Date/Time
Date(s) - November 30, 2024
9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Location
John Paul II Pastoral Centre
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Please join us for our yearly Interfaith & Ecumenism Retreat at the John Paul II Pastoral Centre on Saturday, November 30, 2024.
This year our theme is Journeying Together as Pilgrims of Hope. We will come together to hear members of the Sikh, Muslim, and inter-faith communities dialogue together, and then hear a presentation by Catholic Dr. Nicholas Olkovich on ecumenism and the synodal way of life.
Registration is free; morning refreshments and a light lunch will be provided after Mass.
Full Schedule
Session 1 – Interfaith Dialogue
- Dr. Kala Singh, Canadian Sikh Study & Teaching Society
- Tanweer Ebrahim, Foundation for a Path Forward
- Amar Zaidi, Guildford Islamic Centre
- Moderated by Dr. Adrienne Castellon
Session 2 – Learning to be Church: Ecumenism, Synodality and Ecclesial Renewal
- Dr. Nicholas Olkovich, St. Mark’s College
Session 3 – Reflection and Perspective-taking
- Mass Celebrated by Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB
Session 4 – 2025 celebrations
- WPCU, Jubilee, 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea
Registration deadline: Wednesday, November 27
https://beholdvancouver.org/events/ecumenism-and-interfaith-relations-retreat