The calendar below shows activity information linked to Inter Faith Week 2022. Some activities this year will take place virtually, and an icon identifies these on the list below. You can also filter online/ socially distanced in-person activities using the controls above.
Enniskillen Castle and Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh, BT78 1BL
Inter Faith Week commences on Sunday 13 November and to mark this Enniskillen Castle and Strule Arts Centre will be illuminated yellow. …
At Home. 7.00 – Sunday 20 November 19.30
South Lakeland Equality and Diversity Partnership (SLEDP) will support the holding of 2 sessions at home every day of Inter Faith Week in support of Inter Faith Week. These will be at 7am and 7pm for half an hour. Please feel welcome to read The Golden Rule and to undertake an appropriate practice from any faith or none (eg chanting, meditation, reading, reciting).
The Golden Rule is available at https://worldfaiths.org/our-poster/
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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, RG21. 9.00 – Sunday 20 November 17.00
Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust chaplaincy team have relaunched their 'go to' guide for use when caring for patients with specific religious beliefs, which has recently been updated. It can be found on TrustNet and perused in the chapels during the Week. …
Lubbesthorpe Alive, The Hub, Tay Rd, Leicester LE19 4BF
Lubbesthorpe Alive are using the Week to launch their new Inter Faith Group. …
Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH. 9.00 – 16.00
The Meeting House will mark the Interfaith Week by promoting library where the students and staff may find useful resources on various religious traditions.
Chaplains will be available for conversation about their work in our community, if necessary, they will try to answer questions. Everyone is welcome to see or borrow our books and meet our Chaplaincy team.…
Multi Faith Centre, Kedleston Rd, Derby DE22 1GB. 17.00 – Tuesday 15 November 18.00
The Chaplaincy, Multi-Faith Centre and Sound, Light & Live Technology students will project their film installation on 'Pilgrimage' onto the Multi Faith Centre walls on a 5-10 min loop.…
Museum of London, 150 London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5HN
We explored plans for the new faith exhibit ahead of our ‘Young Citizen Historian’s programme’.…
St Julian's Park, Omagh, Co Tyrone, BT79. 11.00 – 12.00
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council will host a ceremony to celebrate the diversity of cultures and faiths that exist in the area by planting trees and burying a time capsule for future generations to enjoy and learn from. The trees will be planted in a diversity garden by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council staff, members of Fermanagh and Omagh Interfaith group and local volunteers. Following the tree planting a time capsule, which contains artefacts from a variety of faiths and cultures in the district will be buried to be opened in 100 years time.
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Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE
We will launch the new team email address details and share across the Trust.
The new 'Haven' room will be opened as a space within the Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care for reflection.
We will visit all areas and provide updated posters and leaflets. …
Quaker Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4BH. 10.30 – 13.00
AWAZ Cumbria and the South Lakeland Equality and Diversity Partnership (SLEDP) present talks on interfaith.
Dave Bullard has been a Quaker all his life, with a long career in education. Since retirement he has taken a great interest in the Buddhist Faith, particularly following the Vietnamese Buddhist, Thich Nhat Hanh. His talk is about the Quaker Peace Testimony which originated in South Lakeland.
Imam Abdur Rashid was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the Imam, leader of the Muslims who congregate, attend or are connected to Carlisle Islamic Centre. He has been active in interfaith dialogue and events as the Imam there and intends to continue to build bridges with all communities on humanitarian grounds of peace, collaboration and education.
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Wesley's Chapel, City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU. 18.30 – 20.30
The book explores the antisemitic potential of Matthew’s Gospel in the Christian New Testament. It begins with a detailed discussion of the occasion of the text, before discussing key questions (Matthew’s fulfilment theology, and the use of polemic in the text). Three crucial texts are examined in detail. The book discusses the reverberations of the “blood cry,” arguing the deicide-focused interpretation of Matthew 27:25 is foundational to subsequent blood libels, which are also discussed. The final chapters explore how to preach from Matthew’s Gospel with Jewish people in mind, including offering sample sermons to stimulate the reader’s thinking about how they might teach from a controversial Matthean text in a way that denies the possibility of perpetuating Christian antisemitism.…
Birmingham, B1. 19.00 – 20.00
Followed by workshop discussion of different uses of the map, what additional features would be useful and about how the information about the 720 places of worship on the map can be kept up to date.…
Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE
We will deliver the boxes to ward areas (including Pennine Care Stockport sites). The boxes contain lots of helpful resources to support and meet a persons spiritual care needs. …
London School of Economics, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE. 9.00 – Sunday 20 November 17.00
For Inter Faith Week we've got a collection box with Mitzvah Day. We are collecting long-life food for Borehamwood Food Bank. …
RAF Museum Midlands, Lysander Avenue, Cosford, TF11 8UP. 22.26 – 23.59
RAF Museum and Telford & Wrekin Interfaith Council marked Inter Faith Week by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. By working together in a spirit of friendship for a just and inclusive community, the RAF Museum and Telford & Wrekin Interfaith Council share a commitment and responsibility to engage with a broader range of people, across all communities. The MOU was signed by RAF Museum CEO Maggie Appleton and Cllr Raj Mehta, Chair of Telford & Wrekin Interfaith Council. Also in attendance on the day were Trustees and colleagues from both organisations who champion equity, diversity, and inclusion.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/whats-going-on/news/raf-museum-and-telford-wrekin-interfaith-council-sign-memorandum-of-understanding/ …
Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PU
Social media call for volunteers of different faiths.…
Kettering Arts Centre, St Andrew's Church Corner of Rockingham Road, Kettering NN16 8RG. 20.00 – 22.00
An inter faith comedy event featuring Tez Ilyas, Njambi Mcgrath, Rev Allan Finnegan and MC Philip Simon. …
Inner Space, 528 High Rd, Wembley HA9 7BS. 13.00 – 15.30
A Peace Walk visiting some of Brent's diverse places of worship en route, ending with a tree planting ceremony at Mount Pleasant Open Space. The walk will begin at the Brahma Kumaris Innerspace on Wembley High Road.
This will be a celebration of all of Brent's myriad communities and a display of unity and solidarity between them. …
Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7AD. Detached Room behind bicycle rack.. 14.00 – 16.30
Monthly 3rd Sunday Open Meeting (except December)
Meetings include mindfulness, tranquillity meditation, insight meditation, loving kindness meditation, walking meditation, talks, handouts
Meetings led by Lay Teachers Authorized by the Sangha [Community of Theravada Buddhist Monks] Theravada is the oldest school of Buddhism in the world
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Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree CM7 9HB. 17.53 – 23.59
For Inter Faith Week we have installed prayer request boxes across the district for people of any or no faith to leave an anonymous prayer request. …
Inter Faith Week is a programme of the Inter Faith Network for the UK
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