January
16, 2011
Ottawa
Faith Groups
Celebrate World
Religion Day
While
many headlines cite religion as the cause of human conflicts,
representatives of Ottawa’s
faith communities will
expressed a
different view at City Hall Sunday, January 16th.
For the eleventh
consecutive year, members of many of Ottawa’s
faith groups came together to mark World Religion Day.
Represented at the event by Councillor Eli El-Chantiry, Mayor Jim
Watson proclaimed
World Religion Day in Ottawa.
Special
guest speaker David Chernushenko, Ottawa city councillor addressed the audience on this
years theme “Faith and the
Environment: Celebrating Common Ground." “In a time when environmental
decline and economic insecurity are among
our greatest concerns, many
draw from the spiritual resources of religion to rethink unsustainable
conceptions of prosperity, to connect with the earth and to create
change at the grassroots,” said Heather Harvey, member of the event's
organizing committee.
Watch Video
To view or download English
Poster PDF file click here.
To view or download French
Poster PDF file click here. |
David Chernushenko
Bahá'í Choir of Ottawa
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