http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/ ja http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-9.html A pre-Congress tour led by Richard Kellaway, titled "Temples and Treasures of South India", will start out in an air-conditioned coach in Chennai and run for 7 or 8 days, arriving in Kochi in time for the IALRW and RFYN events (which begin 1st September). More to follow, please check back here regularly.
A pre-Congress tour led by Richard Kellaway, titled "Temples and Treasures of South India", will start out in an air-conditioned coach in Chennai and run for 7 or 8 days, arriving in Kochi in time for the IALRW and RFYN events (which begin 1st September).

More to follow, please check back here regularly.


]]> Message 2009-10-18T11:57:58+09:00 IARF 2010 FC2-BLOG http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-8.html The International Association of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW) - the world's oldest women's international interfaith organization - will hold their Centennial Congress (100th Anniversary) in Kochi immediately preceding the IARF Congress. That is, September 1-4, 2010. Please go here for further details:
The International Association of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW) - the world's oldest women's international interfaith organization - will hold their Centennial Congress (100th Anniversary) in Kochi immediately preceding the IARF Congress. That is, September 1-4, 2010.

Please go here for further details:



]]> Message 2009-10-15T13:40:13+09:00 IARF 2010 FC2-BLOG http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-7.html "Beyond Conflict to Reconciliation: The Challenge of the 21st Century" The UN has declared that next year, 2010, shall be The International Year for Rapprochement of Cultures, and calls for “interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace". As both people of faith and human rights defenders, IARF members are called to confront abuses of religious freedom. But w "Beyond Conflict to Reconciliation:
The Challenge of the 21st Century"

The UN has declared that next year, 2010, shall be The International Year for Rapprochement of Cultures, and calls for “interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace".

As both people of faith and human rights defenders, IARF members are called to confront abuses of religious freedom. But where this is impossible, we must ask ourselves what contribution we can make to promoting reconciliation.

The challenge in this new century is to move beyond dialogue, toward creating pathways to reconciliatory interventions through interfaith collaboration.
Women and youth have a crucial role to play through their insights and perceptions.

Our congress will invoke and explore the shared values that must underpin any lasting resolution of the many religion-based tensions and conflicts in today’s world.
It will consider how to involve the perspectives and contributions of all ages and nationalities, and both genders, in joining together to help birth a new culture of peace among religions.



]]> Message 2009-10-03T14:36:59+09:00 IARF 2010 FC2-BLOG http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html Venue: Free Religious Community (Freireligiöse Gemeinde) in Ludwigshafen (near Heidelberg, Germany) 22nd to 25th October 2009A meeting for young adults in the Europe & Middle East (EME) region, parallel to the EME Region Conference 2009. The aim is broadly to build on young people's commitment to the IARF, and strengthen their capacity to get involved in decision-making and project & programme imp Venue: Free Religious Community (Freireligiöse Gemeinde) in Ludwigshafen (near Heidelberg, Germany)
22nd to 25th October 2009

A meeting for young adults in the Europe & Middle East (EME) region, parallel to the EME Region Conference 2009.
The aim is broadly to build on young people's commitment to the IARF, and strengthen their capacity to get involved in decision-making and project & programme implementation at local, national, regional & international level.

Like the Chennai meeting in September (see entry below), however, it will also serve as a preparatory meeting for the World Congress in India. The EME Region RFYN will prepare for the Young Adult Congress Pre-Meeting, 1st to 3rd September 2010 (immediately preceding the main event) by devising a program for this event & the Congress itself. To that end they will network over the intervening year with their peers in the South Asia Region RFYN.

This meeting will work out these communication details, as well as how the resulting channels can be used to generate campaigns of support for communities & individuals in countries where religious freedom is denied.

Program available here (PDF file)

Please contact RFYN's representative on Council, Morse Flores, at:

http://www.iarf.net/2008site/YoungAdults/RFYN.htm


]]> Message 2009-09-01T14:05:36+09:00 IARF 2010 FC2-BLOG http://iarf2010.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-5.html Theme: "The Role of Youth in Human Rights Duties"Date: September 11th to 13th, 2009This gathering concentrates on IARF's Human Rights Education program, and will be attended by its Indian participants & facilitators, and 25 international Master’s students at universities in India will attend.Young adult leaders of the South Asia RFYN will also be there, and RFYN's representative on Council, Morse Theme: "The Role of Youth in Human Rights Duties"
Date: September 11th to 13th, 2009

This gathering concentrates on IARF's Human Rights Education program, and will be attended by its Indian participants & facilitators, and 25 international Master’s students at universities in India will attend.
Young adult leaders of the South Asia RFYN will also be there, and RFYN's representative on Council, Morse Flores, will lead sessions specifically to plan for the World Congress in Kochi next year (September 4th to 7th).

As the Congress is held in South Asia in this cycle, there will be a special organizing effort on the part of the regional RFYN, to prepare for the Young Adult Congress Pre-Meeting, 1st to 3rd September 2010 (immediately preceding the main event).

Emphasis at this Chennai gathering will be on devising an active program for both Pre-meeting & Congress, and social networking over the intervening year with a view to identifying how to best launch & sustain activism.

Venue: Catholic Retreat Center known as "Dhyana (Meditation) Ashram ". Accommodation in three-bedded rooms with attached bathroom, in a very clean and peaceful atmosphere in the heart of the metro city.
Please contact the SACC Office, at:

http://www.iarf.net/2008site/YoungAdults/RFYN.htm

]]> Message 2009-09-01T12:48:46+09:00 IARF 2010 FC2-BLOG