dedicated to The Parliament and the presenters
were some of those who attended.
A number of other Glen Rose retreats were presented and facilitated by others who were connected in some way with the Parliament.
In
1997
Brother Wayne Teasdale spoke on Interspirituality: A
relationship of Community and Peace
http://home.comcast.net/~brotherwayne/index.htm
In 1999 Dr. Robert Fastiggi spoke on Spirtuality
for the New Millennium: Critical Aspects of Dialogue.
In
2001 Brother
Joseph Kilikevice spoke on Jesus, A Man of
His Times.
Again
in 2005 Brother
Joseph spoke on The Aramaic Jesus: A fiery Middle-Eastern
MISTIC and PROPHET
http://www.shemcenter.org/
Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality
The Call to Our Guiding Institutions
Summaries of group discussions
The Call to Religion and Spirituality
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· Involve
the community
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· Be
an advocate for future generations
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· Lay
ministers may be the first point of contact
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· Be
ready to express beliefs and convictions
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· Find
commonalities; agree on basics; dialog
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· Make
a decision to see people in need
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· Respect
each others' catholicism
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· Be
open to others' religions
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· Work
toward building communities
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· TRUTH
is a symphony
o o
Find our own piece
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Join in the song
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· Provide
leadership - acquire skills and knowledge
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· Contact
government officials
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· Evaluate
the beliefs of candidates for office
The Call to Civil Society / Government
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· Involvement
in government and civic activity, not just in church
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· Each
individual to be active in civic actions
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· Hold
officials accountable
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· Civilian
control of military - use of military for legitimate purposes only
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· Encourage
groups who work for peace and justice
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· Non-violent
public protests
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· Mediation
to prevent violence and to resolve conflicts
The Call to Education
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· Education
is a basic human right
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· We
are all one body; we need each other and every part of us
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· Need
to start with basic necessities of life (food, clothing, shelter,etc.)
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· Have
respect for diverse lifestyles, learning styles, family structures, body types,
colors, sizes, smells
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· Show
examples of goodness in the world
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· Realize
that there is no standard education
The Call to Agriculture, Labor, Industry, Commerce
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· Scripture
calls us to:
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Good stewardship of resources / humanity
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Feed the hungry
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A day's work for a day's pay
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Lend expecting nothing in return
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Pay thine taxes
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· Parliament
of World's Religions calls us to:
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Lay ministry
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§ Incorporate
morality into the marketplace
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§ Respond
to politics - expect effectiveness
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§ Educate
the whole population, not just those involved in an issue
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Individuals
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§ Seek
potential for reforms
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§ Give
a day's work for your wages
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§ Give
time, talent, and treasure
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§ Give
to charity
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§ Live
your faith on the job - live the Word
The Call to Science and Medicine
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· Healing
arts - access is a right
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· Money
/ greed - too involved in medicine
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· Private
/ Church / Charity
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Called to challenge
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Provide care
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· Funding
for research and development / medicines
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· Discrimination
in healthcare against the very young and the very old
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· Too
many managers in healthcare
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· 80%
of healthcare costs incurred in last 30 days of life
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· Get
involved - charitable and not-for-profit organizations
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· Education
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· Prayer
The Call to the Arts and Communications Media
Things we can do:
- Insist on global news coverage
- Diversity of voices
- Vote with dollars
- Don't give money to outlets promoting violence or evil
- Teach that words do have meaning
- Pass this along to young people
- Half truths are also half lies
- Encourage the positive
- Eliminate the negative
- Talk about positive
- Voice your concerns; don't just go along with what is put before you
- Freedom of the press demands SENSITIVITY
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Images from the
Parliament of World Religions (Capetown, South Africa, Dec. 1999)
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Hindu delegates in opening procession: |
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African dancers: |
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