President joins signatories to G8 letter
IARF President Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake and Council member Rev. Takeshi Nishida were among 80 religious leaders signatory to a letter to the Financial Times urging G8 countries to follow the UK in meeting existing commitments to spend 0.7% of national income on aid. Original FT article requires subscription to view, but this story is reported on […]
SACC role in Kochi first
11 March 2013 The campaigning body of one of the world’s leading peace organizations, Mayors for Peace, known as the “2020 Vision Campaign“, has chosen the city of Kochi as its first Associate Member in South Asia. SACC chairman Thomas Mathew was instrumental in this choice being made, in reciprocation of the generous help given […]
Beyond the Dysfunctional Family
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue With Each Other and With Britain This book is the fruit of 15 years of face-to-face interfaith dialogue [in Britain] between practitioners of the three Abrahamic faith communities, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Documentary: Prisms of Light
From the film’s website: Are people spiritual because they need a crutch, or do they sense something others don’t? A film director with a burning question goes to India, where almost two million Westerners travel as spiritual tourists each year. Are they running away from something, or towards something? A Swedish Tai Chi teacher […]
IION Meeting 2008
The 2008 meeting of representatives of International Interfaith Organisations (IION) was held in India from October 4th-7th at the Renewal Centre, Azad Road, Kochi, Kerala, in conjunction with the Assembly of the WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF INTER-RELIGIOUS COUNCILS (WFIRC), which is a member of IION. Report by Marcus Braybrooke – IION Kochi 2008 (PDF, 8 […]