Waikato Interfaith Council (WIFCO)

The Waikato Interfaith Council (WIFCO) is a voluntary non-profit association of persons who collectively represent the diversity of religious and faith communities that exist within our wider society. The Council shall exist to foster mutual appreciation and good relations between these traditions and communities; to coordinate action, and/or to act, on behalf of any or all of these communities in respect of religious issues and relationships to society at large; to act in an advisory and consultative capacity to the community at large.

The Waikato Interfaith Council is made up of representatives from several Waikato religious groups including Anglicans, Bahá’í, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus, Jews, Methodists, Muslims, Presbyterians, Quakers, Sikhs and Buddhists.

Projects 2012
National Interfaith Forum

The 9th Annual National Interfaith Forum, with the theme “Spiritual Identity in a Secular Society”, will be hosted by the Waikato Interfaith Council in Hamilton from Friday 17th through Sunday 19 February 2012.  This year’s keynote speakers will be Dr Anna Halafoff, a United Nations Alliance of Civilisation Global Expert in the fields of multifaith relations, religion and peacebuilding. from Monash University, and Chris Nichol, a director of Mixed Media, a small communications consultancy which is committed to facilitating clear expression, accurate hearing and constructive engagement.  In addition to the normal conference presentations in concurrent sessions on Saturday, The Forum will also host the Annual Youth Interfaith Forum and the Annual Women’s Interfaith Forum, along with the first National Men’s Interfaith Forum.  Additional highlights of this year’s Forum include on-site accommodation, a conference dinner with music and cultural performances, an optional 3-hour bus tour of local religious centres, and New Zealand’s 1st Interfaith Film Festival.  The National Interfaith Forum this year also includes a multi-faith service on Sunday, 19 February from 9-10am, which will be led by local and regional faith leaders. The service is open to the public and will be held in the LDS Auditorium. 

Registration for the Forum is now open and can be completed by visiting the Waikato Interfaith Council website.

For more information contact the WIFCO Secretary.

 

Contact: Todd Nachowitz tn37@waikato.ac.nz

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