RFYN Youth Interfaith Peace Rally organized by the IARF-SACC-RFYN held on 23rd January 2013 at Marina Beach (The 2nd Longest Beach in the world after Miami Beach), Chennai Metro City, Tamil Nadu, India. The Rally was organized by Mr. K. Ramachandran, Vice-President, IARF-India Chapter and assisted by Ms. Anbumani Arumugam, President, RFYN-International and Ms. Nithya, Young Adult Leader. The Rally was organized in view of expressing solidarity to World Interfaith Harmony Week, an annual event to be observed during the first week of February starting in 2011 proclaimed by United Nations. . Theme & Rationale The theme for the rally was “My Walk Counts 2013”. The rally was held for the prevalence of peace in today’s divided world. It was organized in collaboration with the University of Madras National Service Scheme and 35 colleges from 3 districts (See Annexure-1 for more details) in and around Chennai participated in the peace rally.

What: Interfaith Café - Open Forum Round Table Discussion Topic “Is Religion Useful” When: Thurs February 7, 2013 7:00 – 8:30 pm Where: Islamic Center of Boca Raton 3100 NW 5TH Ave Boca Raton, Florida 33431

2 of my friends and I had been working on this event in Georgia, Tbilisi and exploring the diversity of the religions in our country. For a week we had been going to different churches, visited synagogue, mosque, etc. We have taped the mass of each of them, also took an interview from the representatives of different religions and a Baptist bishop herself. On 7th February we organized an event, arranged the meeting and invited people with different religions backgrounds. We showed them the movie and then we had discussions regarding the religious diversity in Georgia and the relationship between the people with different religions. This event was held at the Caucasian House on 7th february. However we had a movie viewing event on 6th february at Caucasus School Of Journalism And Media Management.

UN World Interfaith Harmony Week held on first week of February BANGKOK, 8 February 2013 (NNT) – The Universal Peace Foundation (Thailand) has held a seminar on the occasion of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, which falls on the first week of February. This year, the interfaith campaign is held under the theme of inter-religious principles for strengthening families. A seminar has been held to discuss ways to strengthen family institution in a sustainable manner. The United Nations (UN) has declared every first week of February as UN World Interfaith Harmony Week since 2010, to promote the unity and cooperation among people of different religion beliefs. Academics and religious experts gathered to exchange views on different religious principles, focusing on how they could help strengthen family bond. It is believed that religious teachings are important foundations for strong family bonding. -- NNT 2013-02-08

Interfaith celebration planned The United Nations has designated the first week of February as World Interfaith Harmony Week and Pacific Rim Education Foundation invites the public to a free event. On Friday, Feb. 8, a Ceremony of Interfaith Harmony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Kona Outdoor Circle’s meeting room. Representatives of different traditions — Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and more — will participate in a shared tree-watering. The evening includes a potluck dinner, entertainment and a brief talk on the U.N.’s interfaith vision of “Common Ground for the Common Good.” “World Interfaith Harmony Week recognizes the connectedness among the world’s faiths as being key to peace,” said Farley Jones, PREF director. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Hawaii Food Basket. Reservations are appreciated. Call Jones at 987-6510. The event is sponsored by PREF and Hawaiian Queen Coffee.

On February 3rd, 2013, Sunday, at 2 PM, the 9th Annual Interreligious Prayer Service for Peace and Justice celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week took place at the Monastery Church of the Sacred Heart, in Yonkers, New York. Representatives from 9 different world religions recited prayers of peace at the service. The world religions included the: Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Sikh, Baha'i, and Native American traditions. This year's theme recalled the meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik-al-Kamal in 1219, during the 5th Crusade, as an early example of interreligious dialogue and the promotion of interreligious harmony. The spirit of St. Francis was part of the theme due to the hosting Catholic Church being one served by members of the Franciscan Capuchin religious community. After the service a reception was held for ongoing dialogue and conversation among the participants.

BANGKOK, 8 February 2013 (NNT) â€" The Universal Peace Foundation (Thailand) has held a seminar on the occasion of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, which falls on the first week of February. This year, the interfaith campaign is held under the theme of inter-religious principles for strengthening families. A seminar has been held to discuss ways to strengthen family institution in a sustainable manner. The United Nations (UN) has declared every first week of February as UN World Interfaith Harmony Week since 2010, to promote the unity and cooperation among people of different religion beliefs. Academics and religious experts gathered to exchange views on different religious principles, focusing on how they could help strengthen family bond. It is believed that religious teachings are important foundations for strong family bonding. (NNT: Nuttaporn Chanchokpong)

Interfaith Network’s second Annual Interfaith Breakfast being held during United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week 2013. This will be held at 7am on Saturday the 2nd of February at the Paddy O’Donoghue Centre, 18-34 Buckley Street, Noble Park. The Guest Speaker is Venerable Chi Kwang Sunim who has been a Korean Zen (Seon) Buddhist nun for 33 years. In 1998 Venerable Chi Kwang founded the Seon Centre, later moving it from Daylesford to a forest in Kinglake. Venerable Chi Kwang is known for her engagement in Buddhist, monastic and interfaith circles and has chaired the Buddhist Council of Victoria and the Australian Sangha Association. Please come - and please do pass on to others who might be interested in your community. For catering purposes, we need to know how many of you are coming. RSVP to [email protected] or 0408 571 483 - as soon as you can, but no later than the 31st of January. 2 February 2013 - 7:00am - 9:00am

On 6th and 7th February 2013 Our Catholic parish, Protestant, Buddhist, and Muslim celebrated the pilgrim to the beautiful park of Pjnom Pram Py, Phnom Prek District, Battambang province for the peace and environmental. This pilgrim was celebrated in the three main proposes: - First We join with the government and the world to glorify and principle of peace in our society. To protect of our environment are the places that give us the harmony to our life and other animals. - Second We congratulate to the United Nation that allowed all the countries for celebration of world interfaith harmony week. - Third we also pray for Our hero king Nrodom Sihanouk Spirit. In this pilgrim there are 100 participates from Buddhist, and Muslim, Protestant, Catholic. In the first day we went the cave of the Phnom Pram Py to the know and to see about the beautiful environment, to make our heart to love the environment. In those pagada we also grown the trees and We also Share about the ways that we do for the environment according to the religious. In the Last we pray together for Our Hero King Norodom Sihanouk at the Phnom Pram Py.

On 6th and 7th February 2013 Our Catholic parish, Protestant, Buddhist, and Muslim celebrated the pilgrim to the beautiful park of Pjnom Pram Py, Phnom Prek District, Battambang province for the peace and environmental. This pilgrim was celebrated in the three main proposes: - First We join with the government and the world to glorify and principle of peace in our society. To protect of our environment are the places that give us the harmony to our life and other animals. - Second We congratulate to the United Nation that allowed all the countries for celebration of world interfaith harmony week. - Third we also pray for Our hero king Nrodom Sihanouk Spirit. In this pilgrim there are 100 participates from Buddhist, and Muslim, Protestant, Catholic. In the first day we went the cave of the Phnom Pram Py to the know and to see about the beautiful environment, to make our heart to love the environment. In those pagada we also grown the trees and We also Share about the ways that we do for the environment according to the religious. In the Last we pray together for Our Hero King Norodom Sihanouk at the Phnom Pram Py.