Inter-Faith Dialogue UK
On-going work has been done in Bradford over many years by Fr Ed O'Connell. This has included leading a group of people from Bradford, both Christian and Muslim, on a pilgrimage of understanding to Pakistan. It has also resulted in the production of two videos, Barriers or Bridges, made in Bradford, and Call to Prayer, Call to Partnership, made in Pakistan. The videos show how it is possible to go about inter-faith dialogue with both faith communities being involved together in resolving quality of life issues
Fr. Pat McCaffrey, after many years working with the Parkari Kolis in Sindh, Pakistan, has been instrumental in setting up a new ecumenical Christian venture called the Columba Community in Bradford. It exists to support and develop inter-religious dialogue as a constitutive dimension in the evangelising mission of the Church. This work is now continuing under the guidance of Fr. Sean Rainey also a veteran of Pakistan.
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Cross-cultural mission is a way of life that involves leaving your own culture and entering with respect and humility into another. It means learning a new language, living alongside the poor and marginalised, sharing your experience of God, and searching with them for a greater fullness of Life.
Columbans work in many diverse ways, trying to witness to the God of Love, to understand and embrace the hopes and aspirations of the communities where they live, and to follow where the Spirit leads. Columbans are involved in women’s groups, with refugees, in protecting the environment, with small Christian Communities, with disabled people, in interfaith dialogue, with Tribal peoples,
