Interfaith Conflict Resolution

12/02/2018

http://www.catholic.org/lent/mardigras.php

Mardi Gras is a fundamentally Catholic celebration in which one partakes of indulgences prior to beginning the Lenten period of prayer and fasting. Today, Mardi Gras has been heavily secularized and ...

12/02/2018

http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/did-this-seminal-moment-in-australias-history-change-anything/news-story/981bfb808c7e06f6e8b5b331e7cf73fe

TEN years ago on February 13, a small group of indigenous representatives walked uncertainly through security gates to the Prime Minister’s courtyard inside Parliament House.

11/02/2018

http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/great-lent-and-the-fast-in-the-eastern-churches/article/267

A brief article on the observance of Great Lent in the Churches of the Eastern Rites.

11/02/2018

February 11 : Our Lady of Lourdes

Site officiel du Sanctuaire de Lourdes (France), né en 1858 après les apparitions de la Vierge-Marie à Bernadette Soubirous. Les pèlerins y viennent pour prier à la Grotte, boire à la Source, se baigner aux piscines, demander une guérison ou trouver un réconfort spirituel.

07/02/2018

FEBRUARY 8, 2018
NIRVANA DAY (Mahayana Buddhism)

The 1993 film Groundhog Day features egotistical weatherman Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, reliving the same day over and over. While the movie is beloved as a comedy, many religious scholars consider it an “underground Buddhist classic” for its depiction of the cycle of death and rebirth.

06/02/2018

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/06/jacinda-ardern-waitangi-day-changes-new-zealand

New prime minister breaks with acrimony of the past at annual commemoration of the treaty between Māori tribes and British crown

05/02/2018

http://www.un.org/en/events/femalege***almutilationday/index.shtml

Female ge***al mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female ge***alia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.

04/02/2018

NEW ICR IBLOG : New Age dawning

04/02/2018

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/pagan-fire-festival-imbolc-marks-end-of-winter-in-britain/9394498

One of Britain's most unusual customs is re-enacted with crowds gathering in an English village to watch a battle between winter and spring.

02/02/2018

February 3 : Setsubun-sai (Shinto)

Shinto traditions of the Setsubun-sai festival. Shinto is the native religion of Japan and means “Way of the Gods”. Celebrated every year on February 3, it marks the end of Kan, the coldest season and marks the new Spring season. The day comes before Rishhun, which is the first day of Spring in ...