 Recent events |
August 27-31, 2008 |
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Youth congress in Aynab |
| Adyan helped the Middle East Council of Churches organize its
8th Christian-muslim youth congress entitled “Religions
and civil peace”. Participants were from Lebanon, Egypt,
Syria and Jordan. |
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Saturday, July 12 2008
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Volunteer gathering in Mechref |
| Discussion on the latest events in Lebanon, what the role religion
played in it and who each one considers as the “other” since
these events. |
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| Sunday, May 4, 2008 |
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Trip to the Bekaa with religious
tourism and common pilgrimage |
| We visited the mosque and the sanctuary of prophet Noah in
Karak (chiite sanctuary), then Saint Anthony of Padova’s
chuch in Karak, then the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Zahlé,
and finally the sanctuary of Sitt Sha’wana in Ammik (druze
sanctuary). |
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| Monday, April 28, 2008 - Mechref |
| Meeting with volunteers
in Mechref |
| The meeting consisted in an encounter
with the sisters of Carmel Saint Joseph in Mechref, a time
of watching a film and discussion around the movie: The
Pastor and the Imam, about interfaith relations and peace-building
in Nigeria, and a time to present and discuss new and prospective
programs. |
| Sunday April 13, 2008 |
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Participation in the
walk for peace in commemoration of the anniversary
of the Lebanese civil war |
| Organized by Offre-Joie with the participation of
adyan and other NGOs. |
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| Monday, March 31, 2008
- Nazareth School, Achrafieh |
| Training for volunteers
on the topic: “Love of God, love of neighbor” |
| Keynote Speakers: Sister Rose Abi
Aad and Shaykh Sami Abul Muna The volunteers were divided
into groups and worked on texts from each tradition.
Then the two keynote speakers gave their lectures and
answered questions. Finally, the volunteers prepared
ideas and proposals for future projects. |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| Participation in the muslim-christian
prayer event organized by the alumni of Jamhour, on the
occasion of the Annunciation. |
| Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| Meeting with volunteers at the Book Fair
in Antelias, around the signature of a book on Druze faith,
culture and history by Abbas Halabi |
| Saturday, March 8, 2008 - House
of the Little Sisters of Jesus, Bkaatouta |
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Testimony on adyan’s
spiritual goals and the meaning of spiritual solidarity as
discovered by its members to a group of Christians |
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| Wednesday, February 27, 2008
- ESIB, USJ |
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Conference on Mixed marriges |
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| Thursday February 21, 2008 |
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Training for volunteers on
the Christian and Muslim theologies of the other religion. |
| The volunteers were divided into two mixed
groups, each working on a text from one tradition. Each group
then presented their understanding of the text and Fadi Daou
and Nayla Tabbara summarized and synthesized on the topic. |
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| 29-30 December 2007 - Maad, Lebanon |
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Week-end for volunteers |
| adyan organized a week-end for 19 prospective volunteers on
the 29-30 of December 2007. The purpose of the week-end was to
convey the spirit of the foundation... |
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| November 7, 2007 |
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Talk on “religion and social cohesion
in Lebanon: the example of adyan foundation” |
At the Euro-lebanese intercultural Center (CIEL), Saint Joseph
University.
Lecturer: Fadi Daou |
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| 27 October 2007 - Bethany, Harissa, Lebanon |
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Interreligious meetings: “Together
towards unity and peace” |
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| October 10, 2007 |
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The challenges
of coexistence |
At Faculty of Engineering, Saint Joseph
University.
Lecturer: Tony Sawma and Shaykh
Ussama Haddad |
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| Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 October 2007-
Beirut |
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Interreligious student’s experience |
| High school students of Nazareth invited to muslim families
for iftar (meal of breaking the fast) or working as volunteers
in preparing iftar for people. |
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| Thursday May 3rd, 2007 - Nazareth School,
Beirut - Lebanon |
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Education of High school students on coexistence |
| Tony Sawma and Nayla Tabbara were invited on Thursday May
3rd, 2007 to give a testimony on the possibility and the richness
of living together with our differences at Nazareth school,
Beirut, Lebanon. |
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| Sunday April 15, 2007 - Kfifane - Lebanon |
| Conference on “Religious and political
pluralism” |
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Tony Sawma organized a session for a group of christian youth,
in Kfifane, Lebanon, on Sunday April 15, 2007, entitled: “Reasons
for hope in the Lebanese context”. Fadi Daou and Nayla
Tabbara represented adyan and talked about how to contribute
to make religious and political diversity a positive reality. |
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| Tuesday November 21, 2006 |
| Conference for the Federation of muslim
charitable women’s organizations of Beirut’s districts |
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Fadi Daou and Nayla Tabbara were invited on Tuesday November
21, 2006 to give a joint lecture on the theological and intellectual
bases of muslim-christian dialogue and the cultural and political
bases of coexistence. |
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| 12-14 November 2006 - The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon |
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A Re-Commitment to Spirituality for Building
Mutual Understanding & Peace : A Middle East-Asia Dialogue
- The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia |
| Conference of Fadi Daou « Moral values, fruits of spirituality? » in
interfaith encounter organized by the Armenian Catholicos in
Antelias, Lebanon. |
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| Wednesday September 20, 2006 - Télé Lumière - Lebanon |
| TV debate on the pope’s lecture at Ratisbonne University |
| Fadi Daou and Nayla Tabbara were invited on Wednesday September 20, 2006, to the program “The youth as richness and revolution”, on Télé Lumière, (Christian TV in Lebanon), to analyze the pope’s text and its reception in Lebanon and the world. They were also asked to present adyan’s point of view on the muslim-christian dialogue and the role of education and media in promoting interfaith relations and bridge-building. |
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